All the pilot guides give strong warnings about the Pentland Firth and fair enough, with tidal stream of up to 9 knots and serious overfalls around every island. The recommendation is to make the crossing at neap tides with wind less than F5, and as the Visit My Harbour page says, if you do that you'll wonder what all the fuss was about. My plan to get here for the 14th May worked, it was neaps with a F3-4 southerly breeze and flat sea...perfect. In this video I cross the firth from Wick to Longhope, and then continue to exploring different anchorages around Scapa Flow. It feels good to be anchoring rather than paying to be in harbour every night.
4 окт 2024
