Date: Tuesday 18^th September 2007

Anchorage: Loch Craignish

Position: 56° 09’.900N 005° 33’.300W

Distance Travelled: 40 NM

Today was a day of soup! After waking in the beautiful bay on Gigha we decided to go South to try and find some dolphins that have been regularly seen off a campsite on the Mull of Kintyre. Having had no luck, (and after a short dinghy detour) we turned North and had a nice gentle trip till we got out of the shelter of Gigha. At this point, or rather shortly before, Matt had decided to make some lovely soup. Once we were in less sheltered waters this was to be found all over the galley floor, the foredeck and most of Science Officer Susie. We had great fun tidying it up! Soup sticks!! At this point the mizzen and the foresail were put up and we had a lovely, if somewhat rolly, sail up to Loch Craignish, where after anchoring and supper it started to howl. We had a very informative talk on bioacoustics, however unfortunately Susie had recordings of whales so we were deprived of her impressions.

# posted by HWDT @ 1:42 PM