West of Mull - loch Cuan

[dylanwinter]

I am currently in Tobermory

the plan is to go around the outside of Mull and break the journey here

http://www.scottishanchorages.co.uk/communities/1/004/006/956/391//images/4606946692.jpg

15 miles from Tobermory

high tide Oban is about mid day

has anyone any information to pass on about finding our way in close enough into Loch Cuan to get a quiet night

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[bikedaft]

as per CCC guide work you can go into a fairly snug anchorage just off the pier (is there a beacon or something also?)

there used to be jam from an honesty box there too, yummy it was.

i bought an old admiralty chart a couple of years ago, which showed the soundings up to the head of loch a Chumhainn/Cuan (i think) but alas its on Dad's boat.

he is fairly certain he remembers seeing a schooner in there in the '40's or '50's (he used to camp in a field nr Tobermory for scout camp in the summers) so he was keen on getting his keel boat in there, but tbh prob best left to bilge keels...

if you swim, clams at the anchorage about 5-7m at LW, also v tasty

looking forward to seeing your vid... have fun

 

[bikedaft]

ps old scottish charts from here;

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14&lat=56.6024&lon=-6.2276&layers=74401053

select category; scotland, coastal charts

select a map; 2832 treshnish point and mull 1864

or 2832 inset loch cuan - which curiously doesn't show the inner loch

(shown as drying out on main chart)

 

[pagoda]

ps old scottish charts from here;

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14&lat=56.6024&lon=-6.2276&layers=74401053

select category; scotland, coastal charts

select a map; 2832 treshnish point and mull 1864

or 2832 inset loch cuan - which curiously doesn't show the inner loch

(shown as drying out on main chart)

Nice wee loch, but don't go near the place if there is much NW in the weather, Southerly, maybe SSW is OK.

 

[dunedin]

Have you looked at the relevant Antares chart ?

 

[JumbleDuck]

It's a nice spot, but the best bit is completely filled with local moorings. You can go just outside that, though. There is sometimes a visitor mooring run my a local hotel who will send a taxi for you if you ring the number on a board by the jetty.

I was there three years ago, things may have changed.

 

[dylanwinter]

Have you looked at the relevant Antares chart ?

I do not have them at the mo

in august I shall grasp the digital chart nettle

 

[bikedaft]

remembered this;

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...hainn-NW-mull&highlight=loch+cumhain+schooner

some hepful replies

 

[alan_d]

I do not have them at the mo

in august I shall grasp the digital chart nettle

It is part of the conditions of use of Antares charts that you must not share them, so I cannot post the relevant chart here. I think, however, it would be fair use for me to quote the accompanying text to illustrate the kind of thing you would get if you did buy the charts.

PORT CROIG, LOCH CUAN
A rather congested anchorage which should be avoided when the wind or swell have any north in them.
Port Croig has many permanent moorings so you are unlikely to be able to use the most sheltered area. You may, however, be able to use the outer area covered by our chart. If you plan to go ashore by dinghy beware the many floating polypropylene lines.
The main part of Loch Cuan, off Port Croig, provides a good anchorage, accessible at all states of the tide and in the dark, provided there is no significant swell or wind with a northerly element. And large swells from the SW, even, can refract round into the loch.

 

[Sgeir]

We've anchored overnight in the loch, but, a word of warning, the Antares charts suggest shallower water than appears on the UKHO charts and on the Navionics plotter. This concurs with my own experience here, although, on that occasion we never actually touched the bottom.....

Didn't have Antares at that time so certainly didn't even think of going up the Dervaig Channel to the pool. We anchored SE of Eilean nan Gobhar; next time we shall either anchor further out or take a deep breath and try the Dervaig Channel at high water..

 

[mainsail1]

As a non local, I can't find Loch Cuan on Google maps. Can someone give me a hint?

 

[awol]

As a non local, I can't find Loch Cuan on Google maps. Can someone give me a hint?

Top left corner of Mull, usually spelt Chumhainn.

 

[mainsail1]

Thanks.

 

[mainsail1]

Is that near Croig or Dervaig???

 

[awol]

Yes.

 

[Cardinal]

You'll likely see an otter in there. Very pleasant anchorage, subject to the limitations already mentioned.

 

[JumbleDuck]

While you're in that part of the world, Dylan, Gometra Harbour is worth a visit ... but oh dear God the midges.

 

[MM5AHO]

While stopping very briefly in Tobermory yesterday for diesel and water, chanced to see Dylan on the pontoon and then minutes later heading west out of the sound of Mull. We were headed the other way to Oban. That spot he was apparently heading for is a nice one, but I cam out of there lighter for losses to midges!

 

[A1Sailor]

While you're in that part of the world, Dylan, Gometra Harbour is worth a visit ... but oh dear God the midges.

I get confused by the anchorages opposite each other on the north and south side of Gometra. I think Gometra Harbour is south, but I've spent a very uncomfortable rolly night there. Don't anchor in the middle - the east side might offer some protection from the swell. The inlet on the north side is very snug.
If it were me, I'd do the Sound of Ulva then anchor at InchKenneth.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I get confused by the anchorages opposite each other on the north and south side of Gometra. I think Gometra Harbour is south, but I've spent a very uncomfortable rolly night there. Don't anchor in the middle - the east side might offer some protection from the swell. The inlet on the north side is very snug.
If it were me, I'd do the Sound of Ulva then anchor at InchKenneth.

I've always thought of the south one as "Gometra Harbour" but Antares calls then "Gometra South Harbour" and "Gometra North Harbour".