Day 4 - Holy Loch to Kames Bay

A damp and grey start to our day here in Holy Loch...we think we may treat ourselves to showers before planning the day and heading to sea...

Catch up later

xx

Hello again...

SHOWER TIME! Needless to say we all very much enjoyed our first shower of the week and to step on dry land for a little while. Although we were asked not to take too long, we all made the most of our down time and luxury. After our showers we headed back to Tenacity to finalise the plans for the day. Our original plan had been to sail north, but looking at the weather forecast for the next couple of days we decided we needed to change this... after numerous suggestions and options we opted for sailing back down to Rothesay Bay and then heading round to the very pretty Kames Bay, which allowed us the best options for a good days sailing on Wednesday.

We set sail down the Firth of Clyde in some good winds and reached our top speed yet of 7.7 knots. We sailed down the west side of the Firth as the main channel was really busy today with lots of larger vessels. The weather brought many April showers, most of which were rather cold, but we enjoyed the patches of sun in between. It was soon lunch time! We tucked into cheesy pesto pasta with pine nuts in the pouring, freezing rain and we’ve never enjoyed a meal so much. Many ate it faster than usual just so the bowl wouldn’t fill up with rain and make an unpleasant watery pesto mess.

We soon arrived at Rothesay Bay to a rather choppy sea. We dropped anchor and Ellie, Maddie and Dawn ventured across the waters to get to the Co-Op for a few supplies whilst the rest of the crew waved them off and set about doing some baking...making our very own Tenacity soda bread...yum. With the shopping done, and bread made, we lifted anchor and headed round to a rainbow filled bay for the evening.

Now we’re getting ready for Ellie’s chicken goujons with wedges for tea and we’re looking forward to it. You may have realised by now, food comes first for this crew. After tea, we are going to do some planning for tomorrow and aim to have a full day of adventuring and hopefully running the boat ourselves (and hopefully with a few less freezing cold down pours).

See you soon!

Team Tenacity xx