Chentleman's Cruise 2007

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Chentleman\'s Cruise 2007

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Claymore will not be back at Kilmelford until the first week in June.

PM discussions seem to suggest that chartering a boat for weekend, large enough for 6+ will be quite a pricey exercise and probably only feasible very early or late season as the boats are all at work once the season gets underway properly.

We've always gone for the Early May bank holiday weekend. I'm planning to sail north at Whitsuntide and keep the boat up there until sometime in August, then sail south again.

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Whit Wey? When?

FWIW, we're once again planning to sail from the Clyde back to Appin at Easter, 6/9 April, and maybe a few days either side. The plan, as usual, is Mull of Kintyre to McCuaigs Bar (Rathlin Island for the social side), and then north to Argyll.

Trouble is, that passage at easter is prone to some heavy weather, and I think our success rate is about 1 in 3 for that time of the year. So, we could be going by the canal. Chartering's usually cheapish at Easter (we used to do it). I expect prices will start to increase at around the May weekend.

When's Whit? Izzat the Spring Bank Holiday 28/5 (we don't do foreign holidays here)? Could maybe have a meet when you're coming north.
 
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Ooooooh keep me informed............... I quite like the idea of meeting and officer for a drunk....erm that should be drink and I will be back in the water in May.

Oh dear thats 20 some weeks off................Bol###ks

Tom
 
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PM discussions seem to suggest that chartering a boat for weekend, large enough for 6+ will be quite a pricey exercise

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Where does the cruise usually take place? Has anyone got a boat big enough to take 6+... if so, you could work it around that, and time of year wouldnt be an issue.
 
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"I'm planning to sail north at Whitsuntide"

Hmm .. it'll be warmer, more mackerel aboot ... but having warned family that no weddings, births, deaths are to be take place aroond 1 May to avoid last year's debacle, i might now have to tell them same agin but 1 June ...

that seems a way to go .. the cruise without yer auld banger jist isnae the same
 
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"I'm planning to sail north at Whitsuntide"

Hmm .. it'll be warmer, more mackerel aboot ... but having warned family that no weddings, births, deaths are to be take place aroond 1 May to avoid last year's debacle, i might now have to tell them same agin but 1 June ...

that seems a way to go .. the cruise without yer auld banger jist isnae the same

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Seconded!
 
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har .. i think there's a safety issue here. i know that transit for cuan rock is when the deid fly oan ra whirly screen thing is at 9 o'clock and in line with what's left of the stbd mark, then the old girl's got a clear passage .. will be lost, disorientated in anither boat ...
 
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PM discussions seem to suggest that chartering a boat for weekend, large enough for 6+ will be quite a pricey exercise and probably only feasible very early or late season as the boats are all at work once the season gets underway properly.

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Alba rarely have all their boats out on the traditional CC weekend if past years are anything to go by. I'm going up to Dunstaffnage tomorrow and a quiet word with my old pal Terry might produce a slightly better than commercial rate - no promises mind.

What sort of size were you thinking of?
 
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wow .. jings, whits up? thon threy alba dinnae rely oan a twa year auld copy orra oban times fer navigation, maps an ither matters vital tae a marinner wishing tae avoid orra yon rocks, jist like cuan ...
 
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