Fri 7 Aug Exit Moray Firth

Whitehills to Peterhead

Early start out of Whitehills this morning. The swell has subsided and we have favourable winds. Under sail and making good progress, we did have to reef a bit
After being underway about 4 hours we passed Fraserburgh, effectively saying farewell to the Moray Firth and starting to knock points off our latitude.
Enjoying the sail…. Having departed at 0735 and sailed all the way, the wind came round to on the nose and subsided just as we pulled level with Peterhead. We had decided to press on to Stonehaven – a total of 70 miles, but we turned into Peterhead, alongside and shutdown exactly 8 hours after leaving and sailing pretty much all the way - hoorah! - and are staying here the weekend. (Whitehills to Stonehaven, another 36 miles, which meant at least another 7-8 hours and probably burning diesel all the way.)

We will be catching the bus to Aberdeen and bus or train down to Dundee on Sunday to go and see our friend Mike in a Rock Choir concert in the evening. As a precaution we have booked a room for the night as there is an after concert party too.

So, the story will restart with favourable tidal stream on Tuesday but a report on the weekend’s activities will be included at some stage.

Quiet night onboard tonight and restful day tomorrow.Read more