After a spectacular sunset, the day started bright and the wind had
abated to a Force 5, but the forecast was for rain to come. We motored
through the Sound of Harris, finding a number of the buoys marked on a
newly purchased chart were missing, but following the Cope Passage was
straightforward. Clear of all dangers, we set reefed sails and had a
grand sail across to Toe Head at the SW end of Harris, but faced a
headwind round in the Sound of Taransay, which saw us motorsailing
thereafter. The predicted rain arrived and the hills took on a gloomy
aspect. We anchored for the night in a sheltered spot off the old
whaling station in Loch Bun Abhainn-eader, 3 miles west of West Loch
Tarbert, and moved up there the next morning.
Fantastic photo!