We set off from the south end of Bute with the towering mountains of Arran rising through the sea mist beyond.
Amazingly the ebb was still running despite being 2 hours after "slack" at low water. Run off from heavy rainfall in the extensive mountainous catchment area of the Firth of Clyde can overcome the flood tide.
A little breeze got up and...
...Phil and I quickly hoisted the sails.
It was a beautiful day to be on the water so late in the year. We slipped into the Tan which separates the Great and the Little Cumbraes then...
...entered the confines of Millport Bay. It was time for third luncheon.
