We left Gairloch at 10AM for Summer Isles. Grete cooked a very nice Scottish breakfast for us which we had out in the cockpit. It has been a overcast but mild day. Voyage was smooth in flat sea and no wind. Our trusted Volvo did it's magic and took us afe almost all the way (more later).
Half an hour before arriving Tanera Beg (where we are anchored) these small "Dolphins" paid us a short visit. Filming animals isn't easy.
Our first anchor attempt failed as there was no hold. At the same time the engine controll failed
and the boat was locked in reverse and kept backing towards the shore. Geir stopped the engine and went below to find the manouver wire had loosened from the bracket. It was a easy quick fix, and order and calm returned. We then did a 2nd attempt and anchored safely at 9m deep.
The tide here is 4m so that leaves us 5 meters deep at low tide.
We celebrated the succsess by opening to large bottles of cold beer that we were given by
some scottish yachtties in Gairloch.
Oh by the way. We had dinner at the Old Inn in Gairloch. Very good food in a cozy restaurant.
1 comment:
Hi! Many thanks for the QSO between your MM and mine. I hope to copy you again in better conditions. I got your position through the AIS. Mine is Isle of Houat in South Britanny. My sailing-boat is an OVNI 28 built by ALUBAT in the eighties. My station is a Kenwood TS 50 with an automatic tuner CG 3000. The antenna is a LW about 11 meter high inside a fishing-pole. My power is 50 watts. The keyer comes from USA. It as sensitive paddles which is sometimes the source of some problems...
I wish you a nice trip wit your wife.
My 73 QRO. Kris/F8AHQ/MM (the address of my blog is in QRZ.COM).
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