Back on the move again!

After a week in the South spending time with our families, we are back on the move. It was a bit of a false start on Thursday, I spent the morning installing a 'crane' (to make it easier to lower the outboard onto the dingy) but when we went to leave there was a problem. When I put the engine into gear there was a strange slapping noise in both forward and reverse. Hoping it was something simple (weed or rope on the propeller) someone had to go in and have a look - as I was the only one who had a wetsuit - in I went.  Katie knew what she was doing not getting a wetsuit...

Eventually I discovered that the propeller anode was loose, not something I could fix in the water so the only option was to lift Bathia. Luckily the marina boatyard were on hand and had a free lift slot. With the problem fixed we were finally on our way at 5pm.

We then had a gentle early evening sail around the Kyles of Bute and just made it to a mooring off the the Kames Hotel for 8:30 and last dinner orders.

Kyles of Bute

On Friday it was a fantastic sail from Kames to Tarbert in 15 knots (gusting 20 knots), unbeknown to us we arrived to the Tarbert Traditional Boat Festival and Loch Fyne Viking Festival.

Arrival of the Viking Longship (pulled from West to East Tarbert)

The pictures prove I went in (ignore my bald head), our mooring at Kames and Tarbert Harbour.

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