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Doirlinn Castle, Loch Moidart
We awoke to thick fog and the sounding of horns from the Calmac ferries, invisible from our mooring, as was the shore only 40 metres away. We went ashore early to the supermarket and the fog was already thinning on our return aboard. We left to catch the tide down the Sound of Mull, by which time the day was bright and sunny. We continued past Tobermory, round the NW corner of Mull, and down to Gometra, anchoring in the pool there. A quick ascent of the hill above (also called Gometra) helped work up a good appetite for dinner. Although still without wind, the next morning had fairly good visibility and we went north, past Ardnamurchan Point and through the tortuous entrance into Loch Moidart, anchoring just off Shona. An energetic afternoon saw ascents of Beinn a’Bhaillidh on Shona and Beinn Bhreac further up the loch. Then wind at last, but from NW, right on the nose for the short leg up to the sheltered anchorage at Arisaig, where it continued to blow Force 5/6 for the rest of the day.