Welcome aboard Kaleun: My inlaws hail from Mull and I was just at Oban myself. (Facing the Hebrides at least.) Watch out for the Flanman Isles when on condensed time: I've grounded there a few times rounding the Faeros to return to Base when the Channel becomes lethal. They're easy to overlook when setting course... Might be the gulf stream current. From the Calif. wine country and Dungeness crabs myself, I spent my time in Caledonia learning the vagaries of highland and peat fired Scotch. Settled on a 21 yr old Glengoyne which I opened with my shipmates when we painted our 37 ft, 2 masted ketch hull with copper based paint. My brother served in the US navy, occasionally at Scapa Flow. Happy hunting just to the west of Scapa, Kaleun!
