It had turned into a glorious autumn day as we left the east coast of Bute and sailed back across the Firth of Clyde channel...
...dodging ships like this tanker (MV Autumn 13.8 knots)...
...until we rounded the
north end of the Great Cumbrae Island and dodged the Calmac ferry, MV Loch Shira...
...on our way back to Largs marina.
Before we landed on the sands below the slipway...
...we had to dodge our way through several racing fleets of 420s, Lasers, Toppers and Optimists.
Our rigs attracted a fair bit of attention from the sailors yet
130 years ago kayak sailing rigs were a common sight on the Clyde.
