Covid was not the problem; no wind was. But it was still a busy summer. Initially, the plan was to introduce Steve, my new co-owner of my boat, Dodo’s Delight, to ocean sailing. At first we were aiming for the Faroes, an open sea crossing of some three days north from Stornoway. But then Faroes went from Green to Red in a flash for visiting, so that was out. Well, let’s try for Shetland, or failing that Orkney at least. But there was still no wind.
We started from Appin on Loch Linnhe on the west coast of Scotland, on engine of course. Down Loch Linnhe, up the Sound of Mull and into Loch Drumbuie, opposite Tobermory on Oronsay, for the night. A favourite hurricane hole of an anchorage, but…
