Sailing Scotland - Sailing from Oban to Crinan - Day 3

Follow us on this sailing adventure, as we sail the west coast of Scotland on a 32ft Elizabethan Ketch - our first CrewBay crewing opportunity! Here, we leave Oban, and sail through some tidal water back to the Crinan Canal...

After getting our RYA sailing tickets (check out our Sailing Croatia 2017 playlist if you haven't seen it yet!) we were in search for a sailing charter to get some more miles under our belts. Our idea was to sail the west coast of Scotland and explore some of the islands. Sailing charters in Scotland turned out to be super expensive, so we had a look on Crewbay and came across James and his 32ft Elizabethan ketch, the Ghost Wind.
So, in August 2017, we left behind the ridiculous heat of Abu Dhabi, and got on a plane to Scotland to join James and spend one week sailing his yacht. If you've missed the videos of Day 1 and Day 2 of our trip, do go check out our Sailing Scotland playlist!

On Day 3 of our trip, we left Kerrera in the morning and sailed back down towards Crinan. With a bad weather forecast, the plan was to sail into the Crinan Canal today and then spend the next day or two crossing the Crinan Canal, to emerge on the other side when the weather has settled and we can sail further south. We had the brilliant idea to take a little 'short cut' through very tidal waters, but thankfully the Dorus Mor was once again calm as. Two locks into the Crinan Canal, we tied up for the night. This canal truly is beautiful!

Subscribe to our channel to follow us on this new series of Sailing in Scotland! Using Crewbay for the first time and sailing with James was a great experience and we hope you will enjoy following us on this little adventure, and maybe be enticed to go sailing yourself. If you enjoy the video, please give it a thumbs up, and feel free to ask any questions about our sailing trip down below!

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