awol
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But you still need a high tide to be lifted out.
Where is pladda/sheep island? (dorus mor area)
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Fimacca
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I know 3 islands named pladda on the west coast. Its not necessarily the actual name on a map, but a reference to use by the Gaelic locals.......
As usual with a highlander (yes, I am one) , don't expect a straight answer !
As usual with a highlander (yes, I am one) , don't expect a straight answer !
AntarcticPilot
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We'd probably best not mention "Sgeir Dubh" and "Glas Eilan"!
Spirit (of Glenans)
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And Strangford Lough is full of 'pladdies'.
Crinan12
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Indeed
MM5AHO
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That quote is from P76 of the 2014 edition of CCCs " Kintyre to Ardnamurchan". There's been a new edition since then, and an even newer one in the editing process now. By summer 2022, that old one quoted will be two editions out of date.
It does say just before the picture quoted, that it is a quote from the old "Blue Book", so could be from the mid 1900s, and names of many features have indeed changed. The quote is not in the current edition. (The "Blue Book" was a previous format which was published from the earlier years of the 1900s)
Until a new edition is printed, free updates are available on-line for current editions as new information comes to hand.
It's for these reasons that the CCC books are updated so frequently (about every 3-5 years). So much changes, that the info contained can be out of date quite quickly, especially buoys, lighthouses phone numbers, marina facilities etc. There are 5 books covering Scottish sailing waters.
At times the instructions for trickier passages are completely re-written. For example the latest versions of "Firth of Clyde" and "Kintyre to Ardnamurchan" have a complete re-write on rounding the Mull of Kintyre.
The information for many changes comes from a combination of reader input, NtMs, editorial team exploration, and other sources. All reader input is appreciated.
-Geoff (member of editorial team)
It does say just before the picture quoted, that it is a quote from the old "Blue Book", so could be from the mid 1900s, and names of many features have indeed changed. The quote is not in the current edition. (The "Blue Book" was a previous format which was published from the earlier years of the 1900s)
Until a new edition is printed, free updates are available on-line for current editions as new information comes to hand.
It's for these reasons that the CCC books are updated so frequently (about every 3-5 years). So much changes, that the info contained can be out of date quite quickly, especially buoys, lighthouses phone numbers, marina facilities etc. There are 5 books covering Scottish sailing waters.
At times the instructions for trickier passages are completely re-written. For example the latest versions of "Firth of Clyde" and "Kintyre to Ardnamurchan" have a complete re-write on rounding the Mull of Kintyre.
The information for many changes comes from a combination of reader input, NtMs, editorial team exploration, and other sources. All reader input is appreciated.
-Geoff (member of editorial team)
awol
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You mean I've been doing it wrong all these years? Who can I sue?
ctva
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I'm with you. I've been going round the Mull of Cantyre quite happily since using my 7th edition of the CCC Sailing Directions. I'm so confused now...
adwuk
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One of my youngsters used the sailing directions for the Mull once, after the last WHYW we did, and we were stationary for a few hours in the middle of the night! That was 16 litres of diesel down the drain, and an embarrassed skipper.
Now I discover the following amendment.
Ink
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Hopefully will now recognise that going from west to east from Islay or Gigha the best calculation is to arrive at the lighthouse at LW Greenock. Simples.
Ink
awol
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I went round Cape McCartney with one of the CCC editors this year. We joined company off Sanda, he'd spent the night there and I had anchored off Pladda (the yin off the bottom rh corner of Arran) and by pure chance, fluke or maybe good planning, the tide was going our way. I blame Martin Lawrence.
MM5AHO
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A main difference in those suggestions is instead of saying "leave Gigha at..." is to say "arrive at the lighthouse at..." - it used to be that many/most boats averaged about the same speed in the water. Nowadays some boats (like mine) are happy with 4-5 knots while others zip along at 10 kn. So that make a big difference in arrival time at the point of tidal importance.
Yet some errors in times etc still creep in, and someone always points them out, and that makes up a lot of the interim corrections published.
bikedaft
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cheers for all the hard work.
some of the rewrites are not as entertaining as previously - I do miss "sporadic upthrusts of bottom water" - Corryvreckon
ctva
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Should I update my 1960 CCC Sailing Directions then?
PilotWolf
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I believe there is a sheep rock on the way into Milford Haven, it was a long time ago now.
Most of the crew didn’t understand why I thought it was inappropriately funny heading into Wales.
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Most of the crew didn’t understand why I thought it was inappropriately funny heading into Wales.
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