Ballintuim Ship's Logs Scotland west coast & Northern Isles - 2006
Scrabster to Stromness and Scapa Flow - Kathy & Nigel
Monday 3rd July - Scrabster anchorage
09.00 Calm, overcast, p 1028
17.00 Motor into inner harboure, fill water tanks
Tuesday 4th July - Scrabster Harbour
07.00 wind S 3/4, overcast, p 1028
08.15 Slip moorings, wind ESE 4, sailing too fast for trip plan, Main + Genoa
09.15 5 miles off How, wind ESE 4/5, 2 reefs in main
11.50 wind E 4/7, too gust close to cliffs, 2 reefs in Main
12.10 entering Howy sound, wind 25kn aheasd, sun, very short steep seas, Main down, Motor
12.45 Anchor in Stromness between the two holms in 4.2m, later enter marina, log 26 miles
Wednesday 5th July - Stromness marina
sunny day - ashore for a walk
Thursday 6th July - Stromness marina
08.00 wind W 5, overcast p 1016,
14.35 Drop mooring lines and head into Scarpa Flow, wind SSE 3, Main + Genoa
17.30 Close hauled down to Hunda Sound, anchor in 4.1 m. log 14.8 miles
Friday 7th July - Hunda Sound anchorage
08.00 wind W 5 overcast p 1014
16.30 Weigh anchor heading for Flotta & Hoy, wind NW 1/2, Motor
18.40 Anchor in Rysas sound, wind SE 2/3 with Sun & rain, motor + (genoa), log 11.1 miles
Saturday 8th July - Rysa Sound anchorage
07.30 wind SSW 4/5, sun / high cloud, p 1012
11.00 - 15.00 wind S 2/3, sun/showers, Walk over to Museum at Lyness
15.30 - 16.45 motor round to Longhope, pick up visitors mooring, log 3.4 miles
Sunday 9th July - Longnope visitor mooring
09.00 ESE 2, p 1005, weather grey but getting brighter
11.20 leave mooring motoring towards Widewall bay, S Ronalsay
12.45 Drop anchor 3.7 m off Herston villge slip
13.45-17.30 walk around bay visiting St. Margarets
17.35 Weigh anchor for return to Longhope, wind N 4, overcast, motor then Genoa
18.55 Pick up visitor mooring at Longhope, Log 13.7 miles
Monday 10 July - Longnope visitor mooring
09.35 Sail off mooring heading for north Hoy, wind S 3/4, sun & cloud, p 1020, Main + Genoa
11.30 Anchor in 3.1 m off ...., stow dinghy & cover mainsail
12.35 Weigh anchor, Motor
13.30 tie up in Strmness Marina & make boat shipshape for departure. log 14.8 miles
