Here are a few pictures from our voyage with dad's boat Muriel. We launched at the White Sands of Morar (very beautiful spot just south of Mallaig with a good slip) and spent the first night there. Next day we sailed in the Sound of Sleat stopping off at Ardvasar before heading into Loch Nevis. Stayed in the bunkhouse at Inverie and had a fine evening in the Old Forge. Weather was turning very wet and windy the afternoon of the following day so we sailed to the head of the Loch, making a pretty exciting passage through the narrows about half way down which were running at full bore, before holing-up for the afternoon in a very nice bothy. Lots of drowned rat type walkers arrived throughout the evening which made for a good atmosphere and cosy sleeping - I think they were all a bit envious of our proper food and bottles of wine!
As forecast weather was much improved the following day so we had a good sail back round to Morar. We arrived there a bit ahead of the tide (at low tide the entrance to the inlet is covered with breaking waves). So we anchored for a while in a bay just around the corner and had a brew aboard the boat then when for it. It was still quite exciting getting in as we caught a wave for a while - the boat was however very well behaved and controllable and the only thing to hit was sand. Once in we followed the meandering river channel as best we could in to the slipway.
On our way home we had a quick division to climb Meall Ghaordaidh to the north west of Loch Tay.
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| White sands of Morar |
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| sailing the in the Sound of Sleat |
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| Looking into Loch Nevis |
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| Head of Loch Nevis |
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