Tinker's Hole - Bothy Bay
Having enjoyed an epic sunset with a double rainbow and a restful night, we hoisted the anchor in the morning. Forecast was showing a nice but rainy 10-15kt downwind run to Jura.
Well, that wasn’t the reality. As soon as we got to the Firth of Lorne, the wind died and the sun came out. Expecting this to be a short lull, we drifted for about two hours while doing some boat maintenance. There were practically no other boats out anyway.
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A swell kept building up, and the wind didn’t materialise, and so we resigned ourselves to motoring. First with the mainsail and motorsailing cone up, but then as the swell kept banging the sail, we also took those down. At least the sunshine was nice. One of the first sailing days this summer when you didn’t need a sweater!
Entering Loch Tarbert, the wind finally did come up. And plenty of it. We went from about 3kt to 28kt in maybe the distance of half a nautical mile. This made navigating the twisty-turny channel into the inner loch a bit interesting, but luckily this one is well marked with transits on the shore.
As we passed the narrowest spot, we were buzzed by a military transport plane flying low along the loch. The geological sights of the raised beaches were also interesting.
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Now we’re anchored at Bothy Bay. The inner Loch Tarbert is quite shallow, and so while there is no protection from the wind, we have plenty of room to swing on the anchor. Hopefully the stronger winds pass sooner than forecasted so that we can explore a bit with the dinghy!
- Distance today: 28.5NM
- Total distance: 2093.5NM
- Lunch: Avocado toast
- Engine hours: 4.8
Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
10.07. 9:24 Z |
56°17'37"N
6°23'9"W
|
351°
|
0kt
|
5304.5NM
|
wind
11.6kt
10°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
10.07. 9:30 Z |
56°17'37"N
6°23'12"W
|
227°
|
3.2kt
|
5304.5NM
|
wind
12kt
1°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Anchor up, motoring
|
10.07. 9:45 Z |
56°16'48"N
6°23'12"W
|
135°
|
4.1kt
|
5305.5NM
|
wind
15kt
355°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
10.07. 9:46 Z |
56°16'47"N
6°23'11"W
|
140°
|
4.3kt
|
5305.5NM
|
wind
13.7kt
17°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
10.07. 9:53 Z |
56°16'16"N
6°22'19"W
|
136°
|
6.2kt
|
5306.2NM
|
wind
17.9kt
30°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1 (20% furled)
|
10.07. 10:00 Z |
56°15'43"N
6°21'25"W
|
131°
|
6.5kt
|
5307NM
|
wind
13.6kt
21°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
10.07. 10:00 Z |
56°15'43"N
6°21'25"W
|
131°
|
6.5kt
|
5307NM
|
wind
13.6kt
21°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Speed through water showing zero again
|
10.07. 10:21 Z |
56°14'22"N
6°19'9"W
|
137°
|
4.8kt
|
5308.8NM
|
wind
13kt
21°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
|
10.07. 11:00 Z |
56°12'47"N
6°16'45"W
|
151°
|
2kt
|
5310.9NM
|
wind
5.7kt
19°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
10.07. 11:14 Z |
56°12'30"N
6°16'28"W
|
131°
|
0.5kt
|
5311.2NM
|
wind
3.6kt
11°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef)
|
10.07. 11:38 Z |
56°12'9"N
6°16'22"W
|
6°
|
0.2kt
|
5311.6NM
|
wind
1.9kt
4°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
10.07. 12:00 Z |
56°12'1"N
6°16'26"W
|
175°
|
0.2kt
|
5311.7NM
|
wind
2.6kt
302°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
10.07. 12:05 Z |
56°11'59"N
6°16'26"W
|
273°
|
0.4kt
|
5311.8NM
|
wind
1.8kt
290°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
10.07. 12:05 Z |
56°11'59"N
6°16'26"W
|
138°
|
0.8kt
|
5311.8NM
|
wind
1.7kt
275°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
10.07. 13:00 Z |
56°9'35"N
6°9'37"W
|
132°
|
5.2kt
|
5316.3NM
|
wind
2.4kt
140°
sea state 3/10
clouds 7/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
10.07. 14:00 Z |
56°5'14"N
6°5'53"W
|
158°
|
5.2kt
|
5321.3NM
|
wind
5.7kt
69°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
10.07. 15:00 Z |
56°0'18"N
6°2'55"W
|
163°
|
5.4kt
|
5326.5NM
|
wind
9.4kt
35°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
10.07. 15:22 Z |
55°58'35"N
6°1'8"W
|
141°
|
5.8kt
|
5328.5NM
|
wind
12.8kt
27°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
10.07. 16:00 Z |
55°57'32"N
5°56'10"W
|
63°
|
4.9kt
|
5331.5NM
|
wind
22.6kt
6°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
10.07. 16:22 Z |
55°58'26"N
5°54'10"W
|
70°
|
0.7kt
|
5333.1NM
|
wind
18.7kt
31°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Anchored
|
10.07. 16:30 Z |
55°58'25"N
5°54'10"W
|
148°
|
0.4kt
|
5333.1NM
|
wind
18.7kt
21°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
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