Kirkwall Hostels - Reviews and Rates

We were off to Fair Isle at 08:15. There was no, or little wind but the forecast was promising some wind later in the 24 hours and there was some chance that we would get some during our journey. In fact, it didn't happen until the last hour or so and we motored all the way, a horrible flippy floppy sort of motion, as we were moved this way and ...

The wind woke me at 6, or to be more precise, the wind forced me to get up at 6 as I was getting seriously worried about the boat, she was grinding so hard against the pontoon. A quick check of the instruments showed the wind blowing at 40 knots for several minutes, until it relaxed to a more 'reasonable' 34 knots, where it stayed, and stayed an...