Julie & Lynne for crew. We intended berthing at Tarbert to sample Prentice Seafood's finest so set off down the Largs Channel in a stiff West to North West, with one reef in the main and a handkerchief of the genoa rolled out. Once clear of Little Cumbrae it was clear that the seas and wind direction were against us, making for a long haul up Loch Fyne. A few minutes of banging into the seas and general agreement that we are not for this so we bore off to starboard and headed up towards Rothesay and the East Kyle. A great sail up to the Burnt Isles and off west to Black Foreland Bay, opposite Tighnabruaich, for a peaceful night at anchor.
Sunday opens with lots of sunshine and a beautiful view towards Loch Riddon, the mountains are turning brown from the hill tops down the slopes; autumn is closing in. A little breeze from the North West and we sailed all the way back to Largs in the freshening wind pushing us along at up to 8 knots. Past 50 odd Clyde Cruising Club yachts, motoring the other way to meet up at Wreck Bay for their Sail Past muster. Our other sight was a large pale grey dolphin that came speeding past a couple of times leaving us standing.
Arriving at the Largs Channel we're met by 150 Topper dinghies sailing up channel at the start of their race to windward. Tied up in the marina, we took the opportunity to remove the sails and boom, yes that is the end of our season for 2010. Earlier than usual but I'm off to the other vessel in my life, dear old Waverley up and down the Thames for three weeks. I'll keep on blogging though, still out on the water. A fantastic weekend sailing and a great end to the year, distances for the two days was 47' and for this season a total of 950'.
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