The sun still shone, but the sea was more steep with waves
up to 2m. With the wind from the north we decided to motor and it became a
somewhat uncomfortable motion. Richard tried fishing and sadly caught a
seagull. Another yacht close inshore was sailing and we had to give way to
avoid a collision. We tried sailing with genoa sail only (which was easy to
deploy). The other boat under full sail caught up with us as we entered
Lochinver. We had noted the endless barren mountain ranges inland, and the
especially strange shape on Mount
Suilven as we approached
Lochinver.
A 4hr sail to Kinlochbervie beckons tomorrow. The weather appears to be on the turn so we have abandonned plans for a possible push on around the Cape for now.
Joke:
A nervous skipper enquires 'Do yachts sink very often?'. 'No' says another sailor, 'Usually it is only once'. :-)
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| The mountainous coast, Mt Suilven standing out |
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| Preparing to enter Lochinver marina |
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