Lovely video, beautiful scenery. You make it look all so interesting. My first time that I have watched your contributions, but will not be the last. Thank you, David
The wind in Lochbroom is either down the loch or up the loch, no matter the forecast the wind due to the hills just funnels down the loch one way or the other. Personally, from the Summer Isles I would have headed to Loch Ewe which is a massive natural harbour with some 'bomber' anchorages.
@@sailingpolaris We winter our boat in a small boat yard in Lochbroom and it is a hard one to work out what is going on in the loch for launching each season. Thanks for all your great content you have up, we have binge watched over the last 2 days. Have a look at my own channel for 'Sailing in Scotland 2020' video I have up.
Great film, I was on the buoy in front of you at Ullapool and left 16th headed south was supposed to go round rath and pentland but chickened out due to weather..
Really enjoying the content.....if you want to try for other types of fish (not sure the equipment you have), find a bit of reef on your charts and 'jig' your lures off the bottom through the water column.....
Thanks! Will give that a try next year - I must admit, I probably should stop complaining when I am too lazy to drive the dinghy where the other fish might be… 😂😎
Thanks for watching and for your question! We have 3 x 400W solar panels and 600Ah (7.2kWh) LiFePo4 batteries. On an average summer day in Scotland this produces about 4kWh of electricity which mostly covers our needs, even with electric cooking…. For rainy days we have a diesel generator, but with the solar we maybe use it 50-ish hours a season.
Another fantastic video. I am in the buying process just now for my own first sailboat (Jeanneau so 45 ds) so many adventures ahead. Could you please advise where you had your spray hood made? It looks extremely well made, and my boat will need a new spray hood before long. My best regards, Paul (West Central Scotland)
Good luck with the purchase! We had our sprayhood made by Tecsew in Gosport (www.tecsew.com). They are not the cheapest, but the best in my opinion. If you want a standard sprayhood for your boat, I am sure they have all the measurements. We had ours custom made by John and his team, it‘s much bigger into the cockpit and we have a backdrop to close it off. Perfect for higher latitude sailing.
Scotland looks beautiful, great video. By the way, Chichester didn't sail non stop around the world - he made one stop in Australia. He made quite major changes to the keel/rudder of Gypsy Moth IV whilst there because despite being what we now think of as a beautiful classic, she was a dog (maybe a bitch 😁 ) to sail, tender and constantly rounding up. Old boats are not always what they're cracked up to be!
Thanks for watching and for your corrective comment. I need to up my game in researching 😇. Of course his trip was not non-stop, but still, singlehandedly around the world.
You are making me homesick! That's a prawn creel you have there. You might be struggling to get a good sized lobster in there. Lobster pots have larger eyes i.e. entrances.
Hi been watching you for a month now and I like your vlogs Can you please tell me what tipe of dinghy you have I like the fibreglass floor on it Best wishes Paul
Hi Paul Thanks for watching. The make of our dinghy is an AB Lammina 10 AL BL. It is 3.19 long, has an aluminium hull (not GRP) and a double floor so if there is a small amount of water in it, our feet stay dry. It is heavy though, 53kg…
Thanks for watching and for being attentive. Yes, you are correct with the „non-stop“ part. And of course sorry for the mistake - I must become more diligent in research…
@@sailingpolaris I won't tell him.... its great book to read, A World of my own. That was a bit of a blow up there, I've not been to Ullapool by boat yet, hopefully this year. I'm currently anchored in Airds Bay just round from Port Appin.
Lovely video, beautiful scenery. You make it look all so interesting. My first time that I have watched your contributions, but will not be the last. Thank you, David
Thanks for joining the crew, David!
The wind in Lochbroom is either down the loch or up the loch, no matter the forecast the wind due to the hills just funnels down the loch one way or the other. Personally, from the Summer Isles I would have headed to Loch Ewe which is a massive natural harbour with some 'bomber' anchorages.
With hindsight I would agree… thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts!
@@sailingpolaris We winter our boat in a small boat yard in Lochbroom and it is a hard one to work out what is going on in the loch for launching each season. Thanks for all your great content you have up, we have binge watched over the last 2 days. Have a look at my own channel for 'Sailing in Scotland 2020' video I have up.
@-ewen will do!
Just came across your channel this morning. Great location. Living the dream. Thumbs up!!!!
Thank you for watching!
Always an adventure. Nice video.
Thank you Craig!
Thank you for the beautiful reminders of summer. I too love the Summer Ilse. Betty shredded my CA burgee!! Need a new one for 24.
Great to hear from you Keith! Hope you are faring well!
It's called a dynamic line/rope. a usual lien is a static line
Beutuful as usual.
One of those sleepless nights in high wind! Lovely episode guys and a beautiful part of Scotland 😄
As they happen at time. Wasn’t too bad though! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great film, I was on the buoy in front of you at Ullapool and left 16th headed south was supposed to go round rath and pentland but chickened out due to weather..
What a pity we didn‘t catch up there!
Another great vlog. We love the Summer Isle area and often stop for a few days at Atlandhu.😊
Really enjoying the content.....if you want to try for other types of fish (not sure the equipment you have), find a bit of reef on your charts and 'jig' your lures off the bottom through the water column.....
Thanks! Will give that a try next year - I must admit, I probably should stop complaining when I am too lazy to drive the dinghy where the other fish might be… 😂😎
Really enjoying your trips and reports. May I ask what you are doing for power when at the anchorages?
Thanks for watching and for your question!
We have 3 x 400W solar panels and 600Ah (7.2kWh) LiFePo4 batteries. On an average summer day in Scotland this produces about 4kWh of electricity which mostly covers our needs, even with electric cooking….
For rainy days we have a diesel generator, but with the solar we maybe use it 50-ish hours a season.
Super thank you for getting back to me. I am considering an upgrade and as always dilemmas on which way to go!!@@sailingpolaris
Another fantastic video. I am in the buying process just now for my own first sailboat (Jeanneau so 45 ds) so many adventures ahead.
Could you please advise where you had your spray hood made? It looks extremely well made, and my boat will need a new spray hood before long.
My best regards, Paul (West Central Scotland)
Good luck with the purchase!
We had our sprayhood made by Tecsew in Gosport (www.tecsew.com).
They are not the cheapest, but the best in my opinion.
If you want a standard sprayhood for your boat, I am sure they have all the measurements.
We had ours custom made by John and his team, it‘s much bigger into the cockpit and we have a backdrop to close it off. Perfect for higher latitude sailing.
Scotland looks beautiful, great video. By the way, Chichester didn't sail non stop around the world - he made one stop in Australia. He made quite major changes to the keel/rudder of Gypsy Moth IV whilst there because despite being what we now think of as a beautiful classic, she was a dog (maybe a bitch 😁 ) to sail, tender and constantly rounding up. Old boats are not always what they're cracked up to be!
Thanks for watching and for your corrective comment. I need to up my game in researching 😇. Of course his trip was not non-stop, but still, singlehandedly around the world.
You are making me homesick! That's a prawn creel you have there. You might be struggling to get a good sized lobster in there. Lobster pots have larger eyes i.e. entrances.
Thanks for the tip. Considering taking out the eyes to make the entrance elastic for bigger ones… good idea?
Hi been watching you for a month now and I like your vlogs
Can you please tell me what tipe of dinghy you have
I like the fibreglass floor on it
Best wishes
Paul
Hi Paul
Thanks for watching. The make of our dinghy is an AB Lammina 10 AL BL. It is 3.19 long, has an aluminium hull (not GRP) and a double floor so if there is a small amount of water in it, our feet stay dry. It is heavy though, 53kg…
Have 2 32" monitors
Left: RUclips
Right : Half Google Earth
Right 2nd Half Navionics
GREAT WAY to follow your travels.
Sail on!
Wow, that‘s an impressive setup! We use our .gpx track files to show on Google Earth, great way to document a trip…
Robin Knox Johnson was the first man to sail nonstop round the world single handed. Chichester stopped in Australia.
Thanks for watching and for being attentive. Yes, you are correct with the „non-stop“ part. And of course sorry for the mistake - I must become more diligent in research…
@@sailingpolaris I won't tell him.... its great book to read, A World of my own.
That was a bit of a blow up there, I've not been to Ullapool by boat yet, hopefully this year. I'm currently anchored in Airds Bay just round from Port Appin.
Enjoy your trip!
@@sailingpolaris thanks, it's windy!
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The ferry?
You know you're in Scotland when you hear the word ' reekin ' 😂🤢
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