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Originally Posted by Aktungbby
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!  |
Mmmmm....Glengoyne. If you ever get a chance, try 'Te Bheag' (pronounced chey vick) which is made in Skye but is available in the U.S. (and very popular in Canada, so I've read).
Thanks for the warning about the Flannans: I'm still managing to sneak through the Channel.
I sailed right up into my old fishing haunts using the sub - fantastic to sail around the Hebrides again and into Village Bay in St. Kilda.
I did a run into Scapa (repeating Prien's attack) - it was fantastic to approach and find the blockade ships and the gap between them...with the sub, not the fishing boat.