Slipped Mallaig at 5: 40. Cloudy. Sailed when wind allowed. In the Kyle Rhea by 8. This is the narrow point between Skye and the mainland. Through by 9. Accelerated from 5 knots to 9 in a few seconds. Water swirling with flat eddies. Calmer out in Kyle of Loch Alsh.
Went under the Skye bridge. Sailed into Loch Carron heading for Plockton via High Stone beacon and avoiding Hawk rock. Picked up a visitor mooring buoy at 11:20. Dingy over to Plockton in the afternoon but all pubs closed due to a funeral. Plockton is a charming gentile Highland village. Fuchsia hedges and well tended gardens facing the water.
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