Another day when the wind howls through the rigging! The harbour at Jura was rather exposed to the swell and south-easterly winds, resulting in a rather rolly night. There were odd rain showers in the evening and at night, but we woke again to clear skies and sun. The wind was unfortunately in the south - so we had three alternatives. Port Ellen on the south end of Islay was where we wanted to go in order to have the best start for the long run over to Bangor in Northern Ireland. We could also head more easterly across the sound of Jura, to an Island called Gigha. A third alternative being to stick our noses out of the protection of the bay, and if it was too windy, then return to our guest-mooring. Having got out onto the sea, we quickly eliminated Port Ellen as a possibility - the wind and waves were very wrong, so we headed over towards Gigha. The wind increased and came a little more south-easterly and we soon realised that the harbour at Gigha would be too exposed to the prevailing wind and waves, so a fourth alternative had to be found. This turned out to be a long loch which almost splits the Mull of Kintyre into two - West Loch Tabert. The pilot guide indicated guest moorings at one place well into the loch, but we saw absolutely no signs of these either at the place indicated on the map, nor anywhere else. Fortunately at the innermost point of the loch is a small pier which local fishing boats use. The channel leading to it is both shallow and narrow, but we negociated it without problem, and got a rope aboard a fishing boat. The wind was blowing ut off the fishing boat, and it was with some difficulty that we finally got more ropes onto her, and carefully pulled and winched ourselves alongside. Good to be safely moored! There doesn't seem to be much here, though there is a village a mile or so away. We will probably not even bother going ashore. Todays picture is of a couple of old fisking boat wrecks which lie here at the end of the loch.