Inverie - Loch Eishort
After a somewhat loud night with the mooring buoy banging against the hull in the windstill we set sail towards Skye. We sailed in the lee side of the loch, no waves but very variable winds, as can be expected. Winds ranging from 10 to 35 knots we made good progress towards our target.
Out of the loch we enjoyed steady winds on the beam until the Sleat Peninsula ate all of our wind and we needed to motor out of the localised windstill. After rounding the cape wind slowly came back and we could sail once more. First we rolled out just the genoa as we were going dead downwind. Then the wind increased enough for us to move to just to staysail. As we needed to then sail on a ever decreasing wind angle, we hoisted the main in second reef and went through the narrows of Loch Eishort with 6 knots of speed. Not much space for mistakes and we luckily didn’t make one. After the narrows it was sails down and we motored to drop the anchor.
Now we are tucked away in a protected bay waiting out the wind and rain.
- Distance today: 24.3NM
- Total distance: 1803.1NM
- Lunch: spinach chanterelle quiche
- Engine hours: 1.1
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 24.06. 8:48 Z |
57°2'10"N
5°41'8"W
|
99°
|
0kt
|
5018.3NM
|
wind
7.3kt
165°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Started main engine
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| 24.06. 8:53 Z |
57°2'5"N
5°41'10"W
|
171°
|
2.8kt
|
5018.3NM
|
wind
8kt
161°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Motoring
|
| 24.06. 8:54 Z |
57°2'2"N
5°41'14"W
|
252°
|
2.2kt
|
5018.4NM
|
wind
8.8kt
158°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Staysail
|
| 24.06. 9:00 Z |
57°1'53"N
5°41'48"W
|
241°
|
4.4kt
|
5018.7NM
|
wind
11.8kt
197°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 24.06. 10:00 Z |
57°0'51"N
5°50'24"W
|
260°
|
4.7kt
|
5023.6NM
|
wind
15.8kt
200°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 24.06. 10:26 Z |
57°0'18"N
5°54'22"W
|
260°
|
5.2kt
|
5025.8NM
|
wind
16.1kt
178°
baro 1016 hPa
|
PAN PAN Yacht aground of Cuan Sound, contact Stornoway CG. Grey Dog reported being on site
|
| 24.06. 10:39 Z |
56°59'58"N
5°56'9"W
|
248°
|
5kt
|
5026.9NM
|
wind
14.8kt
175°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Apparently the aground yacht (Mocking J) didn't require assistance
|
| 24.06. 11:00 Z |
56°59'53"N
5°58'48"W
|
263°
|
4kt
|
5028.3NM
|
wind
14.1kt
168°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 24.06. 11:37 Z |
57°0'16"N
6°1'59"W
|
290°
|
1.7kt
|
5030.1NM
|
wind
5.7kt
158°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 24.06. 12:00 Z |
57°2'1"N
6°3'6"W
|
348°
|
4.8kt
|
5032.1NM
|
wind
10.6kt
146°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 24.06. 12:02 Z |
57°2'8"N
6°3'7"W
|
13°
|
4kt
|
5032.2NM
|
wind
13.1kt
137°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Genoa 1
|
| 24.06. 13:00 Z |
57°6'1"N
6°1'44"W
|
14°
|
4.9kt
|
5036.2NM
|
wind
17.3kt
163°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 24.06. 13:32 Z |
57°8'21"N
5°59'39"W
|
47°
|
4.6kt
|
5038.9NM
|
wind
21.3kt
170°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Sails set: Staysail
|
| 24.06. 13:37 Z |
57°8'37"N
5°59'6"W
|
47°
|
5.6kt
|
5039.3NM
|
wind
18.8kt
169°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (2nd reef), Staysail
|
| 24.06. 14:00 Z |
57°9'57"N
5°55'44"W
|
53°
|
5.9kt
|
5041.5NM
|
wind
24.9kt
171°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 24.06. 14:07 Z |
57°10'4"N
5°54'43"W
|
72°
|
5.6kt
|
5042.1NM
|
wind
23.8kt
181°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 24.06. 14:17 Z |
57°10'0"N
5°54'6"W
|
176°
|
0.5kt
|
5042.6NM
|
wind
12.7kt
196°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main (2nd reef), Staysail
|
| 24.06. 14:17 Z |
57°10'0"N
5°54'6"W
|
153°
|
0.7kt
|
5042.6NM
|
wind
16.2kt
192°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 24.06. 14:19 Z |
57°9'59"N
5°54'6"W
|
63°
|
0kt
|
5042.6NM
|
wind
12.6kt
198°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Anchored
|
| 24.06. 14:24 Z |
57°9'59"N
5°54'4"W
|
267°
|
0kt
|
5042.6NM
|
wind
20.7kt
193°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
|
| 24.06. 15:32 Z |
57°10'0"N
5°54'4"W
|
103°
|
0kt
|
5042.6NM
|
wind
6.5kt
147°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Again a "no GPS" error on the Triton, rebooted N2K
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