Thursday, 30 September 2021

THE HEBRIDES - CANNA TO VATERSAY

 CANNA TO VATERSAY



So take a ride across the sea of the Hebrides onboard just because. This was a brilliant crossing with some really nice sailing. If you like the sound of sailing you will certainly like this video. The sea of the Hebrides can be a wild place so just keep that in mind. So my plans changed as I neared the other side I was Planning on a different location but I thought let’s make hay while the sun is shining. I headed down to Vatersay. There is no real hazards coming in and the anchorage has great holding. I got this place in perfect weather and I can say this ...it was absolutely beautiful. If your a sailor this place is a must. I hope you enjoy this video because I really enjoyed this run I was so pleased with myself sailing solo and fast to the bottom end of the outer Hebrides. This was always something I’d thought about and always said to myself ..imagine doing that solo. Well I done it and I was so happy

Monday, 20 September 2021

THE HEBRIDES - ISLE OF SKYE TO CANNA

 THE HEBRIDES -  ISLE OF SKYE TO CANNA



So I leave a rather stunning anchorage and head for the beautiful island of Canna. The crossing was a mixed bag of sailing going from motor to slow sailing to nice sailing. Now I got into Canna lucky enough and got a mooring there was a lot of wind to come and Canna ain’t the place to anchor in strong wind. If you really have to make sure you take your time and get the anchor well buried as it’s super Heavy kelp..if had to I’d be setting two anchors. A lot of stuff happened while on anchor one having a very bad outcome and another an almost disaster. One of these things I watched and was shocked to see what was going on. I could of showed a lot more goings on this evening but I decided not to as I wouldn’t want to embarrass anyone..trust me I’ve edited this very hard due to my bad talk. If you want a more in depth look around canna go to my playlist and find the UK circumnavigation and Dangerous Darren and myself have a good explore here...you may also find another’s bit from the faroes trip as me and Donkey Head anchored here about 2 in the morning ...Anyway I hope you enjoy the video








Thursday, 9 September 2021

THE HEBRIDES - HIKING ON THE ISLE OF SKYE

 THE HEBRIDES  -  HIKING ON THE ISLE OF SKYE



Well after some beautiful hiking on the Isle of Rum it was time to move on. The weather wasn’t just what I wanted to head across to the outer Hebrides so what was I going to do? Well it was simple just take a short run across to the Isle of Skye and have a look at the mountains and check out a new anchorage. I absolutely loved this anchorage views to die for and not just so busy the holding here is great. This video your going to see me smiling from ear to ear loved this adventure. The mountains here are top class I highly recommend this place if hiking is your thing...I also recommend it for an anchorage for the views just stunning. I won’t waffle here as I do enough of that on the videos. I really hope you enjoy this one as much as I do... please get this videos out there and recommend them to any adventure buddies........









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