Loch Boisdale Marina to Canna
30 miles. 5 hrs 40 mins.
S 2 to 4 mostly F3. Good sailing. Crossed from S Uist to the small Isles. Rhum and Canna in the distance. Flat seas. Had the cruising Shute out. At its upper limit sailing 60 degrees off the wind. Up to 7 knots at times.
Had a fishing boat trawling that we had to negotiate. Ferry left Loch Boisdale just after us on a collision course. Fortunately he changed course by 4 degrees and passed us at 15 knots with half a mile to spare.
Difficult to pick out Canna with the high peaks of Rhum behind it. Passed a medieval castle that looked like a lava plug on the way in.
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| Avoided a boat on the rocks on the way in |
From the Small Isles CCC Sailing Directions and anchorages it says ....
Keep to the Southern half of the entrance to avoid the rock South West of the slipway. This can be avoided by keeping a conspicuous cottage on the hillside, open south west of the SW end of a pair of cottages on the shore....
We were 2 hrs off low tide and he did eventually refloat.
Went ashore in the dingy and found the Canna Cafe and community store. Had beers and Canna beef pie. A sheltered and interesting place with lots of greylag geese and rare black guillemots and divers.
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| Lava plug |
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| The Canna Cafe |
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| Black Guillimot |
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