Through the Kyles of Bute at 46 knots?

[dunedin]

A speedboat came back from Portavadie to Largs via the Kyles this afternoon at a steady 45-46 knots, including going through the rocky narrows of the Kyles of Bute at 46 knots after sunset. Not a common occurence around here.

 

[scottie]

Been through at 30plus and the old NARROW narrows at rhu at plus 40 aged 15
still got the smile on from both

 

[SaltIre]

Imperator?

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[penfold]

A speedboat came back from Portavadie to Largs via the Kyles this afternoon at a steady 45-46 knots, including going through the rocky narrows of the Kyles of Bute at 46 knots after sunset. Not a common occurence around here.

One of those things that falls into the "Just because you can doesn't mean you should" category.

 

[Robert Wilson]

I went through The Narrows at Khamsin's near maximum speed - 6kts.
What's so scary about that, you ask?

Well, I had two Fifes on each beam - Probably well over £1,000,000 within a beam's distance..........

 

[scottie]

I went through The Narrows at Khamsin's near maximum speed - 6kts.
What's so scary about that, you ask?

Well, I had two Fifes on each beam - Probably well over £1,000,000 within a beam's distance..........

Going through the kyles with the CCC Toberermory fleet was interesting especially when the Macbraynes steamer turned up as give way vessel and nobody got hurt

 

[ctva]

Ooch, they went through the easy straight narrows on the NE, not the wiggly one to the SW, pansies.

I remember my first trip through there was on a CCC Tobermory race in the mid 80's, start at Rothesay with a southerly wind, 8-10 abreast under spinnaker and no one was giving an inch. How we all squeezed through, I'll never know.

 

[awol]

Both passages at the narrows are "No Wash Zones". ..... Just saying.

 

[ctva]

Both passages at the narrows are "No Wash Zones". ..... Just saying.

But is the wash there if you cannot see it after dark?

Anyway at that speed it will put up less wash than my tender.

 

[scottie]

Not when did it!

 

[Ink]

Both passages at the narrows are "No Wash Zones". ..... Just saying.

There is a local bye law which prohibits wash between Colintraive all the way round to the south end of Kames. Its not just the Narrows.

Unfortunately no one is there to police it other than the occasional shout from the ferry at someone being particularly stupid.

Ink

 

[Minerva]

Going 20odd knots on the club rescue rib seems pretty fast to be - what does 45kts feel like? Do you need sprung suspension seats at that sorta speed? I'll admit, I would quite fancy a wee shotty of a boat that fast!

 

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There is a local bye law which prohibits wash between Colintraive all the way round to the south end of Kames. Its not just the Narrows.

Unfortunately no one is there to police it other than the occasional shout from the ferry at someone being particularly stupid.

Ink

The worst are the numpties that go past Tignabruaich in a big motorboat at semi-displacement speed, the wake generated has chucked our supper on the cockpit floor on more than one occasion when we've been anchored at Blackfarland. The boats on the moorings take a hammering too - the the driver of the boat never looks behind to see the chaos being caused......

 

[Robert Wilson]

The worst are the numpties that go past Tignabruaich in a big motorboat at semi-displacement speed, the wake generated has chucked our supper on the cockpit floor on more than one occasion when we've been anchored at Blackfarland. The boats on the moorings take a hammering too - the the driver of the boat never looks behind to see the chaos being caused......

the the driver of the boat never looks behind to see the chaos being caused......
Sort of sums up a large proportion of the human race in many situations and spheres - not just boating.
Sadly.

 

[Habebty]

Was it this chap?

 

[dunedin]

Was it this chap?

No. Not yellow but black (which may not have helped visibility at dusk)

 

[Stooriefit]

Idiot.

 

[ctva]

Idiot.

Why?

 

[Stooriefit]

Why ctva asks. Did you read what the Op posted - "A speedboat came back from Portavadie to Largs via the Kyles this afternoon at a steady 45-46 knots, including going through the rocky narrows of the Kyles of Bute at 46 knots after sunset". Enough said.

 

[penfold]

Why?

Narrow water with unmarked hazards and limited sight lines; that speed is egregiously irresponsible, doubly so in the dark.