Well, the weather has been dreadful overnight and is still dreadful! We were up at 6am because Lindsay had to be at the railway station for the back of seven. He hoped that the weather would not be as bad up North and that he could get a ferry home later this afternoon. From the texts he has been sending he has three choices of boats but so far none of them are sailing. Fingers crossed he gets home to his girls today and doesn't have to stay in Caithness overnight.
We are sitting onboard just praying for the wind to drop. It is gusting at about 40 knots. We are in an enclosed harbour on a safe berth but we are moving around like a cork! If possible we will leave in the middle of the night in the hope of getting in to Inverness in the morning. The way the weather looks on the internet, we could be stuck here until mid afternoon tomorrow. The problem is, there is only an hour and a half window, either side of high water for leaving Nairn. That restricts us a lot. It is because of the sand bars just outside the harbour. Beautiful to look at but not great for boats on a tight timetable.
Praying for calm seas and light winds!
Not sailing by.
LAKOTA
