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Rough weather uncovers a secret loch

eading north up the chain of the Outer Hebrides on our Jeanneau Sunfast 37, , during one August cruise, we were experiencing strong Force 5-7 north-westerly winds. These were set to continue and made us all realise that although a visit to St Kilda was possible, it would simply amount to a rough offshore passage with then no possibility of landing with the dinghy to visit. In other words, a completely

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