Category: Oban and Dunstaffnage
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The Start
The Race starts with a run over Pulpit Hill near Oban. It’s about 6 miles I think. Grit and I ran it on Wednesday night as a trial but got lost! That was pathetic really but we just missed one turning. We sailed Sumara down from Dunstaffnage to Oban Bay Marina early on Thursday morning…
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Fell Running and Invertors
You may be wondering what happened to my enthusiastic blog. It all started well with lots of posts and then it stopped just as it was going to get exciting. Well my first excuse was that the ship invertor stopped working – it just tripped the contact breaker. I decided against gaffer taping the breaker…
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A Rather Un-seamanlike Decision
Position Dunstaffnage Marina Gudrun and I decided to spend Monday in Tobermory and to get up very early Tuesday morning to sail the final leg down the Sound of Mull to Dunstaffnage. I had looked roughly at the weather on a grib file and it didn’t seem too bad. The weather on the harbour office…
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Boring Bit about Ropes
There has always been a debate about mooring warps. Should they be nylon or polyester? I fall generally into the polyester camp, but only just. Nylon is a bit lighter, a bit stronger, and a bit more stretchy. It does absorb some water and becomes weaker when it is wet but even then it is…
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Over 70 knots at Dunstaffnage
Here are a couple of amazing pictures taken last week when one boat was registering well over 70 knots of wind. It’s a good job the cover was well made!No damage to the boat thanks to the marina staff who rose to the challenge. Sumara is on the left of the cream coloured Fisher, virtually covered by…
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Preparing Sumara
Dunstaffnage Marina Near Oban. I arrived last night to start to prepare Sumara. It has been blowing hard from the South West with plenty of rain so I’ve been trying to tackle the jobs down below. Apparently last week Sumara was virtually submerged by waves in 79 knots of wind – and that’s in the…