Tuesday 15 May 2012 – Rothesay Bay to Brodick

The plan had been to go up the E Kyle to Colintraive or somewhere.  But why go all that way against a fresh wind and ebb tide?  Maybe we could go the other way and finish up at Brodick or Lamlash or somewhere else.  So we had an excellent fast sail with one reef in, running and then reaching to Brodick, where we picked up one of the visitors’ buoys, all of which were vacant.

After a late lunch we went ashore for a look round and did a bit of shopping. By this time all the shops were closed apart from the co-op, so we did not get any postcards or Arran sweaters.

We are still in shake-down mode - trying to remember how things work.  This normally takes place in a few day sails from our mooring, but this season it's happening at the start of a cruise, which seems strange.

Maybe tomorrow we will have a walk in the mountains – the weather forecast is quite good, but cold.


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Brodick, Goat Felll behind

Rothesay