The folks I had just met left Canna for the Outer Hebrides. I am departing Canna and heading for the Isle of Skye. Specifically, I’m heading for a town called Carbost on Loch Harport; home to the Tallisker Distillery. When I embarked on this journey I had three goals: to photograph Stalker Castle; to visit […]
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This was my first time to Canna. The boat I was following disappeared into the mist. From my charts, I knew there was one Red channel marker. I coudn’t see it. Any outgoing boats will keep close to that. I needed to be on the other side of the channel. The green marker was on
I have never been to Tobermory. I have heard lots of good things about the town. I was also warned… there is a lot of traffic moving in and out of the harbour: boat traffic, ferry traffic, dive boats, tour bouts, etc. Those were all good warnings. It was a very busy harbour with a
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My next destination is Tobermory. I’ve never been there, but have heard great things about it. I knew getting there from Loch Linnhe would be done in two hops. First, because of the distance. Secondly, there was a day of bad weather that (I was told) would make Tobermory uncomfortable on the boat. So, I
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The Small Isles consists of a group of islands on the west coast of Scotland: Muck, Eigg, Rum, and Canna. They are a part of the Inner Hebrides. I am departing Tobermory and sailing to the Isle of Canna; about 30nm (nautical miles). That’s a 6-7 hour sail due to the light winds… on the
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Ever since I had decided to fulfill this dream and actually sail to Scotland, my mental image of the successful completion has been seeing Castle Stalker from the water. I had hoped to photograph the castle from that vantage point; a perspective I have never seen. Having arrived at Linnhe Marina yesterday, my plan was
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I departed Oban. I am intending to go north to Loch Linnhe. There is a castle there I wanted to photograph. I found a marina that was close. For this trip I’ll have to negotiate a very tight narrow section with strong tidal currents. Actually, there are two very tight narrow sections. Only the first
Kerrera has a storied history starting in the 16th century when, Duncan McDougall the 16th Chief of the McDougall clan built Glyen Castle. The castle was completed in 1582. Glyen Castle By the mid 17th century, the civil war was breaking out in England. The McDougall’s were on the wrong side of that war. It
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Oban was originally going to be my Port of Call. However, this spring I learned that the UK has gone all electronic for border control. So there actually are no more Port of Calls anymore. Once approved electronically, I have been free to go anywhere. No more mandatory port visits. I took the Kerrera Marina
Yesterday, I landed in Scotland. Yes, I arrived several days ago. However, Yesterday was the first day I set foot on Scottish soil. I landed at Kerrera Marina on the island Kerrera. It is just across a small bay from Oban, Scotland. Oban was my planned port-of-call. These days, the UK has no port-of-call. All
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