Holy Loch to Largs via Loch Long

Invited Robert Hill to join us for breakfast as he has his boat Sagen at Holy Loch, and drove up yesterday to get her ready to come out of the water. A lovely start to the day!

Weather was grey, and very still. There were wreaths of cloud hanging on the hills, going nowhere. We had hoped to go for a sail, but there was too little wind to use, so after we launched Worm we just set off under motor to explore a little way up Loch Long.

We skirted the exclusion zone around the submarine base, and passed the entrance to Loch Goil, then carried on as far as Portincaple before turning back down towards the Clyde and Fairlie where Robinetta is booked to be hauled out on Sunday morning.

The wind got up a little as we passed Dunoon, so we got the sail up and turned the engine off near the Gantock Cardinal. Unfortunately we were sailing at less than 2 knots even with the tide in our favour,  so after a quiet cup of tea the engine went back on again.

The sun burnt through the overcast around 1600, and the wind increased a little so the sails went back up again and we turned the engine off. The wind direction had us sailing towards the wrong side of Creat Cumbrae, so after a pleasant half hour of gentle sailing the engine went back on as we headed to Large Yacht Haven to tie up just before 1900.