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Sunday, July 14, 2024

Lagavulin Bay - Ardbeg

Yesterday was spent on land adventures - visiting two of the distilleries, and dinner in the town of Port Ellen. As we have a distillery tour booked at Ardbeg for tomorrow, we decided to move closer today.

As this area is full of reefs, we waited for the rising tide before hoisting anchor. This coincided with the morning fog lifting, and so we had a nice easy motoring over to the next anchorage. We tested how it is to tow Isosaari, and that also went without a hitch.

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Now we’re swinging on one of the distillery’s branded mooring balls. As the weather is still nice and light, this means an opportunity to do some boat projects and to take Isosaari our for a spin. Turns out seals are less afraid of the dinghy sailing than rowing.

From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
14.07. 10:57 Z 55°38'3"N 6°7'34"W 332° 0kt 5363NM wind 3.9kt 189° baro 1012 hPa Started main engine
14.07. 11:02 Z 55°38'1"N 6°7'29"W 141° 2.1kt 5363NM wind 3.4kt 180° baro 1012 hPa Anchor up, motoring
14.07. 11:19 Z 55°38'19"N 6°6'24"W 22° 0kt 5363.8NM wind 6.3kt 209° baro 1012 hPa Stopped, Ardbeg visitor mooring