Another textbook springing-off demonstration saw us heading off again just after 9am. This time our destination was slightly uncertain. The wind, infuriatingly, had gone round to the SE and so, once clear of Sumburgh Head, the skipper tried to see
Shuffling across to Scalloway
With the weather improving we left Suðuroy in the morning of October 17th to head across to the Shetland Islands. The passage was about 170 miles and the hope was to head across at the same time as a small