"Circumnavigating Scotland by sailboat" Scotland by daarth

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Sunset passing Cape Wrath, NW point of Scotland

Alba go bragh!

Sailing around Scotland, Juli 2002. Picture is sunset off Cape Wrath. We were passing this North-West corner of Scotland on a sail-leg from Stornoway (Outer Hebrides) to Kirkwall (Orkney)

Sailing for three weeks in July 2002, here is the short version setting out from Bergen, Norway. Crossing the North Sea. Circumnavigating Scotland, and the return to Bergen over the North Sea again. We logged 1141 nautical miles.

Friday evening, July 5th. Set out from Bergen. We had the wind against us the whole way. Force 9 at the end.
Monday evening about midnight: Arrival at Inverness. Sea loch was closed, so we had to find a spot at the harbour.
Tuesday we went into the Sea loch of the Caledonian Canal. We stayed at the marina that day for repairs and R&R.
Wednesday: Ascending the lochs up to Loch Ness. In the afternoon we arrived at the far end at a wonderful place called Fort Augustus.
Thursday we ascended further up to Loch Oich. On the other end we descended to Loch Lochy and ended the day at the top of Neptunes staircase. From here you could look down to the sea!
Friday: It took several hours descending the “staircase” to the sea by Fort William. We then continued South West to Oban. It was with some satisfaction we concluded that this was about as far south as the middle of Denmark. We thought of Norwegian sailors bragging about sailing that far south. We were at that latitude, but on the other side of Scotland!
Saturday we turned north up the sound of Mull to Tobermorry on the Island of Mull.
Sunday: Continued up the South Minch to Inverie and mainland U.K.'s most remote pub!

More to come :-))))))

I am actually waiting for the "new VT" to write my pages from this adventure. But I desided to throw in a few pictures already now :-)

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Neptunes Staircase

Dep. 5pm Friday July 5, 2002 from Bjørge
Arr. Invernes 12 midnight Monday July 8.
Fort Augustus Wednesday July 10.
Fort William Thursday July 11.
Oban Friday July 12
Tobermory Saturday July 13.
Iverie Sunday July 14
Plockton Monday July 15
Portree Tuesday July 16
Stornoway Wedesday July 17 Left Friday July 19
Kirkwall Saterday July 20.
Fair Isle Monday July 22.
Lerwick Tuesday July 23. Left Friday July 26
Arr. Bergen Saturday July 27 2002

Contradiction

Big waves in the North Sea

I am contradicting myself, because I have also started writing about the trip in my homepage travelogue "The Northsea"<A href="http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/27950/">http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/27950/</a>

Pros and Cons

Pros:They have the single malt here
Cons:Don't drink too much of it at once
In a nutshell:Cheers!

Last visit to Scotland: Dec 1959
Intro Updated Oct 8, 2003
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Reviews (26)

Lerwick - Tuesday July 23 2002 Things to Do (15)

Coming to the Shetlands, I felt as if we were soon home. There is 200 nautical miles of North Sea to cross though, and... more travel advice

Fair Isle - Monday July 22 2002 Things to Do (15)

At Fair Isle I felt really off the beaten path. This small island in the Atlantic is the home of millions of birds and... more travel advice

Kirkwall - Saterday July 20 2002 Things to Do (15)

Kirkwall is home of the Highland Park single malt, and we sure enough had a great tour of the distillery. The whisky was... more travel advice

Stornoway - Wedesday July 17 2002 Things to Do (15)

Stornoway was the exact opposite of Portree, as we defiantly felt a huge welcome. First by a flock of seals, then we... more travel advice

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Comments (34)

JessH Aug 26, 2008 at 6:07 AM Report Abuse

Have been looking at your Scotland page, reminiscing with a heavy *sigh* :-( We loved Fort William and want to make our base near Loch Linnhie next time. Have started uploading photos (from land, not sea ;-) if you're interested / Have a lovely day / Jess
uglyscot Aug 5, 2008 at 12:59 AM Report Abuse

Great to see a different view of all the old familiar places!
Maxus Apr 29, 2006 at 3:55 AM Report Abuse

What a breath of fresh air, I can almost taste the salt. Wonderful.
TravellingSpirit Dec 28, 2005 at 3:15 PM Report Abuse

I could have waved to you as you went by - did you come as far south as Ayrshire and the Isle of Arran?
RickinDutch Oct 28, 2005 at 2:23 PM Report Abuse

Enjoyed your Scottish adventure. Ginland ? :)
zizkov Sep 23, 2005 at 3:16 AM Report Abuse

Intrepid.
scottishvisitor Aug 25, 2005 at 1:44 PM Report Abuse

What a fantastic way to visit Scotland - great narration on your travels - Excellent
margaretvn May 1, 2005 at 2:57 AM Report Abuse

enjoyed your page and the way you wrote about your trip
tak_pap Feb 13, 2005 at 6:03 AM Report Abuse

attractive pages, as always - thanks so much for your birthday wishes - T-
Elena_007 Jan 14, 2005 at 7:28 AM Report Abuse

Nice wave pic, Captain Daarth :-) ~Elaine~