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Today is good but…
The weather here at 9am is mostly sunny, F3 westerly with some clouds brewing up already… I wouldn’t be surprised if we have some heavy showers again today.
For the trip the weather looks good. It isn’t perfect… the sea looks completely flat here but the inshore forecast is saying that the wind will get up to a F4-5 later and the sea, which is currently forecast as slight to moderate, is getting up to moderate later. I won’t want to hang around on this leg and the earlier I get going the quicker the leg is likely to be. The problem though is the tide… it is not high water until about 12.50 and I really wanted to pass the Mull of Kintyre at about that time to reduce the chances of overfalls. Also, the wind is forecast as mostly southerly and so I northly tide would increase the chances of a fast run (no wind against tide). So it is a typical dilemma that has to be decided upon.
My decision is to go with what I know for certain and that is the tide and so I am timing my departure to pass the Mull at or near HW or a little before. Leaving here at 11.30 will give me 1.5hrs to get to the Mull and I can slow a bit if I want to . The leg is over 60 miles so it could take 4-5 hrs.
I am preparing the boat ready for an 11.30 departure so more when I arrive at Port Askaig.
BTW… I am unsure of the mobile coverage I will have in the islands of Scotland so if I can’t post immediately I apologise. You can see if I have arrived from Google Earth!
I am glad to be on my way again and hope to be in Inverness by the end of next week.
