250922 Blairmore Lunch

Last chance for a proper sail before hauling out for the winter. Also a chance to enjoy an excellent lunch at The Blairmore in... Blairmore! Conditions were good with a fairly steady WNW F4 but our outward passage was stalled when one of His Majesty's nuclear submarines surfaced ahead of us. After heaving to for 20 minutes we decided to track south of the boat, which was now doing doughnuts, so that we could make our way up the west side of the loch. That kept us well clear of the sub and its attendant tugs, police and Royal Marines escort. Arrival off Blairmore was made more exciting by a dragging anchor and the failure of the remote for the electric windlass due to a dead battery! After plugging in the wired remote and resetting the anchor the new dinghy and a high tide made landfall relatively simple. After lunch the return trip was a breeze (literally) with only one gybe and a short stretch on engine to moor up.