Day 39

Taller than we think?

“So quick question how tall is spirit?” “Lets see if she will fit under this bridge!” All conversations that were happening at the same time last night. We were not sure how tall she is so after some measuring we left the Figures in the semi-capable hands of Dan who after lots of planning came to the conclusion we might fit under the bridge. This effectively put nobodies mind at ease. He checked the maths several times to ensure that spirit would fit under using his best commando maths of one, some, and many being the preferred units of measurement.

We departed Broadford Bay and headed for Tobermory via the Skye Bridge. As we approached it looked low and spirit took a deep breath and stretched to her full height just to ensure nerves were on edge. We ensured we had plenty of cameras out to catch the bridge being hit but it never happened. With a sigh of relief Shaun told us he had never doubted Dans maths as he checked it himself!!

Todays passage is being run by Chris who is part of the Zero to hero scheme trying to achieve his Yacht master qualification which is the core aim of the charity to find. He upper the anti as skipper today by making bread and butter pudding. Now Carlsberg don’t do skippers but if they did they would all make Bread and butter pudding like Chris does. Some skippers on board really need to take a look at their priorities. The food on-board has never been bad but over recent days it has gone from preparing food out of necessity to what would make a great new TV show “The Hairy boaters.” (I stole the name from the crew of Quavira) The food is getting better and better which keeps moral high.

Tobermory is a pretty spectacular place only topped by the whole team being together again as we re-joined the Yachts who are also part of our fleet. We will be leaving in the morning for Oban where we will spend the weekend before we leave to start our slow passage to Liverpool for the 19^th.

Stay safe, Speak soon

Russ