Arisaig to Drambuie

We cast off the mooring at about nine and drifted out with the tide along the labyrinthine channel out of Arisaig. Giving the GPSto the local ferryman to take on a trip to Rhum was genius though I say so myself so we just followed the GPS Track. The journey around Arnamurchan point and into the Sound of Mull was a bloomin delight.Beam rech, 10 mph of wind, six knots.It could not have been better.

We went into Lock Drambuie, which lies between Oronsay and the mainland. It is utterly perfect - about 300 aceres and all the sounds are natural - the birds, a stream running into one corner of the loch and that was it.

There was a group pf six blokes with sailing canoes camping on one little beach and one other yacht

We dropped the hook and watched sun go down. A perfectly quiet night apart from the gentle rumble of the anchor chain.

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This is about Dylan Winter's Blog, Sailing around Britain.

5 Responses to “Arisaig to Drambuie”

  1. 22 September, 2014 at 9:52 amjack says:

    Wow Dylan, You’ve been a sea so long I see you’re crapping whole mackerel in the latrine bucket !

  2. 22 September, 2014 at 10:01 pmTim says:

    The blokes in the sailing canoes, were they members of the Open Canoe Sailing Group.. often to be found in Scotland?

  3. 22 September, 2014 at 10:39 pmdylan winter says:

    it was them – they were camping on the shore – six of them – looked good fun

  4. 23 September, 2014 at 8:21 pmEuan Mckenzie says:

    That’s one more mackerel than we caught at the weekend – at least the sun was shining in the Clyde – hope it was the same for you.

  5. 29 September, 2014 at 9:04 amTim says:

    It was us, we aren’t from the Open Canoe Sailing club, good job really because I am the one who left his sail in the garage 400 miles away lol, we are just friends who enjoy canoeing (four of us are in the Canoe Camping Club) will post pictures you requested when I find out how.
    Good to meet you BTW happy sailing. (I caught four pollock that day)

    Cheers
    Tim

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