The next morning and we had the Go-pro checking the bottom
of the boat again. We had seen something nasty the day before and needed a
closer look.
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| West
Kyle, looking into Loch Striven |
Whilst checking for keel bolt damage after running aground
the camera had whisked passed the prop. On closer inspection we realised the
prop had been wrapped in something very much resembling stringy stuff. We
quickly took some better footage of the prop only to discover it had all gone,
must have been some weed we picked up whilst motoring to get to the anchorage.
With the problem sorted we up anchor and headed for the Burnt Isles at the
bottom of the loch.
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| Bannatyne bay |
The pilot warns of strong currents (up to 5 knots) through
the gaps around the isles so we made sure we were going in the same direction
as the current and even though the northern gap is small it certainly wasn’t
anything to worry too much about. Anyway, I don’t always find warnings carry too
much weight when the very channel they are warning you about is surrounded
(within a few meters) by safe anchorages, it’s hardly going to be a torrent of
water if they then advice you park up next to it.
We motored all the way with less than 3 knots of wind for
most of the journey. East Kyle is as pretty as West Kyle. We arrived at the
friendly little marina and were given heaps of information about the
surrounding area.
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