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AUTUMN SUN AROUND MULL – ULVA, COLL, TIREE AND TRESHNISH

After waiting all summer for summer, it finally arrived in Scotland last week,
with sun, light winds, and calm blue seas.

Heading across the Firth of Lorn past the lighthouse to the start of the Sound
of Mull

We were back for the first time since late July. The wind was generally from the
east, so it was a good week to see the little islands west of Mull –  Treshnish,
Ulva, Coll and Tiree, plus a night in beautiful Loch na Droma Buidhe and another
in a sheltered gap in the rocks near Iona called Tinkers Hole. For this week,
photos are the best way to tell the story.

Continue reading “Autumn sun around Mull – Ulva, Coll, Tiree and Treshnish”
Author PDRPosted on Sep 28, 2024Oct 19, 2024Categories Round Britain 2024-25Tags
Clyde Puffer, Coll, Iona, Kerrera, Mull, Oban, Para Handy, Treshnish, Tyree,
UlvaLeave a comment on Autumn sun around Mull – Ulva, Coll, Tiree and Treshnish


SLOWBOAT ROUND BRITAIN – KERRERA, SPRING FEVER’S HOME FOR A YEAR

We left Tobermory on a grey day, with wind blowing from dead ahead along the
Sound of Mull and rain clouds chasing each other across the sky. It was a wet
and blowy last 25 miles to our destination, the island of Kerrera on Oban Bay,
where we’ve rented a mooring for a year.

Leaving Tobermory Continue reading “Slowboat Round Britain – Kerrera, Spring
Fever’s home for a year”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 22, 2024Oct 10, 2024Categories Cruises, Oldie Sailor,
Round Britain 2024-25Tags Clipper Round the World Race, Kerrera Marina, Oban,
Sir Robin Knox JohnstonLeave a comment on Slowboat Round Britain – Kerrera,
Spring Fever’s home for a year


LOCHALSH, CANNA, TOBERMORY

After watching the European Cup final we stayed, in a not particularly cheerful
mood, on the harbourmaster’s pontoon at Kyle of Lochalsh, just across from Skye.
Next morning there was some cleaning to do, because Loch Ewe mud from the chain
and anchor had left sticky traces on the deck.

Continue reading “Lochalsh, Canna, Tobermory”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 17, 2024Oct 10, 2024Categories Cruises, Oldie Sailor,
Round Britain 2024-25Tags Canna, Cuillin mountains, Eigg, Kyle of Lochalsh,
Muck, Rum, Sound of Sleat, TobermoryLeave a comment on Lochalsh, Canna,
Tobermory


LOCH EWE TO KYLE OF LOCHALSH

After a gloomy, cloudy start from Loch Ewe, the sun came out as we turned past
the headland of Rubha Reidh and headed south.

With a brisk Force 4 to 5 exactly behind us, we were creaming along under
mainsail alone.

Continue reading “Loch Ewe to Kyle of Lochalsh”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 15, 2024Oct 8, 2024Categories Cruises, Oldie Sailor,
Round Britain 2024-25Tags Kyle of Lochalsh, Loch Ewe, Skemye, Skye BridgeLeave a
comment on Loch Ewe to Kyle of Lochalsh


INVEREWE GARDENS

Spring Fever was anchored for two nights in Camas Glas, a little bay with
landing steps for visitors to Inverewe Gardens. It’s an astonishing place, with
many plants that if you didn’t see them, you’d never believe would thrive in the
far north-west of Scotland. Photos are the best way to tell this story. Continue
reading “Inverewe Gardens”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 13, 2024Oct 10, 2024Categories Cruises, Oldie Sailor,
Round Britain 2024-25Tags Inverewe Gardens, Inverewe HouseLeave a comment on
Inverewe Gardens


CRUISING DOWN THE WEST COAST – KINLOCHBERVIE, LOCHINVER, LOCH EWE

We’ve done our main delivery trip: after passing Cape Wrath, Spring Fever is now
cruising among the lochs and islands of the west of Scotland on the way down to
Oban, which will be the boat’s home for a year.

There are hundreds of anchorages and dozens of harbours, with shelter from any
given wind direction always in reasonably easy reach. We’re no longer trying to
maximise the sea miles every day and are looking instead at a less strenuous 30
to 50 miles a day.

Early morning, Kinlochbervie, the fishing port just south of Cape Wrath, where
we stayed two nights Continue reading “Cruising down the West Coast –
Kinlochbervie, Lochinver, Loch Ewe”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 13, 2024Oct 8, 2024Categories Cruises, Oldie Sailor,
Round Britain 2024-25Tags Inverewe Gardens, Kinlochbervie, Loch Ewe, Lochinver1
Comment on Cruising down the West Coast – Kinlochbervie, Lochinver, Loch Ewe


KIRKWALL TO CAPE WRATH AND SOUTH AGAIN

Passing Cape Wrath, with its cliff-top lighthouse, as the wind starts picking up

By great good fortune, the wind started coming from the east just as we were
planning to head for the famous headland of Cape Wrath away to the West. What
could have been a hard-working 90 mile battle into the wind to Cape Wrath and
south to Kinlochbervie became an exhilarating down-wind ride.

Continue reading “Kirkwall to Cape Wrath and south again”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 10, 2024Oct 8, 2024Categories Cruises, Oldie Sailor,
Round Britain 2024-25Tags Cape Wrath, KinlochbervieLeave a comment on
Kirkwall to Cape Wrath and south again


KIRKWALL, SKARA BRAE AND NESS OF BRODGAR



Skara Brae, a fishing and farming village more than 5,000 years old, is a must
on any visit to Orkney. The houses have stone furniture, and the winding paths
between them were roofed. It can be reached easily from Kirkwall on an hourly
local bus service. Continue reading “Kirkwall, Skara Brae and Ness of Brodgar”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 10, 2024Oct 10, 2024Categories Cruises, Oldie Sailor,
Round Britain 2024-25Tags Bishops' Palace, Kirkwall, Ness of Brodgar, Orkney,
Skara Brae, St Magnus CathedralLeave a comment on Kirkwall, Skara Brae and Ness
of Brodgar


PENTLAND FIRTH TO ORKNEY

The next leg from Wick to Kirkwall in Orkney required careful preparation,
because we needed to cross close to the Eastern end of the notorious Pentland
Firth.

This has ferocious tides but, more seriously, is peppered with rocks and deep
underwater reefs that create enormous turbulence. Ships, even the navy, are wary
of the Firth. In some conditions it can be deadly for  small craft.

We crossed just to the east of the Pentland Skerries Continue reading “Pentland
Firth to Orkney”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 6, 2024Oct 8, 2024Categories Cruises, Oldie Sailor,
Round Britain 2024-25Tags Cruising Association, Kirkwall, Orkney, Pentland
Firth, WickLeave a comment on Pentland Firth to Orkney


PETERHEAD TO WICK

The 75 miles across the Moray Firth from Peterhead to Wick was a reminder of how
long the North Sea has been a source of  energy wealth. We passed close to a
huge deep-water wind farm and near another big one under construction. Close by
there was an old oilfield from 1980, called Beatrice, which was exhausted and 
shut down 7 years ago. Nearby Captain, a small field discovered in 1977, is
still operating.

A shaft of sun on the water, with a rainy Wick harbour in the distance. Continue
reading “Peterhead to Wick”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 6, 2024Oct 8, 2024Categories Cruises, Oldie Sailor,
Round Britain 2024-25Tags Peterhead, Prison Museum, Round Britain, WickLeave a
comment on Peterhead to Wick


WHITBY TO PETERHEAD

After leaving Whitby, we had more light winds on the Yorkshire and
Northumberland coasts as far as Amble in Northumberland. However, we arrived
just before the first strong winds of the cruise – too strong, in fact, because
they kept us there several days.

Warkworth castle

It was no penance, because the countryside is beautiful and we found plenty to
do. Warkworth castle is well worth visiting, and there is  a lovely coastal path
to the seaside village of Alnmouth, with a frequent bus back to Amble.

Continue reading “Whitby to Peterhead”
Author PDRPosted on Jul 1, 2024Oct 10, 2024Categories Oldie Sailor, Round
Britain 2024-25Tags Alnmouth, Amble, Eyemouth, Peterhead, Warkworth, WhitbyLeave
a comment on Whitby to Peterhead


SLOWBOAT ROUND BRITAIN – ORWELL TO WHITBY

Light winds again, just like our passage up the Channel. In the last couple of
days, we’ve probably beaten all our past records for motor sailing.

Pin Mill and the Butt & Oyster

We left Woolverstone, passed Pin Mill in a calm and headed down the Orwell,
finding wind eventually for about half the first leg. It was a bright and sunny
40 miles from Harwich to Lowestoft along the low-lying but beautiful Suffolk
coast. With a near-spring tide carrying us along, Spring Fever reached  9 knots
over the ground at times as we passed Aldeburgh and Southwold.

Continue reading “Slowboat Round Britain – Orwell to Whitby”
Author PDRPosted on Jun 24, 2024Oct 10, 2024Categories Cruises, Round Britain
2024-25Tags Harwich, Lowestoft, Round Britain, Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht
Club, Whitby, Woolverstone1 Comment on Slowboat Round Britain – Orwell to Whitby


TRANSADRIATICA 2024

This year’s race from Venice to Novigrad and back felt like two different
events. The first leg outwards was a hard-working disappointment, while the
return home was a fast and enjoyable sail in mostly fine weather that more than
made up for the earlier frustrations.

On the way out to Novigrad, only three boats out of 30 entrants managed to
finish the overnight race, and everyone else withdrew part way through. The
challenges that defeated most of the fleet were a combination of a north-east
wind, a change in the course and the gradual then complete disappearance of the
wind not long after dawn.

Fine weather at the evening start but wind from a difficult direction Continue
reading “Transadriatica 2024”
Author PDRPosted on Jun 18, 2024Oct 8, 2024Categories TransadriaticaTags Diporto
Velico Veneziano, DVV, Transadriatica 2024, Venice1 Comment on Transadriatica
2024


SLOWBOAT ROUND BRITAIN – OFF WE GO

Some people race non-stop round Britain. Others sail 2,000 miles in a frantic
six weeks cruise over one summer. We left Cowes a few days ago and won’t be back
before autumn 2025. With so much to see, what’s the point of rushing?

Leaving Cowes before sunrise Continue reading “Slowboat round Britain – off
we go”
Author PDRPosted on May 26, 2024Oct 10, 2024Categories Cruises, Round Britain
2024-25Tags Round Britain, Thames Array, Thames Estuary, WoolverstoneLeave a
comment on Slowboat round Britain – off we go


READY TO GO

Spring Fever is ready to launch, with the topsides polished, the bottom
antifouled, the engine serviced and an overhaul of the electronics. She hasn’t
looked as smart for quite a while.

Continue reading “Ready to go”
Author PDRPosted on May 9, 2024Oct 8, 2024Categories Round Britain 2024-25Tags
Cowes, Round Britain, WoolverstoneLeave a comment on Ready to go


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