First stop was Port Ramsey on Lismore. Like many islands it supported hundreds of fishermen/farmers in the past, but is now mostly holiday homes, many owned by families who originated on the island.
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The Pap of Glencoe is visible behind Helen here.
We did change bike tires several times, getting four flats on the one day.
We would like to have sailed further up Loch Leven, but the ferry has been replaced by a bridge that is only 55 feet high, whereas our mast is 73 feet high.
This boat was chartered in England by an Australian group who had come to compete, after winning a similar race in Tasmania. We enjoyed a good party with some of the crews after the race.
Afterwards, we headed back South to Oban to meet the Tyler family.
Weather was lousy, with 20 knots on the nose. We had to motor through Corran narrows with 6 knots current helping us against a 20 knot wind. With the wind against the current the waves were very steep and gave us a rough ride, with too much spray flying around for photographs.
In Oban we moored again at the Oban Yacht Club, under the shadow of McCuaig's folly (A granite structure now called "McCuaig's Tower" by the tourist board.)
The island of Kererra is in the background.