stephen_h
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Reading that at the moment - holy cr@p, stuff of nightmares!!Read "Atlantic Fury" by Hammond Innes. That'll give you an idea of how horrible it can be.
Great book, well written of it's time.
St. Kilda?
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Great book, well written of it's time.
Sea Change
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I worked on one of the day boats taking tourists out, summer of 2017. Haven't been on my own boat (yet).
Lots of good info on this thread already.
Landing can be interesting, we had to offload elderly non boaty people from dinghies at the pier. Usually left the outboard in gear with a stern line on.
The stacks are the best bit, IMO. We were in a cabin RIB that had 700hp and drew about 2ft, so could afford to get right in to the cliffs.
It wasn't a bad job, to be fair.
Lots of good info on this thread already.
Landing can be interesting, we had to offload elderly non boaty people from dinghies at the pier. Usually left the outboard in gear with a stern line on.
The stacks are the best bit, IMO. We were in a cabin RIB that had 700hp and drew about 2ft, so could afford to get right in to the cliffs.
It wasn't a bad job, to be fair.
PitStopCrew
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Another useful YouTube link I hope. Sailing Florence (Matt and Amy) also sailed there. Their videos are top quality and the pair of them are pretty useful on a boat so some good commentary. If I remember correctly there are some useful pilotage comments too. It looks like they did a set of 6 videos in total vlogging their journey. If you like the YT approach they are worth a watch - and it's a proper sailing channel not a bikini wearing factless view of our hobby!
dunedin
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Great video, thanks.
And agree with them that, as well as St Kilda, Sandray is a shunning place to visit in the right conditions.
Though going to / from St Kilda via Vatersay as they did is not the shortest route - Loch na h-Uidhe, Taransay (or nearby Camus nam Borgh, Harris) were the closest start point anchorages that I could find, and again very beautiful in their wonderful right.
14K478
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Two of my fellow crew members on Baroque round Spitzbergen in 1974, Paul Rheinsch and Alan Stockdale, sailed to St Kilda in a Wayfarer in 1973:
http://media.wayfarer.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/archive/2021/04/1972-Wayfarer-to-St-Kilda.pdf
http://media.wayfarer.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/archive/2021/04/1972-Wayfarer-to-St-Kilda.pdf
PitStopCrew
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That’s a great read…..
Kola
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14K478
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Maybe a Wayfarer that you can haul well up the beach is the best way to visit St Kilda?
Sea Change
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The boat I worked on got there and back in a day at a cruising speed of 24kt.
It was a bit of a rush. A Wayfarer would be more rewarding!
