September 2024

* Largs, Firth of Clyde; Glasgow & Southampton Boat Show; and “That’s a Wrap!” (September 8 – 26, 2024)

Largs, Firth of Clyde After our lovely anchorage at the north end of the Kyles of Bute, we headed back across (southeast) the Firth of Clyde to Largs Yacht Haven for protection from the next bout of heavy weather. We made friends with a cruising couple from Germany who also owned a Hallberg-Rassy (25-year-old HR!). […]

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* Holy Loch, Loch Goil, Rhu & Glasgow, Kyles of Bute (August 31- September 7, 2024)

Holy Loch We enjoyed being on a mooring ball and hanging out in Millport, but it was time to go to a marina because the weather was about to turn. We went up a small loch to Holy Loch. The passage from Millport to Holy Loch was like a game of “dodge ’em” with ferries

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* Back to Scotland and the Firth of Clyde: Loch Ryan, Troon, and Millport (August 24-31, 2024)

Too often this summer, this has been our view of Ireland and W. Scotland. We tie up in a marina, wait out windy, rainy weather for 4-5 days, then scoot to the next port on a fair weather day, and REPEAT. We’ve got our fingers crossed right now, because the current forecast shows that we

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