Bothy Bay - Lagavulin Bay
We hoisted the anchor a bit after nine and left the beautiful and rocky terrain of Jura behind. We motored through the narrows and hoisted the main sail and genoa close reached. In the beginning we had some proper wind and could fight the current pushing us to shore, but it got weaker and weaker. We tacked to give us more sea room, but that was not enough, we were being pushed ashore as the wind died down completely.
So we motorsailed towards Sound of Islay. When we had Bunnahabhain in our sights, the wind started again and we could start sailing again in the ever increasing tidal stream. After Caol Ila we passed the ferry wing on wing doing 7.6 knots aided by the 3 knot current!
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As the day progressed we kept changing the tack and whether or not we were wing on wing of on beam reach. After rounding the last corner, we set our sights to our destination Lagavulin Bay with it’s narrow entrance and shallow pool. To our great surprise no one else was in there, so we didn’t even need to think of our secondary option, Ardbeg. In Lagavulin Bay we could pick our anchoring spot freely between the moorings and are now anchored in 2.3 meters on low tide. We haven’t seen this little scope since Berlin, especially given the 40cm tidal range!
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Now it is time to explore some whisky we have sailed past. We’ll start with a Jura, thanks to Bernhard!
- Distance today: 29.9NM
- Total distance: 2123.4NM
- Lunch: spaghetti with avocado sauce
- Engine hours: 1.7
Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
12.07. 8:39 Z |
55°58'25"N
5°54'9"W
|
326°
|
0kt
|
5333.1NM
|
wind
7.6kt
327°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
12.07. 8:46 Z |
55°58'21"N
5°54'14"W
|
219°
|
4.2kt
|
5333.1NM
|
wind
3.2kt
264°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Anchor up, motoring
|
12.07. 9:00 Z |
55°57'43"N
5°55'28"W
|
266°
|
3.6kt
|
5334.1NM
|
wind
4.2kt
305°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
12.07. 9:19 Z |
55°57'44"N
5°57'40"W
|
259°
|
3.7kt
|
5335.4NM
|
wind
8.3kt
300°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
12.07. 9:24 Z |
55°57'40"N
5°58'16"W
|
256°
|
3.4kt
|
5335.7NM
|
wind
8.6kt
310°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Started watermaker, 177ppm
|
12.07. 9:51 Z |
55°57'30"N
5°59'56"W
|
340°
|
1.8kt
|
5336.9NM
|
wind
4.3kt
301°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Split ring was gone from inner forestay lower toggle. Replaced. Time for a rigging check
|
12.07. 10:00 Z |
55°57'39"N
6°0'11"W
|
244°
|
2.3kt
|
5337.1NM
|
wind
4kt
300°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
12.07. 10:32 Z |
55°57'16"N
6°1'35"W
|
215°
|
0.9kt
|
5338NM
|
wind
1.3kt
229°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Motorsailing with cone up
|
12.07. 10:32 Z |
55°57'15"N
6°1'35"W
|
218°
|
1.9kt
|
5338NM
|
wind
1.8kt
254°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 155ppm
|
12.07. 11:00 Z |
55°55'37"N
6°4'58"W
|
208°
|
5.4kt
|
5340.6NM
|
wind
9kt
317°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
12.07. 11:00 Z |
55°55'35"N
6°5'0"W
|
205°
|
5.4kt
|
5340.6NM
|
wind
8.7kt
311°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
12.07. 12:00 Z |
55°48'18"N
6°5'0"W
|
157°
|
7kt
|
5348.1NM
|
wind
13.6kt
9°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
12.07. 13:00 Z |
55°43'10"N
6°0'32"W
|
159°
|
5.2kt
|
5353.9NM
|
wind
13.3kt
336°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
12.07. 14:00 Z |
55°39'26"N
6°1'11"W
|
227°
|
3.1kt
|
5358NM
|
wind
9.9kt
18°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
12.07. 14:47 Z |
55°37'21"N
6°5'45"W
|
266°
|
4kt
|
5361.6NM
|
wind
11.9kt
322°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
12.07. 15:00 Z |
55°37'45"N
6°7'4"W
|
317°
|
3.9kt
|
5362.5NM
|
wind
13.5kt
324°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
12.07. 15:14 Z |
55°38'2"N
6°7'34"W
|
252°
|
0kt
|
5363NM
|
wind
8.4kt
286°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Anchored
|
12.07. 15:22 Z |
55°38'2"N
6°7'33"W
|
260°
|
0.4kt
|
5363NM
|
wind
4.1kt
277°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
|