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Synopsis: a varied cruise combining sailing and power aiming for an interesting mix of Inner and Outer Hebridean islands with time at the Shiants, weather permitting. Enjoy "the wind in your hair" plus daily walks, large numbers of birds and likelihood of cetaceans. This cruise does not visit St Kilda.

Destination: guests join motor yacht Zuza at around 1530 on Saturday 26 May at Oban Yachts, Kerrera. Our departure shortly thereafter will see us on anchor for our first evening meal aboard. 

The itinerary is dependent on weather - balancing shelter with some exciting sailing - but may include, for example, some of the following destinations: Mull, the Small Isles (Rum, Canna, Eigg and Muck), Skye, Coll and Tiree in the Inner Hebrides. In the Outer Hebrides possibilities include Eriskay, Barra Head, Mingulay, Vatersay, Taransay, Scarp and the Monach Islands, etc. We will aim to land on The Shiants and explore these wonderful islands with their large seabird colonies and interesting archaeological remains. Expect sea and golden eagles, cetaceans (such as dolphins, minke whales and basking sharks) and lots of seabirds such as gannets, puffins, guillemots, terns, skuas and razorbills. This cruise will not visit St Kilda.

On the final day we will return to Oban having brunch there before your departure on Monday 4 June.

Sightings and findings from previous similar cruises: basking shark - black guillemot - bluebells - bottlenose dolphins - buzzard - common dolphins - cormorant - fulmars - gannets - golden eagle - great northern diver - great skuas - guillemots - kittiwakes - Leach's petrels - long-tailed skua - Manx shearwaters - minke whales - otters - oystercatchers - peregrine - pomarine skua - porpoise - puffins - razorbills - red-throated divers - Risso's dolphins - sea eagle - seals - storm petrels - stunning sunsets - sunfish - terns - white-beaked dolphins

Please Note: The above map indicates an area within which we are likely to travel. Weather and the interests and abilities of guests influence the skipper's final decision. Sightings and findings are examples from previous similar cruises; the list is neither exhaustive nor guaranteed.

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