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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Most Westerly Point, so far

We set off from Tobermory, heading for Arisaig. We motored out and round the Point of Ardnamurchan which is the most westerly point on mainland Britain. More west than Lands End. It is even further west than Dublin, and is the furthest west I have been on this trip, so far. We will be going further west, out to Stornoway but that will be in a couple of weeks time.
Once round the point, we were on a broad reach in a NW F4, sailing really well. A single dolphin was spotted, but he took no interest in us.
After a couple of hours and still 5 miles from Arisaig, the wind suddenly dropped to nothing. We motored on. After a short while the breeze returned , but from the north and considerably cooler. As we were going to be on a mooring buoy we diverted to Mallaig where there is a marina, with electric for the fan heater.
We may be soft southerners but we are making good progress.



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