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Showing posts with label RNLI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RNLI. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

RNLB Grace Ritchie 70-002

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Just as we set off from Largs, the former RNLI lifeboat, Grace Ritchie 70-002, left her berth at the marina. She is a steel hulled Clyde ...
Friday, November 04, 2011

Close encounter with the RNLI lifeboat at Islay.

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We were travelling north on the Sound of Islay at an ever increasing speed. We were not paddling particularly energetically but by the tim...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Sails on the Shetland Bus

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BBC Scotland had an interesting piece on tonight's television news . Mick Berwick, Patrick Winterton and Olly Hicks have set off fro...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A house on the hill in the Kyles of Bute.

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 Just north of Kames in the Kyles of Bute lies the delightful village of Tighnabruaich . Its Gaelic name means "house on the hill"...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

A barren point and fateful decision.

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We set off from Tobermory, past the RNLI Severn class lifeboat Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsay, to cross the Sound of Mull for the second time that...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Better days for some in Oban harbour.

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Leaving the NLV Pharos and Pole Star, the next vessel we came upon in Oban harbour was the RNLI lifeboat. She is the RNLB "Mora Edith M...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Night time in Troon harbour

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In the darkness we swung round the outer harbour wall at Troon. The moon and constellation Plaedes could be seen behind the lighthouse. From...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

Tragedy in the Sound of Islay

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The BBC Scotland News has just reported a tragic accident in the Sound of Islay. Yesterday (Saturday) afternoon, a sea angler was swept away...
Saturday, July 19, 2008

Over the sea to the fair isle of Islay

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As we crossed the Sound of Jura, towards the Sound of Islay, a force 5 wind was blowing from the north west. The air was very clear and to t...
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Friday, July 04, 2008

Better Days: the wreck of the Spinningdale

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As we left the Cuma, on the start of our great St Kilda adventure, we were so excited. As we left Dun behind us and headed across Village Ba...
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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Stornoway lifeboat is in good hands.

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Murdo (Murdy) Campbell is not only a member of Stornoway Canoe Club , renowned for his unsupported open crossings to Hebridean outliers such...
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Sunday, May 13, 2007

The National Life Boat "David Hay".

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The Tower, Balcary point . During gales, the seas off Balcary point in the Solway Firth can be violent due to the strong tides and shallow w...
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Monday, March 26, 2007

A perfect day to end up in 2000 Acres of Sky.

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On Saturday we paddled to Port Logan , which featured in the BBC series " 2000 Acres of Sky ". The series was based on a fictiona...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

How is it? It's as bad as it gets.

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West coast of Scarp June 2006 was stormy off the west coast of the Outer Hebrides. We were out there in a 70 foot fishing boat and had to r...
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