2025 22nd April, Days 24 & 25 To Loch Roe.

 WIP 

An excellent sail, a quick reach down the loch then a slightly uncomfortable but quite quick run north. I could have been in Loch Ewe for lunch but the weather was too good to spend half of it at anchor so I headed for Loch Roe, listed as one of gems of the north. The risk was the wind dying before I got there and potentially several hours motoring. It did drop but only about 90 minutes too soon so it was a short motor on to the Loch.

Rubha Reidh, what I hoped would be the end of dead running.

But 10 or 15 minutes after posting on Facebook to

say I had finished running and was heading for

Loch Roe I was running again, initially under the 

boomed out headsail.

The wind continued to veer and dropped so I was

soon flying the chute.

The comment on the Antares chart says "access to the

inner areas is about as challenging as it gets on the

west cost but is well worth it". I went in at high tide

so could take some liberties taking photos etc. (see

the slide show) but in truth it is not that difficult

if you have their chart and is a doddle compared with

many anchorages in the western isles.

However, care is still needed, this seal is sitting on
a rock in the middle of the visible channel exposed by
1.8m at LAT and waiting to get you.

About to make the first turn.

Some precision anchoring to my planned spot 😀

I counted over 30 seals, mainly Gray at one time
and I'm sure there were many more.

Many more pics and videos in the slide show hosted on Flikr.

39 miles in 9 hours.

Scratch made Chicken Curry tonight, could have done with being a bit hotter.

Update Wednesday 23rd.

There is no wind and when it comes it will be on the nose so I am staying put, tomorrow should have a good sailing breeze from the SE to move north and there is a reasonable chance of getting round Cape wrath on Friday or Saturday, 

Sunday has strong southerlies close to the west but on the Met Office video they said what would happen to the depression causing it was uncertain, if is doesn't extend further east than this mornings models I might be able to get to Orkney on Sunday,  the tides should be OK  are good for the Hoy Mouth but I need to get the computer to do some number crunching. turning east around 17:00, so a reasonable sensible start time and arrival in daylight at 4 knots.