Anchorage: Loch Breachacha, off the Island Of Coll
Position: 56° 34.5 North - 6° 37.5 West
Distance surveyed: 60.0 nmi

We started the day with a quick breakfast and it was rather cloudy. We knew that we will have the chance to see some whales and porpoises because we were going to pass by areas were they are known to be at this time of the year. We managed to see 2 porpoises and heard many more on the hydrophone, other than that Peter saw a whale but he was not really sure about that, as he only managed a quick glance.
Later on, we got some pretty rough weather with strong winds blowing at us and some rain, which gave the day some excitement. Duncan and Rob managed to get the sails out and we continued sailing for the rest of the day. We even went a bit further than planned to get a better chance of seeing some other porpoises, sadly we were not lucky.
As we were getting close to our anchorage spot, we found out that the wind was going to change course late at night and so the crew had to put two anchors down so we wouldn’t get blown away by the wind, this was not easy and they had to put a lot of effort so we can have a safe night. After that we enjoyed a lovely dinner with Lasagne, coleslaw and some bean burgers and everyone was so tired that they went straight to bed. Tomorrow we’re going back to Tobermory were we started the trip to drop off Peter and hopefully the weather is going to change by the morning which will enable us to see more porpoises and whales. But if doesn’t it’s always an adventure to sail on rough seas aboard the Silurian.

Mohamed – Egypt.

Picture: A nice pitiwake.