AngusMcDoon
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It indicates two things - you have been north of Ardnamurchan, and you started south of Southampton.
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It indicates two things - you have been north of Ardnamurchan, and you started south of Southampton.
steve yates
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nope, not me.
ctva
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No, Bowmore is in the south east shore of Lochindaal, which is nowhere near the west coast of Isla. Bruachladdich is further west but is still in Lochindaal but on its west shore.
Minchsailor
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I don't know if it has changed, but the original design was only for tenders. The anchors may not be adequate for the weight of a yacht. The MacLeod estate took a lot of convincing to allow even this.
Water hose is on the fishing boat pier, or if you poke around the back of the hotel the is a water tap.
AngusMcDoon
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You might be right. Only shallow draught boats could use it at springs anyway.
JumbleDuck
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And I have seen boats based in Ardfern and Craobh sporting the heather, which is really not on, oldboy.
JumbleDuck
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Traditionally it was for C|yde-based boats which made it past Ardnamurchan. I've seen it on a few boats based at Craobh or Ardfern, which is a bit oikish.
Kelpie
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Thanks for the reminder about Dunvegan- not that I'm likely to use it myself as it's just one sea loch away from home. If I want to go to Dunvegan it's a bit easier to drive 
By the way, for those who have not heard of the place before, the 'veg' in the name should be pronounced to rhyme with 'beg' as it is an anglicisation of 'beag' for 'small' in Gaelic. So if pronounced correctly it doesn't have anything to do with people who don't eat animal products.
By the way, for those who have not heard of the place before, the 'veg' in the name should be pronounced to rhyme with 'beg' as it is an anglicisation of 'beag' for 'small' in Gaelic. So if pronounced correctly it doesn't have anything to do with people who don't eat animal products.
mainsail1
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Yes, in the 1960's going North of Ardnamurchan was like going around Cape Horn.
claymore
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Can't say I've noticed that around Ardfern....
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Oh No! It's oikish for heather, snobish for flag etiquette, one just can't get accepted anywhere these days.
pmagowan
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We sail out of Strangford and have always got our Heather on the pulpit once landfall north of Ardnamurchan since time immemorial
JumbleDuck
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Yes, in the 1960's going North of Ardnamurchan was like going around Cape Horn.
I imagine the tradition started for yachts with no auxiliary, in which getting from the Clyde to the Small Isles was a significant achievement. My pre-war CCC books include details of hiring a horse for the canal. Even with a 1960s auxiliary it would have been pretty hard.
It's not common, but neither is the heather in general any more.
Neither really matters, of course.
Well earned!
Quandary
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Walking past a nice clump of heather on the edge of Gairloch Golf Course (recommended for lunch and superb beach in front) the wife suggested we take a bunch to tie to the pulpit like the boats that pass our house and I almost humoured her.
Now very glad I resisted, though with the port on the transom listed as Strangford we might have got away with it?
Now very glad I resisted, though with the port on the transom listed as Strangford we might have got away with it?