Summer cruise of Scotland

Looking south from the Wizard Pool?

Respect!

Almost correct. Looking south from Coalas Mhor

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This was the view to the north west

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Nice I know, but I'm still going to Galicia
 
Been in there once on the way up to LochMaddy. Nice sticky clay bottom :)
It was raining and midgy, but a good secure place to be in.
 
Wizard pool... the only anchorage we've ever has to share on the entire East cost of the outer Hebs...
And the worst midgies too.
Pretty, though.
 
Wizard pool... the only anchorage we've ever has to share on the entire East cost of the outer Hebs...
And the worst midgies too.
Pretty, though.

So it was positively crowded when I was in there with two other boats in 2013. Happily no midges. To us it felt remote enough.
Mrs westhinder coined a phrase for the feeling she got from the Outer Hebrides: the Falklands feeling. It could have been the Falklands as far as she is concerned.
 
Love it all up there. Been sailing for 40 years on w Coast. Just -
Good waterproofs
Always a plan b
Weather fronts come in fast, use your well experienced sailing sixth sense- if it feels wrong, it is.
Remember the next hop is not essential, it's pleasure!
I like the Crinan canal! Crinan itself is lovely, as is Jura and islay.
A must do is the corryvreckan....at the right time!
 
HI, i am a German Sailor and come to Scotlands westcoast this summer (starting First of June). Thanks for so many informations. I hope to see some of you there. So don´t be shy and knock at my boat if you see it. SY Slisand/Kiel. A OE32 with a big Windvane.
(will come to Inverness, Caladonian Canal, Oban, Mull, Sky, Outer Hebridies, Orkneys, Shetlands- Norway)

CU andreas

www.slisand.blogspot.com
 
HI, i am a German Sailor and come to Scotlands westcoast this summer (starting First of June). Thanks for so many informations. I hope to see some of you there. So don´t be shy and knock at my boat if you see it. SY Slisand/Kiel. A OE32 with a big Windvane.
(will come to Inverness, Caladonian Canal, Oban, Mull, Sky, Outer Hebridies, Orkneys, Shetlands- Norway)

CU andreas

www.slisand.blogspot.com

Welcome to one for the finest cruising areas in the world. Might see you N of Adnamurchan as I am in the area until late September - Rustler 36 'Talwyn'.
 
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