Sailing Scotland's West Coast - Humpback Whale & Mull of Kintyre EP:1

After a long dark winter, we set off sailing Scotland again in search of some new anchorages.
We start the journey with a few spots in the firth of Clyde and an amazing encounter and a rare sighting of a humpback whale. Before we make our way around the Mull of Kintyre, and share a few tips of how we go about passage planning for tricky tidal currents.
Music for the video was partly provided by Josh Woodward.
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0:00 Intro
1:34 Little Cumbrae
4:26 Bute, Glencallum Bay
5:50 Humpback whale
9:07 Holy Isle
11:40 Mull of Kintyre
12:04 Passage Planning
19:39 Rounding the Mull
21:57 Isle of Gigha

[@BrotherHoodofTheDogxix]

This is the smartest sailing channel, hands down. Always something to learn and plenty to enjoy.

[@user-vf6vv3rv2u]

New to Channel, what a gem I’ve found.

[@SailingSula]

excellent video and great explanation of going around the mull of kintyre 👍

[@JimmyPegasus57]

Great tips for going around the mull, particularly with the on shore and off shore wind considerations.

[@Sp3ktral22]

Great high-quality video about life on the Scottish West Coast waters. Fascinating.

[@Paulwilson4362]

A well put together informative video, we have always loved the West coast of Scotland.

[@StemtoSternSailing]

Well it seems that when im done filming the Norwegian coast I sure can find more fascinating coastline to explore over there. Thanks for shearing. Best regards from Jarle

[@RichardBull4677]

Absolutely loving your videos, looking forward to seeing more of the west cost of Scotland through your lens.

[@xboxriskyspider]

Love the 'real world sailing'. You're not teaching what's written in textbooks, but what works out in the real world. It's important to differentiate between knowledge and experience. Both of which you both seem to share based on this video! Can't wait to see more! Soon to have my own boat out of Troon in the coming weeks. Cannot wait!!

[@SailingHiraeth]

Thanks for the kind comments 🤙 Yes we agree everybody sails a boat differently and every boat is different and so the more ways you can learn how to approach and deal with a situations the better equipped you will be when you need to adapt quickly. Good luck with the new boat, happy sailing ⛵️

[@sailinggreenpearl2571]

Great video guys, love your editing style. Looking forward to watching your story!

[@climbskibikenz]

Lovely to see you guys out on the water again!

[@SVAscent]

Nice video. Roll on next summer and more adventures

[@mrangry01]

Great footage as always guys

[@maureensmyth2770]

Well done Sally & Miles. ...I'm not a sailor but this video very interesting to listen to and watch......hubby loved it !!.....liked " ....must get wide angled lens camera" !! tut tut ....😅

[@willmcneill3108]

Thanks for this - really enjoying it, and the focus on actual sailing! Impressive one-handed reefing and tea-making. Do you ever use your traveller?

[@SailingHiraeth]

Hey, glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, we'll use the traveller for a lot of the mainsail adjustments to reposition the boom when sailing upwind. Then once the wind starts to come around to the beam, and we need to move boom beyond being directly over the top of the traveller car (in it's furthest position to either port or starboard). We will then tighten the vang/kicker to stop the boom from lifting and then allow the boom to swing further out by letting out the mainsheet. When sailing downwind and preparing to gybe, we pull the traveller back into the central position first, before pulling the mainsheet in and initiating the gybe. Hope this makes sense...

[@user-ds6dw8mc6j]

Fabulous video Sally (and Miles) - beautiful photography and such an interesting look around the West Isles. Thank you. 😊

[@learigg]

That bath would be a great addition to Hiraeth, the how too video would be amazing.

[@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar]

Happy new year from the crew of Wavedancer westerly fulmar aka John and Yvonne in Dublin. I dream of touring Scotland trying to get John to agree to sail north of Isle of Man 😂. OMG what a beautiful experience. Humpbacks have always been my favourite whale. Great video just subscribed

[@V8guy3500]

Superb footage, love it😀well done🫡

[@gargoreg]

What time of the year was this? Gigha is a delight, worth a day walking the isle.

[@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar]

What camera did you use to film humpback? Want to upgrade to a decent zoom lens camera

[@SailingHiraeth]

We currently use a Sony A6100 with 50-200 lens. It's not great, but all we can afford at the moment. The biggest issue is stabilisation at zoom. This means a lot of our zoomed footage needs to be heavily stabilised while editing.

[@the_grand_tourer]

Not so much 'hidden' ... just trying to keep it to ourselves. The south coast gets the sun, we get empty anchorages ... I hope.

[@ladygardener100]

Idont know why these ponies were brought to Holy Isle, there are no jobs for them and they are prone to injury. Not native to such a tiny isle