the Mishnish is calling...

Position 56° 37'.3N 006°04.1W, Tobermory, Mull.

The last three days have seen the guys doing plenty of skills and drills, in and around the Oban area.

Friday saw them head south again, towards Croabh Haven, via the Sound of Luing or Cuan Sound. Plenty of intense pilotage for Casey then!

Saturday and they were off back north again, this time to Lockaline, on the north side of the Sound of Mull. A beautiful anchorage in there, and very protected fro mthe winds, which were building as they arrived.
The plan was to practice sailing on oand off the mooring buoys, but is was so well sheltered, they had to head back out into the channel to find enough wind!
Not only did they catch their first fish of the trip (apparantly a HUGE specimen that kept them in food for days!), but they also found out the benifits/draw backs of using the GPS as an anchor drag alarm. Thoug it does help if you set them properly so they don't go off every 5 mins. All night. Kind of glad I wasn't on boad for that!

They're curently in Tobermory, as I'm sure you'll all know is home to Ballamory, the kids TV show. A beautiful little town, on Mull itself, with probably one of the most famous pubs in the country (amongst us sailors at any rate), the Mishnish.
On the way there, they had plenty of MOB (man overboard) drills to get their teeth stuck into.

According to Martin, their instructor for this week, they don't seem to dislike him particularly. Yet.

Heading back to Oban for Wednesday, when I'll take over again, and we can travel a little further afield, perhaps over to the Outer Hebrides for a few days. Get them to show me how they're getting on with all the skills n drills.