Oban is a proper boating place. Its other marina is on the island of Kerrara, about a mile away and which shelters the town in virtually every direction.  It has […]

Since Cape Wrath the BBC coastal and inshore forecasts were from the headland called Point of Ardnamurchan to Cape Wrath. It seemed that I had been looking at these forecasts […]

So we bought another night in Lochinver which of course entitled us to yet another night free. However the resurgent windy weather was only expected to be with us for […]

We’re not going to be going anywhere for the next couple of days as the sea forecast isn’t favourable, hopefully we’ll be able to move on by Wednesday but it’s […]

It was an option to stay in Scrabster but the sea forecasts and weather looked like they were going to get a bit challenging over the next few days and […]

The biggest day yet in a ‘daunting sea passage’ sort of way had arrived. We were to go around the top of Scotland via the feared and very much ‘only […]

The weather was looking good for an attempt to round the top of Scotland, so having had a few weeks off, we returned to Peterhead by train to resume our […]

The forecast is the best yet with a slight sea state and gentle following wind. We refuel and make our way back up the Forth of Firth eventually turning north […]

It seems strange to think that as we left Sunderland the next (planned) English port of call was to be Padstow, Cornwall, just 1200 miles away anti clockwise around Great […]

Our marinas have been chosen for two reasons, that they have fuel and that (except for Grimsby) they have 24 hour access in most sea states. Grimsby needs to be […]