Tarbert to Ardrossan
21/9/25 - 29/9/25 This was to be our last week of this year's trip and it was lovely. We had a few more cracking sails, hid from the weather when it was at its worst, delighted in others' company, met more fellow sailors, found new anchorages, revisited old haunts and reminisced on all of our adventures. The week started on Sunday with putting the bimini away! We were optimistic about the conditions ahead and decided it was time to put the additional cockpit shelter away. The sun was shining, the wind was blowing, and we had a stunning sail down loch Fyne and then tacking upwind through the West Kyle of Bute, accompanied by a mini-flotilla of other boats departing from the Tarbert music festival. Evolene is a heavy boat - 16 tonnes for 42 feet - but she sails beautifully and it was great to compare her performance against other sailing vessels, and she totally held her own. It also gave Stuart and I heaps of practice in tacking which, when we're in more ope...