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Sailing Orkney

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Aug 182016
 

Here are some pictures from our sailing holiday in the Orkneys in 2016 in an Elan 434 Catherine J chartered from SailOrkney.com.  – a very comfortable and capable yacht too. Continue reading »

 Posted by tim at 9:32 am  Tagged with: Burnt mound, Catherine J, Elan 434, Orkney, sailing in the Orkneys, sailorkney.com, Tomb of the Eagles, yacht charter in the orkney isles

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