Day 38 Feb 15th Peterhead and beyond.

 The sun is just coming up and it looks to be a nice day. 

There is still quite a swell from the storms but the wind and as well are travelling together for the first part of our journey .  This usually gives rise to a horrible rolling motion on the boat so it may be wise to have the sea-sickness pills now if you're susceptable or at least have them handy.

The coast here is littered with small /tiny harbours some of which dry out most of which are for local fishing boats only,  and a few that take visiting yachts. The first choice was Banff, but a look at their website see them closed for repairs. Next along the coast is 

The original plan was to go to Banff Harbour but that is closed for repairs, then there's Whitehills,  but they are full

It would have been a very difficult entry and exit for Watanga, it's tiny!

Portsoy  too small

Portknockie dries

Findochty Harbour  Now here's somewhere we can get into and is where we're going to aim for.

Passage plan 

Weather  Wind S/SW F5/6 sea state moderate at Peterhead slight at Findochty

Tides. Hw 1400 at Findochty. Slack water around Rattray head 0930

0800 call Harbour control for permission to leave  after clearing breakwaters head 060 to avoid rocks North of the harbour. There will be a strong North going tidal stream. Stay 1m offshore as we head north then west past Fraserburgh.

We'll have a nice broad reach along the coast from here

Once close identify the leading lights and follow them into Harbour on course 166

We should arrive about

1400hrs so plenty of time to explore.

Trip 47 nm Total. 800 nm