Departed Portree at 6:00am- Calm and no wind so had to do a lot of motoring. A lovely entrance to Badachro very interesting and pretty. It was only a short hope and picked up a floating mooring at 11:30am right next to Kvector111 who I had met in a pub in Plockton and who had told me about this lovely little anchorage. The wind thankfully had filled in and I was able to sail in to the entrance in about a force 3 to 4 and managed an average of 6.5Knts.
A quick tidy up and something to eat and I took the dinghy ashore. Probably one of the more interesting dinghy journeys to be made! as you have to manoeuvre between sand banks and then make your way up a very fast flowing river. My 4.5 horse mercury outboard had to work hard against the flowing tide. Once in a its a balance of throttle to hold yourself still against the flood and to reach for a mooring ring on a very slippery wall. I left enough painter for a fall in tide and a turn and two half hitches to secure the dinghy. After that it was a trip to the local pub and a nice pint on the terrace overlooking a beautiful bay. Its hard but somebody has to do it!
A quick tidy up and something to eat and I took the dinghy ashore. Probably one of the more interesting dinghy journeys to be made! as you have to manoeuvre between sand banks and then make your way up a very fast flowing river. My 4.5 horse mercury outboard had to work hard against the flowing tide. Once in a its a balance of throttle to hold yourself still against the flood and to reach for a mooring ring on a very slippery wall. I left enough painter for a fall in tide and a turn and two half hitches to secure the dinghy. After that it was a trip to the local pub and a nice pint on the terrace overlooking a beautiful bay. Its hard but somebody has to do it!
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