BLUEMOMENT

A good start to the sailing year
Central heating essential!
Fridge for the post sail beers….. just leave them in the cockpit for a few minutes

Just imagine if the marina was run by a competent harbour authority…..
Nonsense that it’s taking so long

These last two….brilliant!!

scary! glad you discovered the problem before it burst into flames

Is that why screwfix in Oban has run out of extension cords!

But seriously, he does great social media (instagram: @the.electric.lobster.fusherman) and worth following

Apparently he’s being lined up as a supplier to the LOTI when it reopens

shame they didn't include a more general section for freeform/verbatim input.

https://afloat.ie/sail/northern-ireland ... k-stratton

Quite a character, particularly well know in and around Rhu and for the various David Thomas designed boats he built and sold (Hydro, Bolero, Big Bolero etc)

it can be watched on Amazon Prime (you need to pay for it), or directly from the website
https://itllneverwork.boats/thefilm
if you pay and watch from the website, the inventor of the boat and fisherman who is running it (Hans Unkles) gets more of the cash

pressure dropped to 947.9mb
lowest recorded by a UK weather station in the month of October

time to move the extra fenders from the garage to the boat....

This year, the West Highland Yachting Week (WHYW) committee introduced the YTC handicap system, ( https://rorcrating.com/ryaytc) rather than the historically used CYCA system ( http://www.cyca-online.org.uk/handicaps.asp) to the committee's credit, and as they said they would, they have now publishe...

"It is sad that the UK, and Scotland, has never captured the rise of the super yacht industry" I thought that Jim McColl had a plan for Fergusons to get involved in the super yacht building and refurbishment industry, and that a very old and dilapidated 25m Feadship was bought as part of t...

Apparently the boat arrived on Friday night/Sat morning and by 04:00 Saturday, the polis were there... Full forensic scene of crime suits worn so clearly, searching for something but not wanting to contaminate the scene On Saturday, low key presence from the polis, and the crew not allowed to leave ...

great to see a traditional working boat out and being sailed can't imagine how hard it would have been not just to sail a boat like that in heavy weather, but also to trawl and make a living fishing from it. huge respect for our forefathers I recently read about the dipping lugsail, the prevalent ri...

good to see that the new owners have ambitions for the marina and pub not sure I'm fully supportive of a "yacht club" being created as the next evolution the LOTI. Running it as a really good pub with food that welcomes everyone will be a good start. If berth holders get a discount, then t...