Coast of Scotland flows beautifully by. With good Southern winds we decide not to have a break but head straight to Invernesse. Waves are big, and carry us forward. Another night of sailing. Meanwhile, we learn more how to use the plotter, to adjust sails. Usually at 12 m/s we start to reduce the main sail by one notch, and for night time when winds blow at 14 m/s by two.
I take the first water quality readings in fairly open sea, still not strongly affected by the water coming from river Ness. Using a YSI 600XL sonde, I record dissolved oxygen, ORP, pH, temperature, salinity, and conductivity. The data we will extract from the logger later on, and we are likely not to use the first sample, as we will not have a chance to compare it with nearby samples.
We arrive to Invernesse’s bay, Firth, with Dolphins swimming along, and big seals sunbathing on the beach in large colonies. The landscape is very beautiful. We resupply in Invernesse, have a night of working at computers til late.
Tags: marine life, residency, Sail