Scottish Anchorages website?

[Scomber]

Anybody know what's happened to this website. My wife liked reading up about his view on many places around the W Coast? I don't mean Welcome Anchorages , the annual guide. Thanks.

 

[cpedw]

Looks like he stopped paying for the website. I downloaded the latest pdfs in Feb/Mar this year. PM me if you want a copy.

 

[ylop]

He wasn’t a spring chicken - I hope that is not a bad sign. There was some fantastic info he had spent a lot of time collating. If he needed a contribution to running costs I’d be much happier chucking some money in “tip jar” or similar than giving it to a bloody patreon YouTuber!

 

[RunAgroundHard]

I don’t know if it’s the same person, but I think he wrote a book, same name, A5, paperback, green colour. It contained lots of useful information.

 

[ctva]

It is disappointing that a fantastic resource has gone. I used it on a regular basis along with Antares.

 

[GHA]

This one?

Start here | My Site 29143

 

[ylop]

This one?

Start here | My Site 29143

Yes but unfortunately the pdfs seem to be incomplete in the archive (unless it’s my phone)

 

[westhinder]

Yes but unfortunately the pdfs seem to be incomplete in the archive (unless it’s my phone)

I also get incomplete pdfs.

 

[RunAgroundHard]

The first pdf page appears, but subsequent pages are not shown e.g. Loch Melfort includes the Ardinamir text but no other anchorage.

 

[Seven Spades]

Try this instead

Penguin Bolt Holes

 

[Martin&Rene]

Re post 9, I get the full Loch Melfort page on my Windows computer, but some others are incomplete or missing.

 

[cpedw]

There's some background on the author of the website on Blue Moment.

 

[GHA]

Re post 9, I get the full Loch Melfort page on my Windows computer, but some others are incomplete or missing.

Try different captures using the arrow keys top right
Both captures of this pdf seem the same with 6 pages
https://www.scottishanchorages.co.uk/_files/ugd/30603c_11b8bd21ae484906a7bbfc19777be22e.pdf

 

[RunAgroundHard]

Try different captures using the arrow keys top right
Both captures of this pdf seem the same with 6 pages
https://www.scottishanchorages.co.uk/_files/ugd/30603c_11b8bd21ae484906a7bbfc19777be22e.pdf

I get this message when I click the link in your post. The web page site is likely defunct now with a paid hosting service expired. A shame, but that’s the way it goes. Folks will have to use their own skills to discover Scotland; there’s a novelty.

Thanks GHA for your efforts and skills, it is appreciated.

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[GHA]

something odd happened to the link, try again..

this time?

 

[Shuggy]

I know him - I’ll drop him a line and ask.

 

[RunAgroundHard]

I don’t know if it’s the same person, but I think he wrote a book, same name, A5, paperback, green colour. It contained lots of useful information.

I was away when I wrote that post, back home, I can confirm it is the same author.

"Scottish Anchorages: from Kintyre to Skye". "What to see and do once the anchor is secure", Charles Warlow, published on The Blurb, can be ordered from charles.warlow@ed.ac.uk Copy Write Charles Warlow. This information is public and taken from the book. He also states that most of the anchorages are also described in the associated Clyde Cruising Club pilot books.

According the this article on page 22 the book is printed on demand. I got mine as gift.

 

[ylop]

He also states that most of the anchorages are also described in the associated Clyde Cruising Club pilot books.

They are in a purely factual here's how to get there and "essential" facilities like water or a pub! But he offered a different slant. Once you combine the CCC directions, the Antares Chart, Penguin Boltholes, and his stuff you have a lot better idea if you've never been there before.

 

[galileo]

Internet archive has the site backed up:
Home | My Site 29143

Including the pdf mentioned above:
Wayback Machine

 

[RunAgroundHard]

They are in a purely factual here's how to get there and "essential" facilities like water or a pub! But he offered a different slant. Once you combine the CCC directions, the Antares Chart, Penguin Boltholes, and his stuff you have a lot better idea if you've never been there before.

I don't disagree with the general point you make, especially because it is the work of citizens compiling information in their spare time for the benefit of others.

However, I think the likes of CCC have to be careful with these old descriptions still banging on about what they found in the late 1980's e.g. moaning about a marina being at Craobh and ruining a good anchorage, or Irene McLachlan's visitor book and shouting at those who hit the rock, at Ardinamir entrance.; both now unknown to a younger generation of sailors. Antares has become this benediction to safe sailing, when many of the passages and anchorages were made and used long before Anatares excellent offerings.

Sometimes I wonder, have we have lost the wonder of discovery, sacrificed for convenience?