Category: Ullapool
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Scoresby Sund Expedition – The Final Job List
Nerdiness Quotient: Quite high Confidence Level: 9.75/10 Reading Time: 4 minutes Day 47 Friday 29th May 2026 Sumara is still lying alongside in lovely Ullapool. Once my new 125 amp hour AGM battery arrives, and is successfully fitted, I will move the boat to a mooring up the loch kindly being lent to me by…
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Scoresby Sund Expedition – Ullapool’s Luggerfest
Day 43 – Monday 25th May Reading Time: Four minutes We left Portree early on Thursday morning to make the 57 nautical mile journey to Ullapool. There was a strong wind warning issued and Windy was predicting winds gusting around gale force. The wonderful thing was that the wind was going to be from the…
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Absolutely Shocking!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 26. 6th July 2022 Position: Moored Torshavn, Faroe Islands Wind: Not a drop now. Visibility: Fog. Sea condition: Calm Well Emily Dickinson might describe the first league from land as divine intoxication, but I can think of a few other words to describe our awful journey. Jannicke arrived on Saturday…
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A Tricky Call
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 22. 2nd July 2022 Position: Moored Ullapool Wind: NW F4 Visibility: Good. Sea condition: Calm. Weather: Sunny Spells Sometimes I wish it would just blow a full nasty gale, then you can shrug your shoulders and put the kettle on as there would be no point in trying to venture…
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Waiting for the weather to deteriorate!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 20. 1st July 2022 Position: Moored Ullapool Wind: Southerly F3 Visibility: Good. Sea condition: Calm I’m enjoying my time in Ullapool although I would have set sail by now to make use of the lovely southerly wind. Jannicke arrives tomorrow late afternoon and I am still planning to set off…
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Departure to the Faroes is approaching soon
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 17, 18 and 19 – 29th June 2022 Position: Moored Ullapool, North West Scotland Wind: Calm. Sea condition: Calm. Weather: Sunny with Rain Showers You may be wondering why I am staying so long in Ullapool. The original idea of adding some extra time at various stop-over ports was to…
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Who needs a health and safety “Method Statement”
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 14, 15 and 16. 26th June 2022 Position: Mooring buoy Ullapool Harbour Wind: SE F4-5. Visibility: Good. Sea condition: Choppy in the harbour. Sunny spells Phil and I left the delights of Isle Martin on Friday morning and pottered into Ullapool. There are eight good strong blue visitor’s buoys in…
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Sumara of Weymouth has a ReFit
In 2018 the engineer at Pin Mill told me that he felt the life of Sumara’s engine was coming to an end and it could conk out at any time. He had replaced the inboard shaft bearing but it continued to spray some oil. Maybe the pressure was building up? Then my friend Philip told…
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Whoops rather a long gap between posts!
I’m still alive and really looking forward to 2019. The reason for the long pause was that something had to give way. The Arthur Beale project has proved surprisingly exhausting especially on top of the stress of running my other company so I had to let things go. It got so bad that I almost…
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Underway 09.15 GMT Friday 17th June
N59 x W005. Abeam the Rock of Rona. Easterley F4 We left Ullapool at 1400 Thursday 16th June and beat into a light wind and a foul tide. We knew it wasn’t the perfect time to leave tide wise but were eager to get underway. The wind died soon after and we motored past the…