Good job they did'nt get there ..

[jimi]

Good job they did\'nt get there ..

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2965218.stm>Or what would have happened on the way home</A>

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[Aja]

Re: Good job they did\'nt get there ..

Think that as locals they would have known about Paterson's rock.

Donald

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[jhr]

Hope they\'d prepared a passage plan. nm

;o)

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[Ohdrat]

Re: Good job they did\'nt get there ..

Oh what a scream.. earlier this week the Sanda pub was on the news (in Scotland) as it has just opened.. I immediately looked it up to check it's location out.. thinking wow yet another drinking den for Ohdrat to get stuck in, but looking at the anchorages makes it all a bit hair-raising.. doesn't inspire one to relax with the golden nectar in such a flukey hazard ridden anchorage.

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[claymore]

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Sanda is a grand place to anchor whilst waiting for the tide for the Mull. My daughter once made firm friends with Daisy the Cow there and insisted on visiting her time and again. The Bay is sheltered and the holding good and its a pleasant walk over to the lighthouse.
Like so many places it suffers from Pilotbook Terror - that well known syndrome that prevents us from going into so many places because of the description of rocks, tides, katabatics and various other terrifying phenomena.
As Donald says of Patersons rock - all hazards are well charted and missable.
I was thinking that either the Pubs in Campbeltown must have suddenly become fearsome places with bad beer - that the navy wants to be shipped out to Sanda to do their drinking - or there must be more money than I thought in selling the stuff if the landlord can afford to pick up his customers and ferry them to and from the boozer.

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Claymore
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[Aja]

Re: Good job they did\'nt get there ..

Totally agree about Pilot books. I do use the CCC directions but am frightened to open the Martin Lawrence books. I always get the feeling of his superiority that photographs show only his boat in an anchorage and he describes just how tricky - no, near impossible it was to get in and that only he could scale half a mountain to take the photograph when mere mortals should stay aboard to worry about the 'vicious squalls' etc.
Ooops sorry rant over.

Have just 'inherited' my dads 1971 CCC chartlets - ok the bouyage is different - but the rocks are still there. Fantastic.

Donald

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[vyv_cox]

Pilot books

Me too. Before the first time I passed the Dorus Mhor I had worked myself up to a fever of anticipation and spent a sleepless night in the sealock at Crinan. Solely based upon the description in the Pilot and the photograph of it in a Force 7. In the event there was a minute popple on the water and from that day on I have used my own judgement in assessing the local conditions. As our then-Commodore said to me at the time, "if you can sail around Anglesey you can sail anywhere." Since then, of course, I have heard the same thing said about almost every piece of water on earth, but the princple holds good.

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[claymore]

Re: Pilot books

Yes - ParaHandy and Jimi came through Cuan Sound with me on a fresh sort of a day but we went through HW-2 Oban and I've seen more turbulance in my bath - absolutely flat calm with no tide at all. All my tales of grade 3 whitewater and being able to see the tide running downhill seemed rather exaggerated really!

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Claymore
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[Aja]

Re: Pilot books

Ah but - the first time I went through on my own boat from Loch Melfort side - I was totally struck with indecision. Do I leave Cleit Rock to starboard... or to port? Looked at it once I got round the corner and there was a definite slant in the water downwards - so thought I'm not going anywhere near there and left it to port.
One eye on the depth .. didn't relax until past Seil. Havn't been back.

Fladda is not much better IMO



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[claymore]

Re: Pilot books

There is a Rustler in Croabh Haven and he says he'd rather go through at low water as you can see where all the rocks are. Personally I like that extra few feet that HW offers!
Fladda has never offered much of a problem except when we were doing the Scottish 3 peaks in '84 and got there as the gate shut. We'd being doing fine till then but it gave everyone else the chance to catch us up. The race was won by Pacesetter which is a Sweden Yachts 38 - I saw it in Tayvallich 2 weeks ago - lovely boat.
We'd chartered a Sigma 292 from Rhu - Greensleeves. Went really well although obviously eclipsed by the 33 in terms of popularity.(and performance)

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[Ohdrat]

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ooohhh well done Claymore .. I can add Sanda to my list of good pissups with anchorages.. when I get my boat there'll be no stopping me/forums/images/icons/wink.gif...

Re Low v High .. I subscribe to the Low water principle as there is a chance you will float off when the water rises... and as previously stated you are more likely to see the rocks!

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