Pulled up our anchor this morning and came out of our little anchorage. I took us out. 
We motored for a while with me on the tiller and then we put the auto helm on so I could do navigation and done some 3 point fixes to find the location of the boat then work out what degrees we needed to follow to get through passages. 
Then we went through Easdale sound which wasn’t too bad just had to like up the boat and watch for underwater rocks. Then we went through Cuan sound which wasn’t too a bit more difficult, had many under water rocks and a very strong tide so passage planning her is very important. We are on neaps but the tide gave us an extra 3.5 knots over ground but it can run up to 7 knots. The swell here really messed with the rudder. Once we were out it was an easy motor across and back to Craobh Haven, I took it the whole day today and following dad’s instructions i brought it into the birth. I did okay but we had wind pushing us off so dad and Emma had to pull on the lines a bit to bring the boat in, that’s my first time doing that so hopefully I can do some more soon and get better. 

Last day, back to Craobh Haven

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