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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 →

The week preceding the summer cruise of 2003 got us into optimistic mood as all sources of weather information referred to the establishment of the Azores high and its dominance over British weather for the foreseeable period. We drove the … Continue reading →