The problem with the ferries is they are not counted as miles ridden. The 1302km is road distance not including ferry journeys, as my gps route is well over 1370km. The ferries slowed you also having to wait for them and then the journy time on the ferry as I said just now.
That said the ferries were good as they force the riders to regroup and socialise/chat. The first ferry did put us nearly out of time at the first control, but we arrived before the control closed so were able to obtain bank receipts when we arrived, and we were only forced to wait until the control had closed before we could leave Oban by the ferry schedule.
That race for the early ferry was hard between Kilchoan and Mallaig but it was a great felling making it, and that was bad in some respects as I then felt I had 2 hours on the other riders and could plod up to Broadford as a slower pace, having already recovered on the ferry. If I'd stayed with the first group, then I may have finished earlier and been able to get to my overnight stops before the next morning.
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