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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Sanctuary at Maclean's Skull Bay for the potato men of Glengarrisdale

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The tidal flow along the NW coast of Jura always runs SW to NE so we were quite tired by the time we approached Glengarrisdale Bay . We re...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

A traverse of the Corryvreckan: "Beware of the flood in a sudden calm preceded by several days of strong west winds."

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Slack water after the Corryvreckan flood was at 16:10 on 19/04/2017. To give ourselves time to get to the west end of the Corryvreckan whe...
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Monday, April 25, 2016

Sitting it out in Port nam Furm while waiting for the tide in the Corryvreckan

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As we made our way up the coast of NE Jura a southerly breeze began to pick up and...  ...it was strong enough to take an occasional r...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Landfall on Jura

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 Ian, Mike and myself met at Carsaig Bay on the west coast of Argyll on the morning of Tuesday 19th April 2016. Our original intention ha...
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Saturday, April 09, 2016

Replacing the downhaul elastic on a P&H kayak rope skeg.

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 If you have had your kayak for a while, the chances are that the skeg is not deploying fully. The elastic is retained by a stopper ball w...
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Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Kayak Carrier Systems Easy Haul kayak trolley portage strap long term test and review.

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I am a great believer in using a kayak trolley, not just for short getting to and from the water but for longer portages of isthmuses tha...
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