Average amount of anchor chain for the average anchorage in west Scotland!

ctva said:
take plenty of gin! :encouragement:
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Turn LEFT out of Crinan, head down to a good anchorage at the north end of Port Ellen, and you'll find you have no need whatsoever for gin.....


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....with this on your doorstep.
 
My boat (12m) came with 35m of 10mm chain, and as I had to replace the windlass, changed to 80m of 8mm chain and a 20kg spade anchor.
Currently anchored in Loch Harport in 12m (hw) with 60m out waiting for the f8 to arrive. So pleased that I have more than 35m.
 
Just off the Old Inn, Carbost. Wind was predicted to be 40mhp at 7am, but never came to that.
Waiting for it to settle down a bit and then heading over to the oyster shed for some lunch ?
 
OK if you like oysters!
I thought going all the way in/down a bit too far, especially as I was heading north the next day.

Somewhat back to the OP, if he/they get to Skye, which I hope he does, please be advised that close in to Skye's headlands is "uncomfortable" , especially with winds against tides.
A very unpleasant lesson learnt by yours truly!

Macleod's Maidens are worth a photo opportunity though :encouragement:
 
Robert Wilson said:
OK if you like oysters!
Somewhat back to the OP, if he/they get to Skye, which I hope he does, please be advised that close in to Skye's headlands is "uncomfortable" , especially with winds against tides.
A very unpleasant lesson learnt by yours truly!

Macleod's Maidens are worth a photo opportunity though :encouragement:
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Thanks for the warning

Paul
 
Robert Wilson said:
Coming from the north?

I was lucky going north past Rubha Hunish; I stood well to the west and a good way off Trodday

Rounding Nest Point, Dunvegan Head, Waternish Hd and Bornestetaig were lessons in where not to go!
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I suppose you get used to it. That's my local stomping ground.
I've never yet figured out how to round Waternish without getting at least some adverse tide.
 
Sandy said:
Way over peated for my taste.
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I s'pose you'd rather do your sailing on Speyside..... or buy in yon twee Japanese stuff for the bragging rights.

Sheeshh! There's no pleasin' some folk! A secure free anchorage and a fine old malt distillery jist a paddle away....
 
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zoidberg said:
Turn LEFT out of Crinan, head down to a good anchorage at the north end of Port Ellen, and you'll find you have no need whatsoever for gin.....


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....with this on your doorstep.
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Years ago I submitted a Reader's Tip to YM. It was printed, for which the prize was a bottle of Laphroig. The friend who originally told me the tip suggested that 50% of the proceeds were rightfully his. Coincidentally we were all going on a walking trip to Mallorca, so I took the bottle with me. One glass each was enough for all of us, the rest went down the sink.
 
vyv_cox said:
Years ago I submitted a Reader's Tip to YM. It was printed, for which the prize was a bottle of Laphroig. The friend who originally told me the tip suggested that 50% of the proceeds were rightfully his. Coincidentally we were all going on a walking trip to Mallorca, so I took the bottle with me. One glass each was enough for all of us, the rest went down the sink.
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That's heresy! Some of us like the peatsmoke flavour of Islay and other West Highland malts. Reminds me of the time my younger daughter tipped about 2/3 of a bottle of good malt down the sink because it was too old :nonchalance:

However, I do recall the tasting of some Chinese ginseng flavoured wine (actually a sort of infused spirit) on a Clyde Scuttlebutt meet - don't know what became of it, but the general consensus was that it would make good drain cleaner!
 
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