Cruising the Clyde

In August we had signed up for the RYA Scotland Malin Waters Cruise. I headed up to the boat with Derek and Adie as crew on Thursday August 8th. We arrived at Rhu mid-afternoon, filled up with fuel and stocked the boat up. On Friday, we headed off mid-morning (after …

Returning to Rhu

Summary: Port Bannatyne back to Rhu. 17.1 miles in 2 hours 50 minutes. Motored all the way – next to no wind at all. We headed back to Rhu this morning in more or less a flat calm – a complete contrast to the last few days. Not an exciting …

Resting in Rhu

Passage from Largs to Rhu: 17.6 miles in 3 hours and five minutes. Motored most of the way, but with a short interlude of sailing. A fairly short passage from Largs to our mooring at Rhu. We left fairly early at 6.35am with a forecast of lighter winds early morning. …