Set off at 8:15 bound for Amble but strong winds and big seas made progress very slow and we would not have been ablest make Amble in time. Amble can only be entered 3 hours either side of high water. We decided to turn back to Eyemouth and were back in the harbour by 10:30 completely soaked and rather dejected. We decided to make the best of the rest of the day and visited Gungreen house, which is a museum dedicated to the original owner who was a merchant smugg...

After 4 days weather bound in Peterhead, the crew started to get harbour fever. There are only so many museums and castles you can see. We planned to leave at 4am on Wednesday but the weather improved faster on Tuesday than expected and when the sun came out that was enough. We had an early dinner aboard in harbour and set off for Eyemouth at 19:38. Initially we had a wind behind and big rolling seas so made excellent progress. As we approached Aberdeen the wind ...