Staying in Plockton

The visitor buoys at Plockton are clearly marked and large, with a good pickup “handbag”. These are on thin rope, tied to the loop of long thick rope which is shackled to the buoy; this rope is encased in plastic hose to reduce chafe. The integral loop on the end fitted snugly over Robinetta's bits and even though the wind started to howl about 2am I did not worry about us staying put.

I was very glad we were in the shelter of Plockton though, and when we heard the morning forecast we decided we were going to be staying for a while. Force 5-7 is too much to take Robinetta out in deliberately, whatever the direction (in this case SW to W, going NW later), and that is the forecast from the coastguard for the next 2 days. There is good phone coverage on the mooring, and Julian was able to pick up xcweather which gives a longer range information. We might be here for the next six days....