Thursday 19 September 2013 – Cuan Sound to Ardinamir

The weather forecast was still windy and unsettled but we wanted to get somewhere where we would be ready to move when the weather improved, so we left the mooring to pick up the first of the ebb through the second part of the sound.  We were early so were still against the flood, which made it easier to avoid the various rocks.  In a short time we entered Ardinamir, following the directions very carefully.  The anchoring options were not too good so we borrowed a vacant mooring.  Our destination was about half a mile from where we had been moored the previous night and could be reached more directly via a narrow and shallow passage with a power cable over it.  This passage was made even more unattractive when we saw the speed of the tide through it!

The only problem with our way through is that we missed the real “Cuan Sound Experience” of being swept through with a strong tide and frantically picking up marks and dodging the rocks.

Looking back to the W end of Cuan Sound

Cleit Rock in Cuan Sound, one of the ones to miss

The anchorage at Ardinamir, boat mast just visible

View over Ardinamir