Eriskay to Kyleakin

29th June to 1st  July
Eriskay-Loch Hourn-Totaig-Kyleakin
Route

Perfect day sailing south of Skye

After a gentle day on the Hebrides island of Eriskay (though, even there, TV in Am Politician – the pub – was tense with the drama of the Brazil-Chile penalty shoot-out!), we enjoyed one of the finest days of the year and sailed over the Minch towards Rum. Wind died and I was heading in to anchor, when.…it picked up and sun shone…so sailed more…past the bottom tip of Skye…soon reefed and double reefed…and on into Loch Hourn for a calm night beneath the magnificent mountains there. (Said to be like a Norwegian Fiord, but I’ve not been to Norway so don’t know). 60 miles of sailing heaven with fine distant views of mountains of Hebrides, Skye and mainland, slowly evolving.

I was back where we’d been a month ago! And sailed north again for a couple of short days’ sailing up the east coast of Skye via Totaig (a quiet protected anchorage), and Kyle of Lochalsh. I was moved on and over to the more sheltered pontoon at Kyleakin. A gale is forecast and shelter is a good idea. Loyal long-suffering crew, Anna, is arriving this evening on the bus from Inverness.

Kyleakin from Skye Bridge