Cromarty Boat Club | 2015 Cruise

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2015 Cruise

The 2015 cruise was quite satisfying in that 6 boats started , with four going the full planned distance and one carrying on from the official finish to visit Ireland.

The start date was Saturday 27th June, with all boats meeting at Clachnaharry Sea lock at 0800. After completing the canal trip we went to Oban, Tobermory,Loch Drambuie, Fingals Cave, Bunessan, Ardalanish, Craobh, Craighouse, Tayvallich, Craobh, Dunstaffenage, Corpach and home again a round trip of over 350 NM.

Most of the photographs in this album are taken by me, however, my thanks to Jim Cockburn for his contribution.

George Selvester

Entering Canal

When we arrived two of our own boats were already there but so were several Nairn boats

Clach Sea Lock

The first Lock with Clubs boats rafted together

Fort Augustus

A double locking at FA saw our group going up in second batch : minus Windflower who had broken down in Loch Ness. Mike Burns had repaired his engine but was now a good bit behind us

Rainy Loch Lochy

Why does it always rain in the canal?

Banavie

About to go down Neptune's Staircase, soon be at sea again.

Oban Marina

At Oban we were joined by Don Thomson , a sailing buddy of mine from over 40 years ago

David Helming "Iona"

The sail up Sound of Mull was great on a broad reach, until we were hit with winds of over 40knts! Interesting!

Tobermory

An overnight in this one of my favourite ports. I am so fond of it I went swimming in harbour (Not by choice!I fell in)

Leaving Tobermory

to one of my favourite anchorages

Beach BBQ

just us and the midges!

Fleet at Anchor

Club boats at anchor in Loch Drambuie

Fingal's Cave

we had sailed down the west side of mull to visit this famous tourist attraction

"Iona" at Fingal's Cave

Davids boat with the cave as a backdrop

At Bunessan

We had planned to stay here for the night ,however with a poor weather system forecast to hit us in the next couple of days we headed down Sound of Iona for an anchorage on south coast of Ross of Mull.

Octopus in Sound of Iona

Iona Abbey makes a good backdrop for Octopus

Baccarat at Anchor

All four boats were safely tucked into a small inlet at Ardalanish

Ross of Mull

The chart showing our route down through Sound of Iona and onto Ardalanish and eventually Sound of Luing

Craobh

We had a dinner together at "Lord of the Isles" on our arrival in Craobh

Sunset

A beautiful sunset over the Marina at Craobh

Donald Thomson

It was here that Don caught the bus back to Oban with Davids son Ian and we were then joined by Mike Burns as crew replacement for Ian . Poor Tom is stuck with me!

Sound of Jura

after a day off in Craobh, waiting for weather system to pass, we set off down Sound of Jura to Craighouse

Jura

There are good moorings at Craighouse on Jura at reasonable rates

Misty Morn on Jura

Still Misty

Mist Clearing

Castle Sween

After leaving Craighouse we sailed up Loch Sween to Tayvallich

Windflower

Windflower motor sailing up Loch Sween

Tayvallich

After a fairly rough night of wind, the morning brought us a pretty good day to start heading homeward

Looking back to Tayvallich

Looking west to Corryvrecken

Up sound of Jura to Loch Shuna and another night at Craobh

Sound of Luing

A shot from Davids boat sailing up sound of Luing , heading for Dunstaffnage

Leaving Dunstaffnage

we arrived late and left early to catch tide up Loch Linnhe

Ben Nevis

Passing Fort William and Ben Nevis

Approaching Corpach

Heading for the sea lock in late morning

Neptune's Staircase

Going up and heading home

Gairlochy

We managed to get up to Gairlochy by evening and would make an early start to catch the first Lock up at Laggan

Misty Loch Lochy

Tomnahurich Bridge

The crews had a meal in the local hotel before retiring to the boats for our last night aboard.We would be down Muirton and out into Inverness Marina by early afternoon.

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