Back in the water
Helacious waits in the slings
We had spent the winter of 2021 back at home in the USA, but it was now April and we were ready to get going again. The weather was still quite cool but we had a few sunny days as we got Helacious ready in the yard for the relaunch. We checked the rigging, made a taller waterproof vent pipe for the composting toilet, attached the repackaged life raft to the stern rails and checked out the new electric motor for the dinghy. Inside the boat we started the install of the new isolation transformer and had a refridgeration guy come and top up the coolant in the freezer. It was giving us problems, and would continue all summer.
Finally after a week of work we were ready to leave our winter marina at Ardrossan and make tracks north. We quickly retraced our path around the Mull of Kintyre, anchored at Gigha and in the sound of Jura arriving finally at the anchorage Puilladobhrain on the Isle of Seil.
The bridge across the Atlantic, Isle of Seil.
After a great hike on Seil and a refreshing drink at Tish-an-Truish we head up to our favorite town in Scotland, Oban where we spend a few days at Kerrera marina, getting ready to head offshore. We fill up on mussels at The Green Shack, and buy some scallops from the divers on the dock at Kerrera. Cannot get fresher than that.
