Campbeltown to Lochranza

Rainbow over Kintyre

There isn’t much to tell about today.

It was delightful.

We had a favourable wind all day which took us from Campbeltown to Lochranza, mostly in gorgeous sunshine but with a little rain here and there, just so there could be a lovely rainbow. The wind strength was very variable but for most of the day it was constant in direction and we were on a nice close reach. Towards the end it veered north and in the gusts we were pushed a little too much to the Arran side but in the lulls we could hold the course and we never needed to tack.

We tried fishing a number of times. Every time the wind dropped and our speed dropped below 2 knots we put out the line. And immediately the speed came back. I think we were being watched.

We caught nothing.

Alison saw a dolphin but I was looking the wrong way.

At the Lochranza end the wind was a bit more than ideal. It’s coming into the loch and making the mooring a bit bumpy. The sea state isn’t ideal for going ashore in Worm so we’ll stay on board tonight. If its quiet in the morning we might venture ashore. We want to be in East Loch Tarbert a little before 5pm for the Clyde Cruising Club Closing Muster. But it’s only 11 nm.