Port Ellen distillery and maltings and the Thalassa, Isle of Islay

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Picture of an old distillery with modern maltings with a tall ship moored offshore
Port Ellen distillery and maltings and the Thalassa, Isle of Islay

A view from the Islay ferry arriving in Port Ellen, looking over to the old Port Ellen distillery and the modern Port Ellen maltings. The Thalassa, a regular visitor to Islay, is moored just off them.

The Flying Dutchman in the Sound of Jura

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Picture of the SV Flying Dutchman motoring along a sound between an island and the mainland
The Flying Dutchman in the Sound of Jura

I had hoped to see her under sail, but it wasn’t meant to be. This is the Flying Dutchman, a regular visitor to Islay and Jura, spotted in the Sound of Jura motoring north. We were on a RIB returning to Craighouse (where we had passed the Flying Dutchman when we left) from the Corrycreckan whirlpool.

Old ketch passing Dunlossit House, Isle of Islay

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Picture of an old ketch under sail passing an old stately home on a hillside above a sound between two islands
Old ketch passing Dunlossit House, Isle of Islay

Before passing Caol Ila distillery this nice old ketch passed Dunlossit House overlooking the Sound of Islay. Seen from Feolin on Jura.