The heat, the heat

[stevepick]

A gentle scoot over to the Garvellachs this weekend made me realise how badly equipped for west coast sailing my boat is. Anyone know how much a bimmini costs?
Seriously , crew fighting for the shady spot behind the sprayhood. We folded the sprayhood down to "get the sun" , but then had to put it up again. Cold beer has never quite tasted this good.
Unusual quote of the weekend was from a pontoon neighbour - "I have to wash the boat down - the cockpit is full of sand!"

[aquaplane]

I have had several reports that it's always like this
It was almost believable until they said that the midges were extinct too.

[ash]

I have had several reports that it's always like this
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It is almost always this warm. It's only usually the 2 weeks that you are on holiday that is cold and wet!

You've certainly struck it well this year.

Let's hope that it remains for the rest of the summer.

Ash

[Nick]

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Sweltering circumnavigation of Jura Sat-Mon, mostly under engine, though we sailed as far as Eilean Naomh on Saturday afternoon. First visit to West Loch tartert, including a dinghy trip up the Cumhainn Beag for a barbecue where in the end the midges probably got more to eat than us. Magical hour and a half on Eilean Mor in the McCormacks on the way home yesterday; first time in Lowlandman's bay as well.

[wully]

First 'sail' in two years and it's roasting.

Apart from this morning when I got to practice hand railing up the coastline in thick fog.

Loving it.