Exploring the Isle of Gigha, and fleeing a Storm

[@InMyBusyLittleShop]

Very nice trip

[@jcfgh]

Great video, thanks for taking us along!

[@joandtim]

Your welcome, plenty more to come this season

[@Bill-d5o]

Those mussel's looked nice. Thanks for reminding me that I've got mussel's, king prawns and squid slices in the freezer. 😊

[@joandtim]

That sounds like the makings of a pretty epic seafood platter

[@killack4944]

Here’s a quick tip for cleaning seashells of sand, get tap water into a pan with a handful of sea salt cover seashells with the water and salt, repeat this process 5 times every 15/20mins After that you can cook them and eat no sand at all

[@joandtim]

Good tip, I soaked over night in sea water which I changed a few times I guess this had a similar effect as they were clear of sand and very tasty.

[@gingerbard2607]

I've only anchored about ten times - in Loch Long; Carrick Castle; Rothesay, and various places around Bute. I didn't use my anchor buoy / tripping line at first but now I find it so reassuring to see it floating there!

[@joandtim]

I think is a good idea, like you say it gives you some reassurance and extra info as to what is happening with the anchor. Only issue I have with mine is its a bit short so can get dragged under water in deep anchorages. Almost caused a drama when I anchored on Rona, its a really tight anchorage and my ball was about a foot under the water, decided to tie and extra line and fender to it so no one would foul on it but before I could get the dinghy ready 3 very large boats came in and I had to rush over and warn them which led to a lot of panic as they couldn't really hear what I was trying to tell them.

[@gingerbard2607]

@@joandtim Yes, my (inherited) buoy has 9m of line on it and, if the bottom is shelving steeply, I've sometimes missed my 6m depth 'target' and seen the buoy disappear. Or, the anchor fouls the line with the same result. One other thing: I've recently extended the 45m anchor chain that came with the boat - I felt it was going to restrict the maximum depth I could anchor in.

[@V8guy3500]

When did you get that great weather 😂we had grim stuff for our cruise. Great footage 👍

[@joandtim]

@@V8guy3500 It was pretty shortlived to be fair, not sure we got much nice weather after this

[@jerryorgan6729]

Was surprised re you felt you had to start the engine as batteries were low, what does your wind turbine give you in those winds? Good spot to ride it out. Enjoy your vid's.

[@joandtim]

Not much is the short answer, its not a particularly powerful one but its on my list to investigate this winter to see if I can get more out of it. The main issue though is that my house bank battery's are pretty much dead and need replacing. Even after a "full" charge they barely last a day so running the engine is more to cool down the fridge and charge up phones/laptops etc.

[@sligeach]

Cant understand why you deflated and shiped dinghy and collapsed sprayhood for a small blow like that. Boats generally bow into wind on anchor or mooring which would minimise any stresses on sprayhood and a strong well secured painter would see the dinghy ok.