The Missing Centimetre

08Aug13

Some patches re-glued on the dinghy, some unsuccessful autopilot investigative work swapping out the rudder transducer, and a tricky visit to the fuel pontoon before we left for Goat Island and our overnight anchorage. We bid a fond farewell to one of the Yacht Centre's riggers who was quite taken with our Crossbow 40 and to a Swede by the name of Leon Schulz who's refurbishment of a Hallberg-Rassy 46 is documented in this and next month's Yachting Monthly magazine, he has also written a very interesting book about his travels entitled 'The Missing Centimetre'.

Our 'quick' run down to our overnight anchorage was denied with a wind shift which would have made it very uncomfortable so we pressed on for a few more miles down to Crinan and picked up a mooring buoy ready for an early departure to Jura – the island looked very enticing with its Toblerone-like silhouette. It was a calm start to the night and very dark as heavy rain set in and the owls started to hoot.