Passage: Rhu Marina to Kilmun and back. 17.7 miles in 3 hours 20 minutes. A short passage across to Holy Loch for lunch and a walk and back again.
Hanging around in Holy Loch
A nice weather forecast (for a change) prompted us to head over to Holy Loch for a lunch stop. Holy Loch is only a short inlet (a couple of miles) just off the southern end of the entrance to Loch Long. The sunny weather brought almost no wind though, so we had to motor across and back. We stopped just off Graham’s Point at Kilmun and though we considered anchoring, the Loch didn’t shoal until very close to the shore, so we picked up a mooring. After a quick walk ashore we had lunch on board and then headed back to Rhu.
The main submarine base on the Clyde is now just up from Rhu at Faslane, but during the Second World War Holy Loch was a key submarine base. The Loch was used for trials and exercises for submarines. To prevent attack by German U-Boats an anti-submarine boom was put in place between Dunoon and Cloch Point. Two submarines were sunk during WWII in exercises in Holy Loch. These two submarines were ironically named HMS Vandal and HMS Untamed. HMS Untamed was later salvaged.
Charmary 