Mallaig to Loch Scavaig, Skye. stunning anchorage 09 August 2023


Approaching Loch Scavaig on the SW corner of Skye

After a bit of supplies shopping in Mallaig and a morning coffee, we set off at 11.30 just in front of one of the departing ferries. Our destination was Loch Scavaig on the south side of the Isle of Skye.  On the way a Minke Whale surfaced a couple of times.

Minke Whale near Aird of Sleat, south Skye

It was just over two hours to reach where we wanted to go. Loch Scavaig is described as one of the (if not THE) most dramatic and awesome anchorages in Europe.  It is also renowned for its unpredictable weather and sudden squalls, due of course to its surrounding topography.  Sgurr Dubh Mor (944m) and its foothills form the back drop to the anchorage - these are part of the Cuillin range of mountains on Skye - and they really are dramatic and awesome.

We had to dodge a couple of these beautiful old yachts as
we approached the entrance to Loch Scavaig 

Lazaway at anchor in Loch Scavaig

Loch Scavaig nestling in the Cuillins

We walked to the freshwater Loch Coruisk just behind the nearest hill - a very short walk.  
All the rock is smoothed by the action of glaciers 11,000 years ago, they show striations caused by individual stones, caught in the ice, that then scrape the bedrock. Brilliant. 

Striations


Also walked along the shore a bit to a turquoise bay.  Very pretty. 



Lunch today was a real treat - Susie became a culinary goddess by producing a lovely Cullen Skink.  Better than any of the fish soups we have bought out.  Wish we thought to take picture of it.

Dinner was followed by cards - the right people never seem to win!

The night at anchor was a little anxious  - we were pretty close to the steep back wall of the anchorage, there were other boats fairly close, and strange noises through the night went unexplained.  

The boat bird list had just 16 species, and the Loch Scavaig (ashore) list had 12 species.

Our route:
This has a bit of the next day’s journey
because we had no phone reception
in Loch Scavaig













































































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