Fish for tea

What could go wrong was the windlass seizing up, unfortunately for a
piece of equipment mounted on the bow it doesn't much like salt water,
so the various bits stick together. A short period of circling the
Sound of Shuna with a minor bit of maintenance and it was working
again. We anchored to the East of Knap point and shortly afterwards
listened to the steady downpour that must have continued all night.
Morning saw the sun shining and a brisk NW'ly set in, so it was up
anchor and off through the buoyed channel to the South East of the
Island. This is marked by little sticks with flags that mark a
tortuous channel through the banks and out into Loch Linnhe. Then a
gentle turn towards the channel at the North end of Lismore to pass
Port Appin and enter the Lynn of Lorn.
We hugged the coast all the way down Lismore with just genoa out and
cracked along at 7 knots till the south end where turned in towards
Oban and a passage through the bay. The crew was also getting
restless about the lack of fish, despite slowing down the sail up to
Shuna with a couple of hundred hooks hanging off the back end. On the
way down the Sound of Kerrera I hauled in the genoa to pocket
handkerchief size and we proceeded at about 1 – 2 knots, the mackerel
obliged and we had 6 in as many minutes.
On then, still in the glorious sunshine to Seil and my default
anchorage at Puilladobhrain. No one here but us and the seagulls.
This afternoon the creel is to be deployed so it may be mackerel for
tea tonight and lobster tomorrow, we'll have to wait and see.