Loch Tarbet to Burnessan, Isle of Mull

This morning, the rain held off as we left Loch Tarbet (Isle of Jura) with Caren at the helm to navigate us out through some shallow water and hidden rocks. A pair of grey seals escorted us out into the open water. From there we headed north past Colonsay to unsurveyed waters where we had our first porpoise sighting of the day, with another 6 detections, two of which were sighted from the mast. Matt was rather excited when he spotted his first Sabine Gull in UK waters, two Sooty Shearwaters and a Storm Petrol.

We then sailed north hitting some choppy water before heading into the sound of Iona. The skipper had a tense moment navigating Silurian through some very shallow water (3.6m deep!).

Post effort has been spent preparing for the up and coming pirate day where an excellent parrot has been created!

As the day drew to an end, we found out our ‘pirate names’ for tomorrow’s swashbuckling antics around a tasty banana cake (made by Kerry aka Lady Esmerelda Smythe) and a bottle Lagavulin Islay single malt whisky…lovely.