Monthly Archives: January 2012

Claymore’s Definitive Tidal Gate Table Jan. 7, 2006 Tidal Gates HW Oban HW Dover Dorus Mor     West Going Stream Commences +3.30 -1.50 East Going Stream Commences -2.15 +4.55 Sound of Luing     West Going Stream Commences +4.30 … Continue reading →

The 2006 Gentleman’s Cruise Jan. 8, 2008 Here’s a writeup about the Chentleman’s Cruise 2006 (cc2006). I understand that it’s called the “chentleman’s” cruise as posh Scottish people would pronounce “gentleman” with a “ch”. It started as a blokes-only cruise … Continue reading →

March 7th. The Crane is booked and the mast will be stepped April 5th. A 9m tide at around 11:00 am – Ideal for the launch and 3 mile shakedown to Fleetwood Dock. Dreams become reality.

So: We used to have a Vaillant hot water geyser which worked brilliantly and without fail for years. However, there was no flame fail device on it and I began to think of other means of heating water. Claymore is … Continue reading →

So – will this, the Olympic Year see Claymore gracing the waters of the Scottish West Coast once more? 2 factors run in her favour. The first is the completion – well, close to completion of the building works at … Continue reading →