Leaving Ardfern for Gigha
The adventures of Chili III
Peter & Belinda Vernon
Sun 8 Jul 2018 10:31
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This is the the first entry telling the story of our
2018 summer voyage from Ardfern near Oban on the west coast of Scotland to
Galica in NW Spain via Ireland.
We left Ardfern Marina in Argyll on 8th July. We've
been well looked after by the boatyard which must be the best on the west coast
of Scotland. Over the winter we'd had various upgrades done including a new
furling staysail to make it easier to change sails when we need to go upwind in
strong winds, a water maker to make us more self sufficient, davits on the stern
for easy dinghy launching the and a sat. phone mainly to get weather
when at sea. So good to set off and try them out.
We decided to have a short test sail to Gigha, a lovely
island off the Mull of Kintyre with an outstanding seafood restaurant on the
quayside , "The Boathouse." We ended up motoring most of the way but were
rewarded with a fabulous dinner. That night yours truly planned our passage to
Cork (never a good idea after a good bottle of Muscadet between us.) I decided
we needed to leave at 0600 to catch the tide through the North Channel
between the Mull of Kintyre and Ireland so we set an alarm for
0500....
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