<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0218_John.jpg"><h2>DSC_0218 John.JPG</h2>John Boyle has owned motorboats for 20 years. He bought Shark Bay new in 2004<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0835_Fionn.jpg"><h2>DSC_0835 Fionn.JPG</h2>Camerman Fionn Crow Howieson joined colleague John Boyle for the adventure <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0196_Caledonian_canal.jpg"><h2>DSC_0196 Caledonian canal.JPG</h2>Before setting off on the coastal leg, they cruised in the Caledonian Canal<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0382_Caledonian_canal.jpg"><h2>DSC_0382 Caledonian canal.JPG</h2>What heavy weather? The Caledonian Canal is a world away from the exposed Scottish coast<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0125_Caledonian_canal.jpg"><h2>DSC_0125 Caledonian canal.JPG</h2>The ruined Urguhart Castle on the banks of Lock Ness give great views across the waterway<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0170_Caledonian_canal.jpg"><h2>DSC_0170 Caledonian canal.JPG</h2>Shark Bay was often the only boat in the Loch<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0339_Caledonian_canal.jpg"><h2>DSC_0339 Caledonian canal.JPG</h2>You need to ensure you leave enough time to make it through the locks such as the famous Neptune's Staircase as you cruise the Caledonial Canal<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0399_Advice_from_David_Inverness.jpg"><h2>DSC_0399 Advice from David, Inverness.JPG</h2>Inverness Marina manager David (left) was a font of useful information, and helpfully organised an engineer<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0631_Old_Man_of_Hoy.jpg"><h2>DSC_0631 Old Man of Hoy.JPG</h2>John passes the Old Man of Hoy in the Orkneys<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0763_Sea_Stack.jpg"><h2>DSC_0763 Sea Stack.JPG</h2>The sea stack at Kinochbervie, Am Buachaille, which translates as the Herdsman in Gaelic<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0678_Pentland_Firth.jpg"><h2>DSC_0678 Pentland Firth.JPG</h2>Cruising the Pentland Firth<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0584.jpg"><h2>DSC_0584.JPG</h2>Stromness in Orkney is as far from home as the pair will get<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0740_Cape_Wrath.jpg"><h2>DSC_0740 Cape Wrath.JPG</h2>How will the pair cope with the notorious waters around Cape Wrath<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0754_Cape_Wrath.jpg"><h2>DSC_0754 Cape Wrath.JPG</h2>Despite John's trepidations, Cape Wrath proved flat and calm, the duo even stopped the boat for a cuppa<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC_0800_Kinlochbervie.jpg"><h2>DSC_0800 Kinlochbervie.JPG</h2>Few leisure boats make it as far as Kinlochbervie, judging by John and Fionn's reception<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC0044_Crinan_refuelling.jpg"><h2>_DSC0044 Crinan refuelling.JPG</h2>Refuelling at the entrance to the Crinan Canal<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC0082_Crinan_canal.jpg"><h2>_DSC0082 Crinan canal.jpg</h2>Patience is a virtue best applied in the Crinan Canal but it can save you a lot of mileage<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC0015_Oban_marina.jpg"><h2>_DSC0015 Oban marina.JPG</h2>The Pair stayed a little longer than expeted in Oban Marina<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/11/DSC0105_Campbeltown.jpg"><h2>_DSC0105 Campbeltown.JPG</h2>The charming town of Campbeltown was John and Fionn's final stop in Scotland
