Thursday 2nd October - Still on our mooring in Plockton

Awelina of Sweden
James Collier
Thu 2 Oct 2014 19:50
57:20.352 N, 005:38.435 W
We arrived early on Wednesday evening after a long journey to the North of
Scotland. The conditions looked rather rough as we pulled into the car park just
before dusk to find that the dinghy was aground and full of water. We
emptied her, dragged her to the end of the pontoon and filled her up again with
our stores and gear. Our repaired outboard (the piston ring had snapped and half
of it had disappeared, so no wonder it wouldn’t go in Iceland) started first
time and took us out to the boat. We unpacked and checked her over before
uploading a grib file to check the coming weather. With southerly storm force 10
forecast we decided that it might be a good idea NOT to set off for Cornwall but
to let this depression pass over. This was the right choice! Even in the shelter
of Plockton Harbour the Anemometer registered gusts of up to force 9. In the
middle of the night the jib on a yacht moored near to us blew out and flogged
itself into tatters by the morning. There was no way that anyone could have got
over to help. Our flagstaff and ensign also carried away in the night. Needless
to say we had a bit of a broken sleep and were not exactly hopping with
energy.
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