2023 Scotland to St Lucia

Hamburg at last

Having dropped the Admiral at the Edinburgh airport, it was back to sailing. A crossing of the North Sea to Helgoland was next and I had just the right crew to accompany me for the 450 ...

Oban, Again

The Admiral arrived in Edinburgh, so I left Kincsem at the mooring and rented a car in Fort William to drive to Edinburgh to meet her. A nice drive, certainly, and a couple of days of touri ...

Arisaig

Our plan was to sail up the inside of the Outer Hebrides (called the Minch) and then hop over to Skye on our way to Arisaig on the mainland. This was not facilitated by the sometimes f ...

Puilladohrain

It has been a busy 10 days to get Kincsem ready for the 2023 season. As always, I had a long list of to do items to get through. When I arrived, the boat appeared to be in very good s ...

Castle Bay, Barra

It was the day after Puilladohrain that the amazing weather started. A strong high has been parked between the Hebrides and Iceland and we have benefited from mostly sunny ...