A leisurely breakfast then decided to sail in company with Simon and Margaret to the Burnt Isles. We would call in at Kip and collect some stuff which had been left in the car. The wind was light so it took a while to get anywhere and some motoring was necessary. On leaving Kip we decided on a new destination near Ardyne Point, for a lunch stop anyway. The wind was light everywhere – so the organisers of the yacht race, which I think was Kip Regatta, had made a short course near Dunoon. They chose well as further south we soon ran out of wind. After many phone calls to Simon we eventually finished up in Port Bannatyne (the next bay to Rothesay), which has quite a well equipped small new marina. The pontoons are very good quality and there are a number of big boats there.
We took a walk ashore much of the way to Rothesay. Simon explained that the walk had lost most of its interest since last year as the big sewer replacement project has now finished, so there are no interesting machines or holes in the ground, just newly sown grass which we tried not to walk on.
Follow our
track on Google Maps.
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| Panache in light weather. |
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| The fleet. Note the pontoons |
