St Kilda

[Ruairidh Sollas]

My father and i managed our first trip to St Kilda on Saturday .. We only live 40 odd miles away and had the Rib since 06 .. wont leave it so long to go again!!

What a place

Decided to take the long way round Leaving from Lochmaddy on the East side of North Uist 58nm - The shortest distance is 35nm - but the boat was already in the water at the Lochmaddy Pontoon

Took about 2hr 45min each way at about 20 Knots due to another Non Rib friend (Hardy 24)
123nm round trip using about 85 Litres

The weather was pretty rubbish all the way with Misty rain, after 2-3miles we couldnt see North Uist behind us and Kilda didnt appear until we were 5 Miles away .. The Garmin earned its keep thats for sure!

[jwalker]

Cool, pity about the weather!

[BusmansHoliday]

Awesome, that's a place I'd love to visit. Did you explore the island much?

[Roflhat]

That's good going, I like those Hardys. Think I passed you on tuesday, I was skippering Challenger going into Griminish

[Maximus]

Good on ya!...
When you gotta go...Weather not withstanding ..You Gotta GO!
Poor Vus conditions especially Fog makes any longish haul a lot more challenging and mentally demanding....(but on occasion overcoming them ultimately rewarding)....small Islands in a Big Sea are easily missed!!

.... I know that feeling of real gratude to "The Garmen Gods" too!

[willk]

Well done that man!

A bit of a navigational challenge adds spice to the win. The day I went I was encouraged to leave the island to give the RAF a clear run at the place....

...at least, that's the excuse reason I was given.

[Pikey Dave]

Kudos, we’ll done[emoji106]

[A1an]

Extremely jealous.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by A1an

Extremely jealous.

We'll do a run out there together
...when I'm a bit closer Mate!

[A1an]

Originally Posted by Maximus

We'll do a run out there together
...when I'm a bit closer Mate!

Absolutely, it’ll need to be your boat though. Sold mine this morning. Still wondering if was the right thing to do.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by A1an

Absolutely, it’ll need to be your boat though. Sold mine this morning. Still wondering if was the right thing to do.

Ahh...hense the World gone Mad bit
No problem there Mate ...always welcome ...hope you find something else soon!

[Ruairidh Sollas]

Originally Posted by BusmansHoliday

Awesome, that's a place I'd love to visit. Did you explore the island much?

We didnt see everything we would have hoped to as time was against us and halfway up there was a layer of fog covering the whole island so we couldnt see much anyway, got to the highest road point anyway.

Originally Posted by Roflhat

That's good going, I like those Hardys. Think I passed you on tuesday, I was skippering Challenger going into Griminish

Yes that was us coming back from the Monachs that day! a cracking boat the Challenger , we also passed it again coming in from Kilda when we went out on Saturday

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by A1an

Sold mine this morning. Still wondering if was the right thing to do.

Schoolboy error

[A1an]

Even my wife is giving me grief.