Plockton - Isle Ornsay
The guest moorings at Plockton worked all right. We got to visit the village pub, and the mooring held through the gusty, rolly day. But today the forecast looked a little bit better, and so we wanted to try solving our next puzzle: the famous tidal gate at Kyle Rhea.
In this sound you can get tidal races up to 8kt, so there was absolutely no chance of making it through at the wrong time. And as it’s been blowing from southwest, there was a significant chance of overfalls at the other end.
To sort it out, we chose to go through on the last hour of the favourable tide. This meant we passed the narrows with a relatively gentle 3kt current, and with no overfalls as the tide was already slackening.
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Sailing-wise today contained everything, from tacking to dead downwind, rain and sunshine, and from light breezes to 30kt gusts when a thunderstorm overtook us. So lots of reefing and shaking the reef. The interior of the boat looks quite tumbled, but otherwise it was fun, active sailing.
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Now we’re anchored in the bay north of Isle Ornsay, just off the Isle of Skye. This should be a good place for tonight, and a good spot for choosing the window for passing Cape Ardnamurchan.
- Distance today: 23.5NM
- Total distance: 1522.2NM
- Lunch: shaksuka
- Engine hours: 1.1
Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
04.06. 15:04 Z |
57°20'34"N
5°38'22"W
|
339°
|
0.9kt
|
4738.3NM
|
wind
14.1kt
318°
baro 1004 hPa
|
Tightened all N2K connectors from Orca Core to bow terminator. Now Orca again sees the rest of the bus
|
04.06. 15:20 Z |
57°20'34"N
5°38'22"W
|
221°
|
0.8kt
|
4738.3NM
|
wind
14.8kt
306°
baro 1004 hPa
|
Removed 12V-to-1.2V DC-DC from heads as the new fan is 12V. Re-tightened festoon connectors of the light there to stop blinking
|
04.06. 16:09 Z |
57°20'33"N
5°38'22"W
|
50°
|
0.4kt
|
4738.3NM
|
wind
6.7kt
326°
baro 1004 hPa
|
Changed hydrogenerator uphaul line to new one, old one was almost chafed through
|
05.06. 7:12 Z |
57°20'34"N
5°38'22"W
|
169°
|
0kt
|
4738.3NM
|
wind
8.1kt
242°
baro 1005 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
05.06. 7:28 Z |
57°20'34"N
5°38'22"W
|
328°
|
0kt
|
4738.3NM
|
wind
11.2kt
240°
baro 1005 hPa
|
Suski added patches where main touches aft lowers on 1st reef
|
05.06. 7:36 Z |
57°20'42"N
5°38'28"W
|
349°
|
2.9kt
|
4738.5NM
|
wind
8.7kt
235°
baro 1005 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Staysail
|
05.06. 8:00 Z |
57°21'51"N
5°40'50"W
|
311°
|
4.5kt
|
4740.3NM
|
wind
13.8kt
251°
baro 1005 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
05.06. 8:27 Z |
57°20'33"N
5°42'23"W
|
203°
|
3.8kt
|
4742.2NM
|
wind
11kt
256°
baro 1005 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Staysail
|
05.06. 9:00 Z |
57°19'15"N
5°44'13"W
|
182°
|
3.2kt
|
4744.3NM
|
wind
10.2kt
239°
baro 1005 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
05.06. 10:00 Z |
57°16'17"N
5°41'21"W
|
97°
|
6.3kt
|
4749NM
|
wind
23.9kt
306°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
05.06. 10:22 Z |
57°15'31"N
5°38'41"W
|
139°
|
2.6kt
|
4750.8NM
|
wind
7.8kt
212°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Motorsailing
|
05.06. 10:42 Z |
57°13'16"N
5°39'29"W
|
174°
|
7.3kt
|
4753.2NM
|
wind
16.7kt
242°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Staysail
|
05.06. 11:00 Z |
57°11'54"N
5°40'24"W
|
222°
|
5.2kt
|
4754.7NM
|
wind
16.7kt
269°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
05.06. 11:20 Z |
57°11'0"N
5°41'56"W
|
177°
|
4.9kt
|
4756.3NM
|
wind
10.2kt
255°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail
|
05.06. 11:25 Z |
57°10'50"N
5°41'57"W
|
176°
|
2.5kt
|
4756.4NM
|
wind
10kt
246°
baro 1007 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Staysail
|
05.06. 11:44 Z |
57°10'48"N
5°42'26"W
|
283°
|
2kt
|
4757.1NM
|
wind
10kt
207°
baro 1007 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail
|
05.06. 12:00 Z |
57°10'24"N
5°43'42"W
|
192°
|
4.3kt
|
4758NM
|
wind
10.5kt
263°
baro 1007 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
05.06. 12:58 Z |
57°9'22"N
5°47'19"W
|
216°
|
1.9kt
|
4761.3NM
|
wind
6.9kt
251°
baro 1007 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
05.06. 13:00 Z |
57°9'19"N
5°47'24"W
|
204°
|
2.7kt
|
4761.3NM
|
wind
6kt
232°
baro 1007 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
05.06. 13:14 Z |
57°8'57"N
5°47'52"W
|
267°
|
0.2kt
|
4761.9NM
|
wind
8.6kt
283°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Anchored
|
05.06. 13:19 Z |
57°8'56"N
5°47'51"W
|
273°
|
0kt
|
4761.9NM
|
wind
6.2kt
292°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
|