On passage from Lossiemouth towards Lindisfarne ( Holy Island ). Left Lossiemouth in poor visibility at 0930. We have radar and AIS on board otherwise we would be back in the harbour. The fog cleared about a mile offshore. The weather forecast was for F3 to F4 occasionally F5, sea state slight. In actuality it was F5 to F6 gusting F7. Slow going into a headwind. We called in at Whitehills to refuel, quite a tight dogleg into the inner basin with quite shallow depth for a largish boat like ours but we managed OK. We were soon on our way again as we have a long way to go. The wind died and we ended up motoring, at least we were making some progress now.
I'm feeling a little queasy! Not got my sealegs yet. Either on deck or trying to sleep below. I'm on watch from 1400 to 1800. With 9 on board the watch rota works out quite good with 4 hours on and 10 hours off. Passed Ratray Head just after midnight and turned south heading along the coast to Lindisfarne, passing Peterhead, Aberdeen, Montrose, Firth of Forth etc.
No sketches today, nothing to see from the boat.
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