Though no longer a commercial port, the harbour still serves leisure traffic and the area is well worth a visit for a sense of what Banff must have been like before the coming of its more upmarket upper town.
Banff itself contains a variety of fascinating architecture in a number of contrasting styles. Georgian architecture abounds in the "upper town", while down towards the harbour there are examples of more functional styles.
Leaving Inverness to stern and heading into the Moray Firth, a north easterly course will be set to take Reel Estate out into the North Sea. Passing rugged coastal scenery forged by the savagery
of the wind and sea that can be a feature of this northerly location, Nick will be hoping that on this occasion the Gods provide clement weather and calm seas to accompany him into Banff.