Leaving Tarbert and off to Carradale Bay for the night, albeit a short one

There was an OK forecast to get around the Mull of Kintyre and so we decided it was time to go north. As we left Tarbert, a local man (Archie) who has photographed us before from his flat in the old Columba hotel building took a couple of great images of the boat underway. This one he posted onto Marine Traffic:

and this one he kindly emailed to us:

It was good that the crew had retrieved and stowed all the fenders before we passed his flat! The flybridge was a bit chilly so we were in the pilothouse but had some great views to enjoy:

By the way, that is real "great views" comment not a Trump style "great".  We had planned to head down to Carradale Bay, a handy anchorage before the Mull of Kintyre where we could overnight. A simple trip passing between the Kintyre peninsular and the Isle of Arran:

It was quite enjoyable too, bar the ugly fish farm ship hanging around in the entrance to Loch Fyne:

The fish farms and their support vessels all seem to be made as ugly as possible to defile the wonderfully beautiful lochs.  Here is an example:

We do wonder just how many jobs and how much tax income they generate in reality, despite the government hype and massive expansion of them by foreign companies.

We dropped the hook in around 8 metres of water (the tide was dropping so it would end up around 6 in depth) set the anchor watch alarm and chilled enjoying the views and sun:

As the seabed shelves very gently towards the shore, you do end up anchoring quite a long way off the beach itself and you have that feeling of space. The nearest yacht was not at all near:

You can see the depths on this bit of chart:

We ate, turned on the anchor light and went to bed early as we needed a very early start the next morning. Pesky tide timings again.