Sean started from our home port, Stromness with his friend David and David's son Graham.
A pleasant afternoon and evening sail tacking aginst the SE wind took them from Stromness to the visitor buoy off Burray. They then waited a few days for the SE winds to ease and give comfortable conditions for crossing of the Pentland Firth. The wind dropped and the fog closed in, so they crossed the Firth in thick fog, tracking ships with AIS and radar. Further south the fog cleared but they had to motor sail all the way to Inverness, seeing some dolphins on the way.
In Inverness I joined Sean for our cruising to south. It was very nice to be on board and sailing on the Caledonian Canal again.
Sunset, Seaport Marina. |
Further along the canal it was damp and misty, giving us a typically 'soft' highland day.
Ben Nevis range looked impressive from the Canal as we approach Bannavie and Neptune's Staircase.
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