THE HEBRIDES - ON ROUTE TO BEN NEVIS

 THE HEBRIDES  -   ON ROUTE TO BEN NEVIS

Well finally we are underway and heading up to Fort William Scotland for an appointment with Ben Nevis Britain’s highest mountain. Leaving rathlin island behind and heading out to sea was a very exciting time for Mark and Jason as it was the furthest of land they had ever been. Conditions where good the sun was out what more could you want. On the way up the sound of Jura I stared teaching the guys some good skills n the charts from filling out a proper log to plotting positions taking bearings and few other navigation things in between...they where also leading a few other things on the way ..it was giving them a real taste to what’s involved and hopefully something they temper from being onboard. We made it as far as Gallanach bay just across from the Crinan Canal apparently Britain’s most beautiful short cut. The little anchorage has great holding. We sent the night here as we ran out of tide to continue north...but tomorrow is a new day. So leaving the next morning we headed up towards Loch Linnhe passing through the fast flowing water at the sound of Luing ...the guys see the effects of tide and the power in it....pretty amazing. We pushed on that day and made it as far as Ballachulish bay just out from Glenmorven it took me two goes to get anchor to grip and it was wild windy but we got her holding. The reason we stopped here was due to tide again as we couldn’t of passed through the narrow entrance at Corran point to make it on up to Fort William. The next morning the guys were getting excited well so was I....so up with the hook and it was through the narrow channel and up to Fort Willian where we hooked onto one of the well kept visitors moorings for peace of mind when We were climbing the mountain..We had a really nice welcome here from the yacht club and town itself has everything you need... the few delays we had along the way was actually working out well as the conditions were getting better for summiting Nevis.... Hope you all enjoy this video as it’s 3 friends we are all mad as hatters but here we are living life loving life and having an adventure...the humour is a little different to the normal but we know each other well and it’s how we roll.....