[Kyle]Carnlough was deserted as we squeezed out of the harbor at low tide in a brisk southwest wind. We motored along for 20 minutes or so j...

Pretty little Carnlough [Kyle]In Murlough bay we hoisted the sails for a quick upwind beat to Carnlough, about 15 miles to the southeast. We...

Fair Head and Murlough Bay [Kyle]Following our afternoon on Rathlin Island, we went somewhere else we had been before: Murlough Bay. We did ...

Footprint in Rathlin Island [Kyle]With a glorious sunrise, we left Scotland under motor on in a flat sea for a bit, then a light wind filled...

More sailing [Kyle]We woke to more low clouds interspersed with heavy rain. Avery time we would manage to get up the motivation to get up an...

[Kyle]At Ballachulish, we woke to a world that had been drained of all color. Thick, heavy, drizzly clouds had moved in overnight. The cups ...

[Kyle]We got the first locking down out of the canal the next morning. Footprint was now back in sea water. We made our way against moderate...

[Kyle]I met the Laggan bridge tender as he showed up for work and asked for an opening. The poor guy hadn’t even managed his first sip of mo...

[Kyle]I had originally intended to get pretty far through the canal but I was foiled. First, it was sleep. We just couldn’t seem to get out ...

Back in the Locks and Lochs of the Caledonian Canal [Kyle]After another night of only a couple hours of sleep (I’m sleeping less on vacation...

Leaving Bergen and Norway [Kyle]We left Bergen in the bright dawn of midnight. Our route took us in light tailwinds along a pretty path that...

Footprint docked at the wall in Bergen [Kyle]We arrived into the city center harbour and managed to squeeze in along the quay at a spot just...