Bernera Bay - Oban - Loch Spelve
We hoisted the anchor at eight, along with a ginormous ball of seaweed, kelp and mud. As we were on a schedule we motored to Oban so Miisa and Phil could catch their flight back home. After we had tied up it was time to grab a shower.
At 1pm we got our next guest, Martin. We had a pub lunch and did some sightseeing. A plan emerged do some sailing still today and go anchoring for the night.
The chosen anchorage for tonight was the big and sheltered Loch Spelve. The charts were clear that we should enter at slack tide, and so we were to hit the mouth of the Loch at 20:17. We set up sail 18 and proceeded to make too good of a speed towards our target. Luckily wind died as we got into the shadow of Mull, and we could proceed drifting with the dying tide.
We timed the entrance pretty much perfectly and got through without issues. After checking out our initially planned cove, we ran into some katabatic winds and decided to reroute ourselves to the bigger and more protected Lussa River anchorage. This one is quite deep, and was quite full. But being the small boat, there was a nice spot left near the drying area.
- Distance today: 21.1 NM
- Total distance: 1638.5 NM
- Lunch today: Haggis burger
- Engine hours: 3.9
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 16.06. 6:38 Z |
56°29'39"N
5°34'40"W
|
209°
|
0kt
|
4856.8NM
|
wind
6.6kt
13°
baro 998 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 16.06. 6:39 Z |
56°29'39"N
5°34'40"W
|
137°
|
0kt
|
4856.8NM
|
wind
3.1kt
9°
baro 998 hPa
|
Anchor up, motoring
|
| 16.06. 7:00 Z |
56°29'0"N
5°35'44"W
|
231°
|
5.2kt
|
4857.7NM
|
wind
9.4kt
326°
baro 998 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 8:00 Z |
56°26'2"N
5°31'48"W
|
115°
|
5.5kt
|
4862.8NM
|
wind
12.3kt
313°
baro 998 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 8:31 Z |
56°24'56"N
5°28'32"W
|
185°
|
0kt
|
4865.1NM
|
wind
4.9kt
329°
baro 998 hPa
|
Stopped
|
| 16.06. 15:46 Z |
56°24'56"N
5°28'32"W
|
149°
|
0kt
|
4865.1NM
|
wind
17.7kt
299°
baro 1000 hPa
|
martin joined the crew
|
| 16.06. 16:46 Z |
56°24'56"N
5°28'32"W
|
207°
|
0kt
|
4865.1NM
|
wind
17.1kt
303°
baro 1000 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 16.06. 16:55 Z |
56°24'58"N
5°28'40"W
|
256°
|
4kt
|
4865.1NM
|
wind
14.6kt
313°
baro 1000 hPa
|
Motoring
|
| 16.06. 16:59 Z |
56°25'8"N
5°29'5"W
|
336°
|
3.2kt
|
4865.4NM
|
wind
15.2kt
310°
baro 1000 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 17:17 Z |
56°25'38"N
5°30'12"W
|
252°
|
4.1kt
|
4866.3NM
|
wind
14.1kt
288°
baro 1000 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Staysail
|
| 16.06. 18:00 Z |
56°24'52"N
5°35'2"W
|
237°
|
5.6kt
|
4869.6NM
|
wind
12.1kt
330°
baro 1001 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 18:42 Z |
56°23'6"N
5°38'51"W
|
181°
|
2.2kt
|
4872.4NM
|
wind
5.8kt
263°
baro 1001 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 16.06. 18:42 Z |
56°23'4"N
5°38'51"W
|
178°
|
2.8kt
|
4872.4NM
|
wind
5.3kt
257°
baro 1001 hPa
|
Pan pan concerning lost microlight aircraft lost north of Ardnamurchan
|
| 16.06. 19:00 Z |
56°22'46"N
5°40'35"W
|
294°
|
4.4kt
|
4873.5NM
|
wind
9.4kt
310°
baro 1001 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 19:09 Z |
56°23'4"N
5°41'17"W
|
299°
|
2.8kt
|
4874NM
|
wind
11.6kt
320°
baro 1001 hPa
|
Mayday relay: at 1842z beacon activated 0.7nm of 55deg40.40N 005deg43.3W, Belfast CG
|
| 16.06. 20:00 Z |
56°24'26"N
5°43'58"W
|
287°
|
3.4kt
|
4877.6NM
|
wind
8.1kt
279°
baro 1002 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 20:08 Z |
56°24'33"N
5°44'25"W
|
359°
|
0kt
|
4877.9NM
|
wind
14.2kt
268°
baro 1002 hPa
|
Anchored
|
| 16.06. 20:15 Z |
56°24'33"N
5°44'23"W
|
281°
|
0kt
|
4877.9NM
|
wind
11.2kt
292°
baro 1002 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
|