Friday 28 July
The crew decided to brave/ignore the weather and motorsail with just the staysail the few miles to Ulva Ferry across Loch Scridain. It was murky (dreich) with good-sized Atlantic rollers coming in behind us on the wind, but Mate was able to admire two huge waterfalls dropping straight over the cliff edge to the sea at the foot of Ben More on Mull, while Skipper hooked three mackerel of varying sizes.
I surfed off the last roller through the gap between Inch Kenneth and the rocky islets off Cragaig Bay on Ulva, and suddenly it was calmer and drier, and Mate handed over the helm to begin organizing lines and fenders for our arrival. They were soon enjoying fresh wine-poached mackerel for supper.