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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Fast breeders at Hunterston.

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On arrival at the Ayrshire coast we arrived at... Hunterston nuclear power station . The water in these parts is like warm tea... ...
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Monday, April 02, 2012

Paddling like lions round the Cumbraes,

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 We proceeded down the Largs Channel towards the giant cranes of the Hunterston ore terminal. On the way, we passed the stone "li...
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Sunday, April 01, 2012

The application of elbow grease to avoid a ferry glide.

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 Refreshed by our stop we... ...continued up the west coast of Great Cumbrae island with Bute and Arran in the background.  Mike a...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Returning to sea after a refit.

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By the time we got to the Great Cumbrae, the two newcomers to our little group, Andrew and Colin, were pretty tired, trying to keep up wit...
Friday, March 30, 2012

MV Solitaire, the World's biggest pipe layer ship.

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 From Glencallum Bay, we took off in fine style, sailing on a broad reach...  ...past Little Cumbrae Island...  ...with its Stephe...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Leaving Glencallum Bay under sail.

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 All too soon our sojourn at Glencallum Bay came to an end.  The breeze picked up as soon...  ...as we left the bay and...  .....
Friday, March 23, 2012

Crossing the Firth of Clyde channel.

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From Little Cumbrae island our course lay a few degrees further north. This allowed us to ease our sheets and pick up speed on our crossin...
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