Location: Loch na Droma Buidhe

Position: 56 39.416’ N, 005 55.335’ W

Distance covered: 21 nm 

At the end of the day we are sitting in the flicker of sunshine.  However the prelude to the day was rain striking the hatch cover, well all parts of the day really and all parts of the boat.

Team set out to get the last vital elixirs of life from the local shop, wine, whiskey, chocolate and oh yes wine and another bottle of scotch (whiskey)…….

There we stood on the burning deck with water all around having the wet safety briefing followed by an even wetter survey briefing. The captain shouted ‘All ashore that’s going ashore’ we raced to the plank to escape but he had already set sail and the gap was widening. So the Silurian set sail into the West or it could have been East, North or South, we could not see there was so much weather. 

The fool hardy crew sat on deck spotting cetaceans which numbered 5 porpoises and a seal.  Under sail in gale force winds additional under water sea creatures were sighted through the cabin windows by the fortunate cabin crew while the crew on deck were washed across the deck as the boat keeled over both port and starboard, with the sail clipping the surf.

The cold mist came down in torrential sheets lashing across the decks and ricocheting off the crew member’s oilskins. Creeping into crews crevices while lashed to the deck.  When all was lost…..the sun came out, the wind died done and we all sat eating a hearty meal

Karrie, Eldon & Robin

# posted by HWDT @ 9:58 AM