A jaunt to Eday

Despite spending all hours on the boat recently, we hadn't left our mooring for what seemed like an eternity and waking up to some nice weather we couldn't resist giving the engine another blast. We set sail from our mooring around 8.45am and headed south towards Eday.

Getting the engine up to speed we got some added practice with the trim tabs
All running smoothly we decided to take the scenic route between Eday and the Calf of Eday, finding a visitors mooring we tied up and took the tender ashore in a hunt for breakfast.

Discovering the most vitally important rule so far - no matter how comfortable and dry your rubber boots feel aboard, don't presume they will still feel as comfortable after walking a few miles on tarmac! 

Limping back we took the tender and motored to the beach close to a lighthouse. Sitting enjoying our breakfast in the sun whilst looking across the water at the Calf of Eday we made the decision to cross the Calf Sound and say hello to the sheep.


Climbing back aboard Quickstep sun burnt and with blisters on our feet but happy sailors!

Although we had a lot of fun exploring today we also were very pleased with the main engines performance and helped build familiarity and confidence in the boat. Now though we settle in to an evening of more mundane tasks...