Yachting Monthly

A whale of a time

MATTHEW DIGGLE started sailing after signing up for the 2011-12 Clipper Race. Since then he’s cruised in UK waters and off the Italian and Croatian coasts

he west coast of Scotland is one of the top-10 places to see a whale anywhere in the world. It was the opportunity to encounter these majestic creatures that led me to be standing on a pontoon in Ardfern in late May, looking at Ruby Too, a pleasant and spacious Jeanneau 44; our home for the next week. Having filled out the customary paperwork from Argyll Yacht Charters, I joined the rest of the crew – my wife, Clare and

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