Not another photo? Can we do films instead?

[Sgeir]

Didn't recognise Snowleopard's last two, but he might know this

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[Phoenix of Hamble]

Newton Ferrers?

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[Sgeir]

Nup!

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[1114C]

MIght embarass myself here but it does look like Tarbert

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[Sgeir]

Spot on, and well done, it was at an odd angle. Anyway, shouldn't have been any embarassment if it wasn't correct.

Must look for a tougher one next time!

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[Superstrath]

....from the very end of the visitors pontoon?
I used up a whole bottle of Tippex deleting Tarbert from all my charts after our last visit. Don't think we can go back without growing beards and taking a less immediately spottable boat.
Plenty more welcomes to outlive elsewhere, I suppose.

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[Aja]

Just imagine. Saturday evening. Tarbert. High summer (well it was dry). Saw a big Moody, at speed, cut the corner round the island towards the perch at high tide......

.....oh the noise!!!

Wont but that one!!!!

Donald

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[Sgeir]

Ah ha! So now we know who demolished the harbour navigational accoutrements. Kept Clyde CG going for months on their nav warnings broadcasts.

Well Done!

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[Superstrath]

Wisnae me. Our misdemeanors were strictly ashore, in October.

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[geoffatstanpit]

Aren't most places in Scotland called Tarbert?

Geoff

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[Sgeir]

Geoff - yes, and it seems to cause confusion for the editrial/layout team at one of the magazines, who recently published a very clear and well-written description of West Loch Tarbert (the one over the hill from the photo). The little diagrammatic chartlet had it as Loch Tarbert, on the west side of Jura.

Well they do say that they should not be used for navigation.

Before Kim panics, I think it was ST. Ooops, more panic. Does ST sue? If indeed it was them. Allegedly.

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[LittleShip]

I knew that one,honest , God I only went for something to eat /forums/images/icons/frown.gif

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I wish I'd been born rich instead of good looking ?

 

[A1Sailor]

Anybody know the meaning of the word "Tarbert"?

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[Rigger]

Tarbert means " a narrow stretch of land" I think it derives from the vikings and is something to do with dragging boats overland rather than sailing the long way round.

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[A1Sailor]

Absolutely right! All the Tarberts I know, including Tarbet on Loch Lomond, are at a narrow piece of land between two stretches of water.

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[jimi]

Aye, in fact they're named after an Irishman, Robert who travelled with the Vikings. Whenever the Vikings needed to move by land they preferred a level surface and called on their resident Paddy to fling down some tar to ease their passage. So at these times of imminent portage, the cry would go up "Tar, Bert!" which sort of stuck.

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[Sgeir]

Both right, and I believe that it was how certain crafty folks extended their land base - "something like all you can take a ship around". So they dragged their longboats over, and "Jings, there's Kintyre awa'".

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[Kristal]

So which Tarbert is it, then? I know of at least three, and would like to know for definite which one my old girl was built at - I'm pretty sure she hails from the one near Lochgilphead, is this a picture of the very same one?

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[Sgeir]

Tarbert, Loch Fyne, in the the county of Argyll.

Lochgilphead lies roughly between this Tarbert, and Tarbet (only one "r"), on Loch Lomond. No relation to West Loch Tarbert, East Loch Tarbert, Loch Tarbert, or Tarbert. I hope this is clear.

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