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FEATURES

For Midnight Mirage the new Crew were in fact regulars and we were looking forward to meeting up with them again. This is their account of their trip back to Largs. Our crew arrived, all seven having enjoyed the glorious Scottish scenery on route to Oban in their people carrier. This meant for a stalwart display of ‘yachtie teamwork’ commencing in York, picking up in Newcastle & Carlisle on route and in full knowledge that the van was to be transferred from Oban to our final cruise destination by our ever-helpful yacht charterer. After the comprehensive hand over of Midnight Mirage the culinary delights of what was on offer in Oban had to be sampled. Naturally enough freshly caught fish was the order of the day. On Sunday, after a very leisurely breakfast we slipped Oban Pontoon around midday in glorious sunshine and extremely light winds en-route for Nave Island just off the West coast of Islay. The beautifully smooth sea state enabled numerous sightings of pilot whales, porpoise and seals. We anchored up at dusk. After a very peaceful night protected from the swell by Nave Island we enjoyed our ubiquitous leisurely breakfast morning and upped anchor around midday on route for Loch Swilly, Donegal. We had a stiff breeze and a good 6 knots average boat speed, but it wasn’t quite in the direction we might have preferred. With a mildly uncomfortable point of sail,

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