Bob Hammond and Angela Bower are sailing round the UK in their Salar 40, Tehari II. (Meaning tehari- to cross the water)
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Loch Ness in 35 knots of wind
We are beginning to think that the Caledonian Canal was not such a soft option after all.
We set off this morning in hardly any wind and began short tacking up the Loch under full sail. We making very slow progress and resigned to the idea of a long sail but enjoying the scenery so that was okay.
Then the wind increased slightly, good we thought, we may make it to somewhere for teatime. Then in the space of less than five minutes we were hit by thirty to forty knots of wind and the boat was on its side careering towards the other bank at six to seven knots. Big waves quickly built up and were crashing over the boat as we hurriedly reefed everything in, and for the first time ever we needed to use the wizzy windscreen clearers to see where we were going...and all in a glorified pond!
Now anchored on the windward shore of a sheltered bay waiting for the wind to abate.
We might be here all night.
And we didn't see Nessy
View from anchorage, I tried to get a picture of the waves racing down the Loch as I'm sure no one will believe us, but they are now too far away.
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