Yesterday, Friday the weather was predicted to be worse than Thursday when we had turned back to Eyemouth. We went to bed and I told the crew, I will check the weather forecast in morning and only wake you if it improves. Woke at 5:45 and checked the forecast, it had improved so woke the crew at 6am. This was popular as you might expect. The sun was out and the wind had died down! Looked outside and discovered two boats had rafter on our outside over night. Had ...

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 ...

The storms still rage so we went on another sight seeing day out. First off was Glen Garrioch distillery. A tour followed by whisky tasting. The distillery is now owned by the Japanese and is very small. Next we went off to Fyvie castle to the delight of some crew members and the disappointment of others. It was very interesting and now a national trust property which has an interesting history over the last 600 years. We do not plan to leave tomorrow as the weat...

Strong winds and heavy rains forecast for today and tomorrow. We decided to hire a car and go sight seeing instead if sailing. There are limited safe ports with safe entry south of here so need good weather window before leaving. We went to Fraserburgh and visited the lighthouse museum. This was excellent and we got a tour of the former lighthouse. The tour guide was the spitting image of Fulton McKay from porridge. He did not like lighthouses, women, the English...