Mull to port

Sailed north keeping Mull to port and missing Tobermory this time (as we thought it would be crowded on the week end) sailed into Loch Drumbuie (no distillery !).  The engine died so up mainsail and sailed onto the anchorage.

 Where's Wally? (Spring Breeze)

I had to climb up the rocks on the entrance to the loch to get any phone reception.  It was a great anchorage although a bit of a magnet for yachts on a Friday evening as it's just across the water from Tobermory.  Sailed on in the morning to Mallaig, a 35ml or trip north. We motored out through the Sound of Mull going west then turned north past Ardnamurchan Point, keeping Muck & Eigg to port although we didn't get much of a view of them as the weather was rather misty.  However, with a fair wind behind us, we made good progress, goose winged past the Sound of Arisaig.  Arisaig would have been a great place to visit but a bit scary for us as part of the route in requires us to go over drying rock and I think I would need a bit of water to do that!

So onto Mallaig which is another fishing harbour, past it's heyday as far as fishing is concerned but attracting yachts, wildlife watching boats and ferries to Skye.  It also a magnet for coaches of trippers as it is a pretty little harbour.  I ordered a new water pressure pump there as my repairs to the existing one failed - to be picked up when we pass south next.  We took on fuel and off to 

Inverie, just a few miles down Loch Nevis.

The one great feature of Mallaig is the way they power up their wifi.