Saturday 19 June 2010 Tarbert N550 51.959’ W0050 24.716’

Hot sunny weather. A morning doing the jobs, making use of the excellent facilities in Portavadie including an excellent launderette where everything is shinny new and works.

And then a wonderful sail across the loch to Tarbert – reaching in a Force 4 with bright sunshine – a distance of some 3 miles!

On arrival at Tarbert we looked around for a suitable berth finding one alongside Milly Brown at one end of the marina. Mark was flying an interesting signal from the cross trees. The an afternoon exploring Tarbert and provisioning for the next Leg. Tarbert itself is a major sailing centre of the Clyde with a well known regatta week in June each year. It is a well sheltered harbour with good facilities for yachts.

Two Loch Fyne skiffs moored in the inner harbour caught the interest. One, Iolar, was built in 1900 and restored in 2005, the other was Wee Dooker was built in 2008/2009 by the young people of Tarbert as a replica of an Ardishaig in 1908.