Sunday, 7 August 2022

Short Summer Cruise ...

For a variety of reasons, some unexpected, I'm not going to get much sailing this summer. I did get a week or so in July, and took Raasay to Orkney. Two days of this were spent sort of storm-bound (30+ knot forecasts) in Kirkwall, which is a nice place but I wanted to go sailing ...

Here's a video of the wind in Kirkwall:

https://gopro.com/v/eQ99DgaZ1ewMJ

A highlight of the trip was a pod of Orcas that paid me a visit a couple of hours out of Kirkwall. I didn't get great photos, unfortunately:


Orca, near Kirkwall

Orca, near Kirkwall














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