Craighouse to Oban

Passage planning, like many of the joys in life, is often different. Today's passage plan had several objectives of varying importance:

1. Not leaving before dawn

2. Not going against the tide

3. Avoiding the Corryvreckan Whirlpool of Death

4. Not getting cold and/or wet

5. Not getting wind over tide up the Sound of Luing

6. Agreeing on the correct pronunciation of "Luing"

7. Ditto "Dorus Mor"

8. Deciding the best route past the 7 knot overfalls past Pladda

9. Choosing the best moment for lunch

10. And so on

In the event, we decided that the best time to leave Craighouse was "definitely 0530", "definitely 0730", but possibly "later this week ".

We left at 0600.

And arrived at Oban at 1200, where we ate our sandwiches and went back to bed.

We like Oban.

Oban, from the excellent "Transit Marina "