BLUEMOMENT

At what time of day do they drop their hook? They are always there before me. Me too. They've usually motored past me an hour or so before while I persevere with a dying wind, and nab the best spots. Too much chain out is that old blowhard Tom Cunliffe's fault. He never balances need to be secure w...

There's a chippy "discussion" on TOP about rode lengths. I have no intention of joining, but I just want to record my annoyance of boats from "other parts of the UK" putting out far too much chain in smaller anchorages. Three times this summer I've arrived in sheltered spots know...

On The Other Place. I'm disappointed by the repeated spurning of the only true sailing forum for cantankerous men of a certain age in favour of the downmarket mass audience imitation.

There's a few references in the article to "Peel Waters". Is this meant to be Peel Ports? I want them nowhere near the place

Yep. The worst kind of absentee landlord that i thought land reform was doing away with in the highlands.

I can do 8.5knts now I recalibrated mine . . .

As for the temp - I wonder if the very top layer of water is quite a bit warmer due to the sun heating it up. So what the ST60 sees isn't a real measure of much.

Yep, I've seen 20+ consistently on the west coast - warmer outside of the Clyde. There's a marine heatwave apparently. I don't think this is a good thing.

There seem to be a lot more seabirds around this year, after the ravages of bird flu. Just me, or have the others noticed too?

There's nae windaes and maybes nae roof, so I can see how the castle offers access to nature, free air and natural light.

Is that the Shuna with all the fish farms on the east side and Mowi boats going back and forward into Craobh?

Salen jetty also up for sale. I still cant afford it.

Is it buttered on both sides?

On specifics - point 3 is the main one for me too. It would be good to find out the proportion of dawdlers/sunday drivers vs those wanting to transit as quickly as possible. The marketing and organisation is towards those dawdling along (although the folks on the sea locks are a bit more clued up). ...

My experience of one individual on the board was that they were working their way up the tree of various Scottish govt quangos to impress the great and the good. SC is near the bottom - they moved onto something else more illustrious that they also knew nothing about after a couple of years. I canno...

The Scottish Government should use this example (the PP Clyde proposal) to show Peel Ports that in Scotland the government will regulate private companies who abuse their position, by amending the Clyde Port Harbour Order to exclude leisure craft less than 24m. I agree, but would PP sue the scot go...