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Sunday, April 08, 2012

Is it worth tacking upwind with a Flat Earth sail?

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Flat Earth kayak sails will sail to about 68 degrees off the wind. This means they can definitely get to windward but is it worth tackin...
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Friday, April 06, 2012

Alan Wilson is about to set off on his round Scotland trip.

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Our good friend Alan Wilson is about to set off on his sea kayaking expedition round Scotland. He launches from East Tarbert, Mull of Gal...
Wednesday, April 04, 2012

How's your roll?

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 Just beyond the heavy industrial land of Hunterston...  ...we were back on a wild stretch of coast. The Three Sisters of Hunterston ...
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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...