ROYAL FORTH YACHT CLUB
YEARBOOK
2015
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A DIVISION OF
CONTENTS Foreword & Commodore’s message to members....... 4 A note from the editor...................................................... 5 Club Officers & Telephone Numbers.............................. 6 Prize winners 2014............................................................ 8 Sailing information 2015............................................... 10 Race organisation / Duties............................................. 10 Dutyman........................................................................... 13 Forth Yacht Clubs Association....................................... 13 Facilities & Charges......................................................... 14 Edinburgh Marina Ltd..................................................... 17 Dragons – still active in Scotland 80 years on............ 18 Scottish Solo dinghies.................................................... 20 Sailing solo around Shetland........................................ 21 May sail – Greece............................................................. 26 The old Forth and Clyde Canal...................................... 28 Taking up sailing.............................................................. 29 Photography.................................................................... 30 Sailing Calendar............................................................... 32 Yacht, Keelboat & Motorboat Register........................ 37 Dinghy Register............................................................... 38 Tide Times ........................................................................ 39 Yearbook Editor....................................... Charles Morton Assistant Editor / Publicity.........................Patrick Carnie Cover photography by Charles Morton & Tom Wilson To the best of the editors’, contributors’ and the Royal Forth Yacht Club’s knowledge the information in this Yearbook is correct at the time of going to press. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the editors or the Royal Forth Yacht Club.
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FOREWORD AND COMMODORE’S MESSAGE TO MEMBERS
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elcome to the Royal Forth Yacht Club Yearbook. The club, which was established in 1868, has always produced an annual Handbook, but this year we are being more ambitious and are producing a publication to be read and enjoyed by a wider audience. Some of us remember Ratty’s unforgettable line in Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows “There is nothing which is half as much fun as messing about in boats”. He goes on to say a lot more but that is the essence of it. And he is right. It is an activity which has so many facets; it gets us outdoors, gives us exercise, offers social times, it can be a competitive sport, and it need not cost much. For more details of how to take up sailing or boating there is an article within this publication called: “Taking up Sailing”. If you have never considered it, or been put off for any reason, I urge you to read it. Belonging to a club like ours gives sailing an added dimension. We organise racing throughout the sailing season, as well as cruises in company and social events. We can probably get you sailing whether or not you have a boat, welcoming crew as well as owners. We offer weekly training, as an RYA Recognized Training Centre. This Yearbook provides more space than the old Handbook and we have included reports and pictures of some cruises undertaken by members, which we hope will be of interest to all readers. For our members, all of the usual contents are here including essential contacts, tide tables and the racing calendar. The calendar also covers the boatman’s hours. For potential members it shows details of facilities and charges as well as information on associated organisations, such Forth Yacht Clubs Association and Edinburgh Marina Ltd (which runs the marina pontoon at Granton). It also lists boats owned by
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club members. The full membership list and contact details are supplied separately to members. This year we have to report, sadly, the death of our Admiral, Marshall L Napier. Marshall was a long term member of the club, who gave service on Council, as Commodore and many years in the Honorary role of Admiral. His advice and support over the years is hugely appreciated and he will be missed. Since last year, our landlords have changed from Forth Ports to Granton Central Developments Ltd, who plan to develop the Granton Harbour area with housing, retail outlets, a hotel, and a fully functional commercial marina. Whilst this introduces a degree of uncertainty for our operations as a club, if it succeeds it has the potential to revitalise the area and introduce facilities which can be of advantage to our members. As a club we are endeavouring to work with the developers for mutual benefit. As usual this year we have a busy racing and cruising calendar with the added biennial events of the Helgoland race in the last week of May and our Orkney Race in early June. The Helgoland Race, crossing 460NM of the North Sea from Germany, is a tough qualifier for the Fastnet race. It usually involves 30 boats, and culminates in a terrific party atmosphere at the club over the finish weekend. Finally please do note and support our advertisers, whose support makes this Yearbook possible. I wish all members, and other readers, good sailing in 2015.
Adrian Shield Commodore
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
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elcome to the new look Yearbook. This year there is space to include articles of general interest as well as Club information and we have logs from North (Shetland) and South (the Mediterranean). The former is an abridged version of the log that won Geoffrey Bowler the McQueen Cup; the complete log is on the website and is thoroughly recommended. Friendship through RFYC took Tim Simpson to a Greek wedding, after which the only thing to be done was to go sailing. Others have been active but rather reticent about their adventures. However, I do know that Smithereen & Blue Ilex were busy on the West Coast and Samba went to the north coast of Ireland. In the past Dragons were prominent in Scotland, including on the Forth, and the Edinburgh Cup returns to the Clyde in 2015. Some of our Dragon sailors will be going and Cathy Sedgeworth marks the event with a brief history of this class, with particular emphasis on the past contributions of RFYC members. If you have
not yet made your summer plans you will see that there may be an opportunity to charter a Dragon for this event. Exploring the West Coast from the Forth would be much more difficult without the access provided by the Forth & Clyde Canal and former Commodore Mike Pollett reminisces about an engineless transit in his youth. Today’s engine dependant sailors take note. Dinghy sailing from Granton waxes and wanes but we do number past, recent and present dinghy champions amongst our members. Kevan Gibb is the current Scottish Rep for the UK Solo Class Association and he promotes their demonstration boat on p20. I hope you enjoy reading this Yearbook and will be inspired to submit articles and photographs for the next. Best wishes for your sailing in 2015. Charles Morton Yearbook Editor
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Royal Forth Yacht Club Middle Pier Granton Harbour Edinburgh EH5 1HF Established 1868
Contact Club office Tel/ Fax: 0131 552 8560 Members’ lounge 07551 426 813 Boatman 07749 897 760 Email: royalforth@btconnect.com Web: www.rfyc.org
Incorporating: Royal Eastern Yacht Club (founded 1835) Almond Yacht Club (founded 1897)
Patron HRH The Princess Royal
Hon. Secretary Kenneth Mackay
Vice Admiral David Boyd
Hon. Treasurer Andrew Bruce
Commodore Adrian Shield
Sailing Secretary Graham Mitchell
Vice Commodore Charles Morton
Moorings Secretary Jim Noble
Rear Commodores Peter Hall Patrick Carnie
Cup Bearer George C. Brown
Council Members John McLaren Euan Stirling Daniel Coupar Simon Peakman Ian Lyndsay Hillary Sillito Maria Walker
707 Class Captain Simon Peakman H-Boat Class Captain Anthony Tait Cruiser Class Captain Patrick Angier Dinghy Class Captain Charles Morton
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Sailing Committee Charles Morton (Convenor) Graham Mitchell (Sailing Secretary) John McLaren Simon Peakman Hillary Sillito (Web) Chris Howden (Rescue boats) Co-opted Commodore EUSC House Committee Patrick Carnie (Convenor) Ian Lyndsey Maria Walker Co-opted Fiona Angier Anthony Tait Harbour Committee Peter Hall (Convenor) Danny Coupar Euan Stirling Co-opted Jim Noble (Moorings Secretary) Willie Thompson
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PRIZE WINNERS 2014 (MEMBERS OF RFYC UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)
Edinburgh Regatta, best RFYC in Div 2 JAMES LEASK CUP
Cadet of the Year ALMOND CUP
Opening regatta KENNETH GUMLEY CUP
Whizz Too – Henry Boyd & Helen Horsfall
Kate Angier
May Island Race BEACON TROPHY
Services to RFYC DEBUTANTE CUP
Erin – John Murphy, PEYC
Lynn Spencely
Saturday Series, Fast Handicap ABERDOUR CHALLENGE CUP
Photography MAJA TROPHY
1st Kismet – Catherine Sedgeworth 2nd Humdinger – Anthony Tait 3rd Varrich – Rob Cowie, Peter Hall, & John McLaren
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1st Humdinger – Anthony Tait 2nd Whizz Too – Henry Boyd & Helen Horsfall 3rd Willpower – Will Davies
WEST CUP 1st Peak Flow – John Spencely
Singlehanded Race ELLIOT MEDWAY QUAICH 1st Varrich – Peter Hall 2nd Whizz Too – Henry Boyd
Ladies’ race MACKIE INGLIS CUP 1st Kismet – Sheena Kerr
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Early Evening Points, Fast Handicap ETCHELLS CHALLENGE TROPHY 1st Cacciatore – John & Stewart Robertson 2nd Hopscotch – R Brownlie & D McKay 3rd Whizz Too – Henry Boyd & Helen Horsfall
1st Cacciatore – John & Stewart Robertson 2nd Humdinger – Anthony Tait 3rd Kismet – Catherine Sedgeworth
Early Evening Points, Slow Handicap BOLAN CUP
CORONATION CUP
Late Evening Points, Fast handicap CAPRICORN TROPHY
1st Hobo – George Stewart 2nd (HRH PRINCESS ROYAL QUAICH) Humdinger – Anthony Tait 3rd Cacciatore – John & Stewart Robertson
Festival Series, Fast handicap CARMICHEAL RANGE ROVER QUAICH 1st Tallulah – Simon Peakman
Royal Eastern Regatta, Fast handicap MARSHALL NAPIER CUP 1st Kestra – Richard Leask
Royal Eastern Regatta, Slow handicap ROGER MILLER CUP
1st Eriskay – David Boyd
1st Jetstream – David Gorman & Dermot Northridge 2nd Hopscotch – Robin Brownlie & David McKay 3rd Kestra – Richard Leask
Late Evening Points, Slow Handicap CHALLENGE LODGE QUIACH 1st The Springer – Tim Simpson 2nd Pip – Terry O’Brien
Autumn Series Fast Handicap HBJ CUP
1st Peak Flow – John Spencely
1st Hopscotch – R Brownlie & D McKay 2nd Humdinger – Anthony Tait 3rd Kestra – Richard Leask
Cadet Regatta SHARP CUP
Hunter 707 – Overall Season Result IOD QUAICH
1st Topper – Robyn Dougall
Edinburgh Regatta, best RFYC in Div 1 MCKAY CHALLENGE CUP Apache – George & Fiona Brown
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Cacciatore – John & Stewart Robertson
H-Boat – Overall Season Result BURNTISLAND CHALLENGE CUP Hopscotch – R Brownlie & D McKay
Photography BELLS SHIELD Charles Morton
Log Competition MCQUEEN CUP Geoffrey Bowler
RFYC competitive successes further afield in 2014 included: 707 UK Championships 1st Cacciatore – John & Stewart Robertson Laser Radial UK Youth Championships 1st Jamie Calder 707 Scottish Championships 1st More T Vicar – Carl Allan Laser Radial Scottish Grand Prix Series 1st Lewis Smith RS 400 Gill European Championships (Lake Garda) 2nd Stewart & Sarah Robertson VX One Class, Savills Kip Regatta 1st Willpower – Will Davies Honda RYA Youth RIB Championship, Scottish Region. Senior Division: Gold – Robyn Dougall (retained from 2013) Junior Division: Bronze – Kate Angier
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SAILING INFORMATION 2015 CRUISING In recent seasons cruising events have been popular and they were particularly well attended in 2014. This year there will be five “Cruises in Company”, one of which will be a stern chase feeder race upriver to the cruising component of East Coast Sailing Festival (see p13) and three days (15 – 17 July) have been identified as a cruise, or other sailing activity, specifically for families. Dependent on the weather and tides cruises will be to Aberdour and other anchorages, providing an opportunity for club members (keelboats, dinghies, crew) to meet, learn the art of coarse anchoring, perhaps exchange crews and generally to socialise on the water. Details will be communicated by posts on the website, email and posters on the notice board about two weeks in advance. Suggestions, ideas and questions are welcome (to Patrick Angier, Cruiser Class captain). Look out for a cruising blog on the website at the start of the season RACING RFYC REGATTAS 02 May Opening Regatta (yacht, keel & dinghy) Members only 13 – 14 June Edinburgh Regatta (with FCYC) 5 – 7 August Festival Series (yacht, keelboat & dinghy - evenings) 15 August Royal Eastern Regatta Members only 26 – 27 September One Design Event The May Island and Anstruther Express races will be run from Granton. Forth Yacht Clubs Association will again be holding a series of Yacht Championship races (see page 13).
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CLUB RACES Evening Points Series These races, which are also open to members of FCYC, will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and a few Friday evenings. There will be two series, Early (eight races) and Late (seven races) and two handicap classes: Fast – FYCA handicap ≤ 1014 Slow – FYCA handicap ≥ 1015 Saturday Points Series Once again there will be racing on every Saturday that has suitable tides. To encourage participation many of the eponymous Saturday events have been added to the standard races to make a 15 race “all season” Saturday series. Autumn Points Series Will be on four Saturdays in October and will be open to all yachts and keel boats. Two races each Saturday in Wardie Bay. Passage Races Five longer races, held jointly with Forth Corinthian Yacht Club. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS FOR RACES A Sailing Instruction booklet for club races, which will include courses, will be available to download in A4 format from the website. The booklet, and laminated course charts, will also be available for purchase from the bar. Sailing Instructions (SIs) and Notices of Race (NORs) for open events will be published on the Club website. RACE ORGANISATION & DUTIES Races are run by member volunteers. It is expected that all members who race will take part in the race management duty roster, and we also welcome help from all other members who wish to participate. This is a
great way to meet other members and to participate in the activities of the club. The Duty roster is published using a web-based system called Dutyman (see p13) which can be accessed via the club web site. All prospective race organization volunteers will be contacted before the racing season and invited to volunteer for duties. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MEMBERS There is a Yahoo Group for members to communicate directly with each other, for example to offer or seek crewing places, arrange sailing in company, look for advice etc. See the club website to join. SAFETY ON THE WATER Competitors are reminded that safety whilst on the water is the responsibility of the skipper. The following safety guidelines apply to all RFYC events: Dinghies - RFYC Dinghy Racing safety procedures www.rfyc.org/wp-content/uploads/RFYCRacing-safety-procedures.docx Yachts / Keelboats - Forth Yacht Club Association safety guidelines. www.rfyc.org/wp-content/uploads/ fycasafetyregsiss3.pdf Safety boats must be on the water for dinghy racing and dinghy training. Safety cover is not provided by the club at other times or for other events. RIBs may be on the water for yacht & keelboat events but their purpose is to assist the race officer (mark laying etc) and they are not intended to provide safety cover for yacht & keelboat crews. The presence of RIBs does not diminish the responsibilities of the yacht skipper
RFYC ORKNEY RACE
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DUTYMAN
FORTH YACHT CLUBS ASSOCIATION
The DutyMan system was introduced to RFYC in 2011 to provide an up-to-date view of the duty roster, accessible to members, and make it easier for them to volunteer for duties or to swap duties. Broadly, the process for setting up the Duty roster is as follows: 1. An e-mail will be sent to members showing who is available and qualified for duties and requesting any additions / removals from the list. 2. The Duty Calendar will be set up on Dutyman and published in March. Members may VOLUNTEER for specific dates duties that suit them; this should reduce the amount of swapping later. This option will be open for about 2 weeks 3. New volunteers added to Dutyman will be sent an automated e-mail which will contain your login details, and also an e-mail from the Club office. Members already on Dutyman will continue to use their old login details. 4. Any remaining duties will be ASSIGNED to members by the Sailing Secretary. Dutyman will send you an e-mail detailing your assigned duties. 5. You must use the DutyMan system to either CONFIRM that you are able to do a duty or to swap duties. Please remember to confirm so that we don’t have to chase you. 6. DutyMan sends a reminder e-mail to you one week before your duty. 7. You turn up on time to do your duty and have a great time participating in club activities!
RFYC is a member of the Forth Yacht Clubs Association (FYCA), formed in 1969 by the sailing clubs in the Forth area to coordinate activities, represent clubs’ interests and further the interests of sailing on the Forth. Member Clubs cover the entire Forth area and their interests vary widely. It is the aim of FYCA to offer as broad a support framework as possible. FYCA represents the member clubs in matters relevant to recreational sailing by liaising with other bodies in matters concerning the sport’s organisation, the environment, shipping, coastal protection and safety. To those ends it has a formal committee position with RYA (Scotland), British Waterways, Clyde Yacht Clubs Association and Forth Forum. Activities of the FYCA include arranging publication of the Forth Pilot Handbook, organisation of the Forth Inshore Group (FIG) and Forth Offshore Group (FOG) races, maintenance of the local yacht handicap system, compilation of an area events programme, and award of the FYCA Yacht Championship trophy – see events list below.
Please: a. Ensure that the club office has your correct email address. b. Try to remember that you are on duty and turn up on time. In general for club racing you should be at the club AT LEAST ONE HOUR before the race start time and earlier for open events. c. Contact the Sailing Secretary if you have any problems. d. Remember that this system is run by volunteers who rely on members to make the system work. The Sailing Committee cannot function without your support.
FORTH YACHT CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 See www.fyca.org.uk/YachtChampionship/yachtchampionship.htm EAST COAST SAILING FESTIVAL 2015 (formerly East Coast Sailing Week) Once every three years FYCA organises East Coast Sailing Festival (ECSF) and the 2015 event will be run by FYCA at Port Edgar, from 20 – 23 August. In other years the event alternates between Royal Tay YC & Royal Northumberland YC. This year the event has been rebranded as a Sailing Festival, to reflect the inclusion of other water activities that take place on the Forth as well as the core racing. The ECSF website describes it as “A four day event of varied sailing that will appeal to both racing and cruising folk – as will the variety of social events planned”. See http://www.ecsw.org.uk
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Photo by R Dougall.
FACILITIES AND CHARGES – SUMMER 2015
Granton Harbour from the air.
Use of Clubhouse, moorings, boats, pontoons, slipways, boat yard, crane, and other facilities. Members and non-members using the Club services and facilities will be deemed to have read and accepted the terms and regulations regarding the use of moorings, yard and crane. Current regulations are detailed in the Club Rules. It is a condition of being offered the use of any of the facilities of the Royal Forth Yacht Club, that the Club will not be liable for any injury or loss howsoever caused which may be sustained by you or any person on your craft using the Club’s facilities or for any damage of whatever nature sustained by your craft in using any of these facilities under the Club’s control and the Club will accept no responsibility for any such injury, loss or damage to persons or property however it may have been caused. Insurance You must have appropriate insurance for all eventualities which may occur, on the basis that your use of the Club facilities is entirely at your own risk. All yachts using the Club moorings, yard or facilities, including the Edinburgh marina pontoon must carry a minimum of £2,000,000 Third Party Liability 14
General Guidelines To ensure safe, enjoyable use of our water and facilities please: • Maintain a low and considerate speed in the harbour and be aware of the pilot boats, based on the east side of the Middle Pier, which may enter or exit the harbor mouth at speed at any time. • When going afloat ensure that someone on shore knows where you plan to go. A means of communication with the shore is recommended. • All sailing vessels should have an alternative means of propulsion. • Dinghy sailors should wear a personal flotation device. • “Joy riding”, in any type of boat, is not permitted amongst the moored yachts. When sailing to the harbour mouth only the minimum passage for effective transit should be amongst the moorings. Policies • When racing, yachts and keelboats should comply with FYCA Yacht Safety Regulations, Category 4R. For details see www.fyca.org.uk/racing.htm
• For dinghy events (racing, training or cruising) organized by the Club there must be at least one rescue boat afloat, with two crew on board. Rescue boats must carry the appropriate safety equipment as displayed on the notice board and inside Mickery. CLUB BOATS Sailing dinghies The club owns an RS Feva and a number of Toppers. These were purchased for Club training & development and their main use is on training nights. They may be used by members, principally for Club events, with prior agreement from the Sailing Committee. Club dinghy equipment is kept in the container and should be treated with respect – please put it back in its proper place and advise a Flag Officer, the Training Officer or the Sailing Secretary of damaged, broken, unserviceable or missing equipment. Royal Forth (Club committee boat) Should be driven only by those who are suitably qualified. Instruction on using Royal Forth is provided by the Club. RIBs The club owns 2 RIBs. They should be used only to support Club racing & training activity and other Club events. RYA Powerboat Level 2 or above is required to drive the Club RIBs. Suitable training is provided at RYA certified establishments such as Port Edgar. From time to time the Club may arrange for members to attend RYA Powerboat & Rescue Boat courses, on the understanding that such members contribute to RIB and Rescue Boat duties. SUMMER AND WINTER MOORINGS and YARD STORAGE The charges shown here are for the financial year 2014 – 2015, covering the period 1st October 2014 to 30th September 2015 • Yachts of full Ordinary Members may have moorings in Granton Harbour. • Summer and winter moorings must be applied for separately; one does not guarantee the other. • Moorings will be allocated by the Moorings Secretary and are subject to availability. • Applications should be submitted to the Moorings Secretary on forms available from the Club Office. • Allocated moorings are not transferable. • Summer mooring fees include a maximum of 3 days yard storage free of charge. A limited number of moorings may be available for visiting yachts.
Yacht owners should check their mooring pennants, chain & shackles periodically. The Club cannot accept liability for any damage caused by vessels breaking loose. Moorings Charges, rounded up to nearest 0.5m LOA (inc bowsprits > 1.5m): (apply to the summer season, ending at Lift Out in October 2015). East Harbour
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Yacht Multihull Small Boats Area Sailing Dinghies & Tenders afloat
£90.00 £90.00 £50 £110.00 (per season)
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Yachts, power craft et £112.00 Yard Storage • Members may apply to use the yard for the storage of boats, trailers and / or cradles, which must be marked with the boat’s name. • Applications are to be submitted on forms available from the Club office. • Yard space will be allocated according to availability. • Allocated yard spaces are not transferable. • Please park with consideration. • Debris from hull preparation and other maintenance must be removed. • Paint spraying is not permitted unless adequate screens are in place. • Shot blasting is prohibited. • Use of the electric towing vehicle is limited to qualified and authorised personnel. • Power cables should not be left plugged in when unattended. Charges, rounded up to nearest 0.5m (inc bowsprits > 1.5m): (apply to the summer season, ending at Lift Out in October 2015).
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Yachts, power craft etc Multihulls Day Boats (lifting keel), motor boats & RIBs Dinghies (including trailer) Tenders & dinghy trailer (without dinghy) Trailer or cradle storage in RFYC yard
£75.00 £92.00 £46.00 £19.00 £14.00 £116.00 (per season)
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Photo by K Dougall.
Arrivals from the Helgoland race.
Pillar Crane • Members who have been trained to do so may use the pillar crane. • Must be booked (diary in the the Boatman’s office) • Payment must be made to the Club office in advance. • Members using the pillar crane are asked to limit each use to a maximum of 30 minutes. • Members are asked to ensure their boats are fully prepared for lifting before taking up position under the crane. • Priority should be given to boats participating in races. • Hard hats must be worn and your attention is drawn to the other operating conditions displayed.
Charges: Members single lift in or out Assisted single lift (i.e. use of bosun) Season Ticket Boats with RFYC mooring Boats in RFYC yard
£47.00 £62.00 £193.00 £300.00
Note: Use of the manual block and tackle, for instance to step / unstep a mast, is free.
Club Launches are used by the Club Boatman to provide a ferry service to and from yachts in the harbour area only. No more than 12 persons may be carried at one time in any of the Club boats, including Royal Forth. Members’ co-operation with the boatman in this matter is appreciated.
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EDINBURGH MARINA LTD Edinburgh Marina welcomes visitors. The company, owned on a 50:50 basis by the Royal Forth Yacht Club and the Forth Corinthian Yacht Club, was created in 1996 to manage the pontoon berthing facility in the East Harbour at Granton. (Each club also has a directly held 50% interest in the infrastructure.) From its inception the company has been collecting berthing fees on behalf of the two Clubs. There are five directors, two from each Club, and the fifth director, the chairman, is appointed by mutual agreement. Four managers, two from each Club, undertake the daily running of the pontoons, on a voluntary basis. Users are requested to co-operate with the duty manager to ensure smooth running of the facility. The marina is a valuable amenity for leisure sailing based in a drying-out harbour. The company’s long term objectives include provision of full marina facilities at an affordable price and to help sustain both clubs in the future. Royal Forth Yacht Club and Forth Corinthian Yacht Club (the “Owners”) and The Edinburgh Marina Limited (the “Managers”) accept no liability for any loss or damage suffered by any user to their vessel or property thereon howsoever arising including any loss or damage arising out of the Owners’, their Managers’ or their respective servants’ or agents’ negligence. Pontoon Rules and Conditions of Use 2015 are posted on the notice board at the top of the gangway, and in both clubhouses. Marina charges for summer season 2014 With the aim of achieving a meaningful contribution towards ongoing repairs and maintenance of the facility, the following rates have been agreed:
Pontoon dues fall to be paid immediately after mooring on the pontoon. Payment should be made at the RFYC bar or office, or the bar of FCYC, and the receipt should be displayed conspicuously on the vessel, which must itself be clearly named. Overdue fees will be invoiced to the owner and will incur an additional £5 administration charge. Boats must be moored securely, about one metre apart, using suitable mooring ropes (viz. springs as well as bow and stern lines), leaving usable space for others. The pontoons are for the exclusive use of leisure vessels, except where specifically detailed by the company. An access fob for the gate to the pontoons can be obtained by submitting an application form through RFYC Hon. Secretary.
PLEASE ENSURE THE GATE IS NEVER LEFT OPEN WHILE UNATTENDED.
Free Free £5 flat rate £1** £2**
**rounded up to nearest half metre of overall boat length. There is a rate card in the clubhouse to assist calculation of overnight charges, both for 24 hours, and a reduced rate for 7 days (viz. 6 times the above daily rate) which will only apply if pre-arranged and pre-paid.
Photo by F Brown.
Daytime – 06:00 to 22:00 hrs RFYC/FCYC boats (displaying a day permit clearly visible from pontoon) Visitors up to 2 hours more than 2 hours Overnight – 22:00 to 06:00 hrs and up to 24 hours RFYC/FCYC boats - per metre LOA Visitors per metre LOA
(A members’ discount table for day permit holders re most Sunday to Thursday (5) nights inclusive, is available in the clubhouse. When it applies, this discount replaces the ‘7 for 6’ reduction above) Boat owners wishing to moor at the pontoons for 2 days or more should make prior arrangements with the managers before taking up position on the pontoons, to facilitate best use of space. 14 days is the maximum continuous period that any vessel may stay on the pontoons during the sailing season, without specific agreement of the directors (for reasons such as bad weather, awaiting spare parts, etc.)
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British Dragon Association .
BOATS OF THE CLUB
Dragons
still active in Scotland 80 years on Cathy Sedgeworth Additional historical information from Patrick Gifford, British Dragon Association
Fei-Lin’s Flirtation GBR633.
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t is impossible to look at a Dragon without admiring her elegant, classic lines. She may be an old design but she provides enough challenge to thrill those that have the opportunity to sail her. The Dragon dates from 1929 when Johan Anker entered his design into a competition held by the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club (GKSS) to find an economical one design racing yacht that was capable of being sailed from one Baltic regatta to the next. To facilitate the latter objective she had two very basic berths under an extended coach roof, and cabin doors. The design caught on quickly and attracted the attention of Clyde based yachtsmen, to whom the same design brief appealed. The first Dragon to come to Britain was Anita, built by the designer’s yard, Anker and Jensen. She arrived on the Clyde, from Norway, in 1935 in the ownership of James Howden Hume and G.F.Paisley. Enthusiasm was immediate and in 1936 the McGruer yard on the Clyde built 10 Dragons, the Argee K26. first to be built in Britain. British Dragon Association The oldest Dragon based at Granton is Solan K65, built by Johanssen of Sweden in 1938. The class has evolved over the years. The photograph of Argee, a boat built by Robertsons at Sandbank in 1937, gives a clear picture of the then state of the art whilst that of the photograph of FeiLin’s Flirtation [Ron James RFYC, Ed] taken recently 18
shows the present stage of evolution. The hull shape and weight has remained the same as has the mainsail size. A furling genoa replaced the jib, a spinnaker was added, the accommodation eliminated and this evolution was rewarded in 1948 when the Dragon was chosen as an Olympic class yacht. The Olympic status continued until 1972, encouraging further development with aluminium spars and a larger spinnaker. It is still possible within class rules to build a carvel planked Dragon, and several remain very competitive, but the vast majority of new boats of which there are about 45 each year worldwide are GRP. A very famous Dragon, Bluebottle K192, was built In 1948 by Camper and Nicholson as a wedding present to their (then) Royal Highnesses Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, from the people of the Isle of Wight via the Island Sailing Club, Cowes. Bluebottle was campaigned around regattas in the UK and abroad, crewed mostly by Royal Navy officers, and won a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics. A photograph of Bluebottle leaving the harbour for racing in Forth Week 1951 and also her racing flag, which was presented to the club, hang on the Royal Forth Yacht Club lounge wall. To support the Dragon class HRH Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh presented the Edinburgh Cup, to be raced for annually as a national Dragon championship. It was first awarded in 1949. The post war era saw Dragons thriving in Scotland. In 1958 there were 140 Dragons in the British fleet of which 23 were on the Clyde and 10 by then on the Forth. The Forth Dragons have a long history of competing at the top level in the Edinburgh Cup but despite it being hosted six times on the Clyde and five times on the Forth the Cup has never been won by a Scottish sailor on home waters, perhaps because it often formed the event preceding the Dragon Gold Cup (the international championships) and therefore attracted top international sailors. Away from home, Royal Forth sailors had more
Kestra GBR489, RFYC.
Whiz Too GBR343, RFYC.
Photos by C Morton.
Kismet GBR509, RFYC.
success with the Edinburgh Cup. Kenneth Gumley, in particular, was on the podium seven times between 1958 and 1974, winning the Edinburgh Cup in 1964 (Belfast) and 1969 (Abersoch). Roger Miller won the Edinburgh Cup in 1966, David Young in 1970, Gilmour Manuel in 1974 and most recently Rob Brown in 1994. It should also be recorded that David Young won the Dragon Gold Cup in 1973, when it was held on the Clyde. Not all of the fleet in Granton was involved in travelling to UK or international events, many boats were enjoying very competitive club racing. The 1989 inaugural Scottish Championship was to meet demand from those who wished to travel shorter distances and to encourage the fleets in Scotland to race each other. There have been Dragons based in Granton for over 70 years and in the last year there has been some very competitive racing among the few that race regularly. The Dragon remains a major international class with about 1,500 boats sailed by members of the class associations worldwide and possibly as many again still being used for pleasure, but not racing competitively. It still attracts many top sailors, including Olympic and World Champions, because of the combination of a really attractive, interesting boat, its competitive quality and its internationalism. While it remains at its strongest in its traditional centre, northern Europe, the class circuit extends from New Zealand to Japan, Russia and the US. The class will be holding its Scottish Championship (27-29th June 2015) and the Edinburgh Cup (30th June-4th July 2015) at Largs. The sailing water between Largs, Rothesay and Wemyss Bay is ideal, and Largs itself provides every necessary facility for a successful high profile regatta. The class hopes this event will re-launch the Dragon in Scotland and fire up renewed interest in the class, with the regatta acting as a showcase and magnet for Scottish sailors keen to test their skills against the best sailors from Britain, Ireland and further afield. In the 80th year of the Dragon’s first appearance on the Clyde maybe the pioneers from Royal Northern Yacht Club, McGruers and Robertsons will be vindicated and a strong Dragon fleet will re-emerge, like a phoenix, in its original British home. To encourage this, the British Dragon Association will subsidise provision of modern Dragons for charter for the event to past and potential new owners in Scotland. Anyone interested should contact Ron James (Chairman, British Dragon Association and RFYC Out of Port member) at r.james@company-doc.co.uk 19
SCOTTISH SOLO CLASS: DEMONSTRATION BOAT
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his Solo was given to Kevan Gibb (Scottish Rep, UK Solo Association) by Ted Hill of East Lothian Yacht Club; the boat had been severely damaged during severe winter storms and was subsequently written off. Kevan’s boat building background enabled him to bring it back to life and with the help of other Scottish Solo sailors he acquired a rig, sail and trolley so that the class can now demonstrate a state of the art boat. In its first year the demonstration boat was used by a number of visitors trying out this class and two of them were sufficiently inspired to purchase their own Solos. Callum Gibb used the boat at the nationals and many people will have seen it logoed up.
Particular thanks are due to the Ted Hill, Duncan Hepplewhite of Scottish Sailing, Chris Brown Covers & Trailers and Dave Winder (the original builder) who assisted with regards to parts. Many others also offered support to the project. It is hoped that in the course of the next few seasons the boat will be tried out by other Scottish dinghy sailors and that more people will be enticed to join our fleet. Anyone interested in using the boat should contact Kevan Gibb, at kevan@coasttocoastrigging.co.uk (or, for members of RFYC Kevan’s phone number will be in the club membership directory).
Photo by A Henderson.
The Scottish Solo demonstration boat.
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SAILING SOLO AROUND SHETLAND, 2014 we were in the right place. And then the wind died completely and we were powerless in the middle of this churning, swirling, roaring water, the GPS indicated SOG was 4 knots with no wind ... luckily northwards in the correct direction. And then we were through into the North Sound, heading NW toward the Pierowall Road and and having to motor for lack of wind. Garry, the Pierowall marina superintendent/ferry crewman/postie/fisherman, (whom we had notified in advance) raced us in after spotting our approach and helped us tie up around 2200 as the sun was going down. Lesson learnt: The Pentland Firth was just the start of “interesting” tidal flows. Though we had timed our passage to perfection, we had a new respect and awareness of the awesome power of the water up here. The Admiralty charts around Orkney and Shetland are littered with that wiggly lines symbol*... and wrecks.
Photo by J Bowler.
Thursday 17th July, Kirkwall to Pierowall, 32.0NM. Crew: James Bowler A depression approaching from France and the SE made the anticipated passage to Fair Isle and Lerwick too risky because I couldn’t afford to be stuck for several days in Fair Isle. So, on a tip from the skipper of an Ovni 395, just in from Shetland, we headed to Scalloway with the intent of leaving the boat in Pierowall if the depression overtook us. A leisurely 1400 start to make the flood tide going E through The String gave us time to go round in circles in the Bay of Kirkwall while the new Simrad Tillerpilot calibrated itself. It was a perfect sunny day with wind SW 5 and no foul weather in the forecast. We headed W through the now familiar Shapinsay Sound, NNE up Stronsay Firth towards Eday Sound and thence to Lashy Sound. Farms on Shapinsay and Eday to port, Stronsay and Sanday to starboard, bearings on wind turbines on Spur Ness, the Admiralty transit “Holm of Huip open SE of Little Linga 060⁰”, and others. The sun was shining and we were making 4 knots through the water with the tide, 6 knots over the ground. Life was idyllic. Then came Lashy Sound and the only occasion during the entire cruise on which I experienced fear. We were following the transit line on the Admiralty Chart, Ward Hill open SE of ruined church 209⁰. My crew and son James, a commercial small ship skipper well used to rough water, was at the helm and called below to say that there was white water ahead. I interrupted the tea making and casually checked the chart, replying that it must be Lashy Skerries. A minute or so later, now with an anxious edge to his voice, James advised that the whole width of the sound, about 0.7NM across, was white water. As I put my head out to see what the fuss was about, I heard roaring water, like a weir bypassing a lock or surf breaking on a reef, and waves apparently racing towards us. He was right; there was nothing but white water ahead. A hasty check of both charts, Admiralty and Imray, against both GPSs, confirmed
Photo by J Bowler.
Geoffrey Bowler, in Comma, Westerly Centaur CR2108, built 1978. This is an abridged version of the log for which Geoffrey Bowler was awarded the RFYC McQueen Cup 2014. The full version, including navigational details and technical information, plus additional commentary and photographs, is commended to readers. It is available on the Club website (www.rfyc.org >Club News>All posts, scroll down to 21 Dec 2014). The delivery trip from Inverness to Kirkwall started on Friday 13th June, a full moon, but Geoffrey takes up the story in Kirkwall.
Lashy Sound. Neither a reef nor skerrie, just the ebb tide three days after spring with wind F1/2 against tide, 10-20 m depth. The noise was considerable; minutes earlier the sea state had been slight ...and noiseless.
Friday 18th to Saturday 19th July, Pierowall to Scalloway (Scalloway Boating Club), 72.1 NM. Night Passage. Crew: James Bowler At 1140 we slipped Pierowall at half tide on the flood, having delayed departure whilst two large dressed crabs, still warm, were prepared by the processor on the harbour. They made a splendid supper. We had F4 from the easterly quadrant, until midnight when the wind decreased to F3; and we made 5 to 5.5 knots over the ground, either on a close reach or close hauled. At 2230, we used power as the current and need to tack was slowing us and taking us too far off course. In the dark, I was keen to keep XTE
*“overfalls, tide rips, races”
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Photo by G Bowler.
Scalloway Harbour with. East Voe marina in the foreground, Commercial Quay with its large white floating accommodation for Sullum Voe workers mid picture and Green Holm distant centre to the SW.
Henceforth, Comma’s skipper, navigating officer and crew were the same, I sailed solo. In anticipation I fitted a GPS repeater in the cockpit, together with a new seawater pump, and Comma was ready for almost anything. Saturday 2nd August, Scalloway (East Voe Marina) to Walls Pier, 13.8 NM A straightforward warm-up leg. Out of Scalloway via the North Channel, in by Easter Sound to Vaila Sound then N to Vaila Voe passing Linga to port and avoiding the Baa to the S of Linga. Getting away was tricky, it was blowing F5 SE onto the pier which lies E-W. I experimented going forward on a bow spring and astern on a stern spring. The former was the better bet, combined with prayers that the line returning to the cockpit would not foul the prop when slipped and that there would be enough way 22
Photo by G Bowler.
to less than a mile. Furthermore, the weather forecasts suggested that the “French depression” was on the way. Our only company across the Fair Isle Channel was the tanker Helga Spirit seen around 2 NM to the South at 1700. The pilotage up Scalloway South Channel was tricky; we could see North channel lights and the North Havra sectored light but South Channel lights were intermittently obscured by holms. We were glad of the GPS backup. The Shetland Islands Pilot says, “The North Channel is the easier and the lights are less confusing at night”. We tied up on the Scalloway Boating Club visitors’ pontoon at 0405 as the sun was rising, and went to bed. Then in came the depression from France around 0700, with strong winds from the SE. Some Shetlander friends from Edinburgh collected us for an overnight stay in Sandwick, south of Lerwick, and a party in Hoswick where we partook of much invigorating beverage until 0400 and met various seafaring folk, including Charlie Smith who had recently brought Brünnhilde back to Shetland after 40 years by the Firth of Forth. (See below: Baltasound)
Walls (Vaila Voe) Pier looking NE. Comma flies the Shetland courtesy flag with pride.
through the water for the rudder to bite before she was blown onto the pier. This was probably the only time that I wished for crew. Walls has a shop/PO, a bakery and... a swimming pool. Shetland has possibly the greatest density of public swimming pools in the free world. The only place I visited without a swimming pool was Collafirth. They have great potential for visiting ya’tties’ ablutions though I never used one. Monday 4th August, Walls to Brae (Delting Boating Club), 26.4 NM,16 waypoints. Via Sound of Papa and Swarbacks Minn, past Busta Departed Walls at 1050 after some difficulty (see photograph). Reached all the way in F5, making 6.5 knots much of the time. We were through the Sound of Papa by 1330, following the zigzag course prescribed in the Shetland Islands Pilot in order to pass between rocks and holms and shallows. At its narrowest, the Sound was 3 cables across. From the Sound of Papa, it was 5NM across the S of Saint Magnus Bay towards Muckle Roe before turning into Swarbacks Minn which the Pilot describes as “a fabulous cruising area giving a flavour of all that is good in Shetland waters” and it is true. It is an enclosed area of water over 100 m deep in the middle with Muckle Roe to the North, Vementry to the South and Papa Little to the East. But it is the history of this place that particularly interested me. In WW1 Swarbacks Minn was the anchorage for the 10th Cruiser Squadron, comprised of 41 “armed merchant cruisers” (essentially converted passenger ships armed with guns up to 6” calibre) which provided the Northern Patrol and blockade of Germany. Patrolling deep into the North Atlantic to block the northern entry to the North Sea they operated from August 1914 to December 1917,
the longest continuous naval operation of WWI, and intercepted nearly 13,000 suspect ships, but the losses were considerable.
Muckle Ossa and Little Ossa (60°32’.90N 001°36’.06W)
gave me a hands-on tutorial on preparing a scallop. Blunt knife, not a sharp knife! He also illuminated me on why fishermen often whistle into the microphone before talking on the radio. “When you’re working on deck, you can’t hear the voice but you can hear the whistle.”
Photo by G Bowler. Photo by G Bowler.
Tuesday 5th August, Brae to Collafirth, 40NM (by sea, 9 statute miles by road!) From Swarbacks Minn we headed NW across Saint Magnus Bay, passing Hillswick, Esha Ness, Uyea and Uyea Baas, then due E to pass between the Point of Fethaland and Gruney around 1530 to enter Yell Sound, then back S towards Collafirth looking straight at the Sullum Voe oil terminal flare. At Collafirth the HM telephoned the owner of a peerie red GRP fishing catamaran rafted inside me on the end pontoon of the full marina. Within the hour the owner had disappeared with the boat to an anchorage in another voe. The HM then not only found the bus time to Lerwick but telephoned the driver to make sure he stopped and, sure enough, an unmarked and ageing red minibus pulled over just after 7 am. the next morning. As with most Shetland marinas, it was impossible to part with money for my berth. When my mobile phone connection resumed near Lerwick the next day there was a message from the HM, left before my arrival in Collafirth, regretting that there was no room in the marina. So, despite my turning up, unwittingly, to the already full marina (it had only a dozen berths), David sorted me out and had not said a word about his earlier message. A typical, marvellous Shetlander. The skipper of Brilliant, a nearby fishing boat, was a friendly sort. He called over as he berthed asking if I wanted some “small scallops”. I went round expecting three or four for my supper. We had a light-hearted banter about fishermen, their markers, propfouling lines and “ya’tties”. On telling him of my plan to round Muckle Flugga, he did not approve and expostulated that the Shetland fisherman’s term for a ya’tty was a WAFI but handed he me a carrier bag with 30 small scallops and his deckhand then
Sunday 31st August, Collafirth to Baltasound – passing Muckle Flugga, 41 NM I returned to Collafirth on 30th August after 3 ½ weeks away to allow ex-Hurricane Bertha to blow through and to recover from a knee injury. The knee hindered mobility round the boat so the mainsail wasn’t used much from then on. I was tempted to head S down Yell Sound then on to Lerwick but that would have been defeatist we had come to Shetland to pass Muckle Flugga.. We slipped the Collafirth pontoon at 0520 into a sunny, fair, calm, windless morning and motor-sailed until 0925, by when the wind had picked up to NE 3 so we sailed close-hauled making 3.5 knots. Things could not have been better but then, at 1045, “Securitay, Securitay, Securitay...Gale warning. F8 Gale soon. Issued at 1033” Looking back to Muckle Flugga (with lighthouse) and Out Stack to the N.
The Animals 1965 hit came into my head and wouldn’t go away “We gotta get out of this place! If it’s the last thing we ever do …..” The mood was jubilant, however, and there were at least 6 hours to make Baltasound, only 8NM away. Nonetheless I started Comma’s engine and we motor-sailed the rest of the way, tying up on the Unst Boating Club visitors’ pontoon at 1450, in preference to the Baltasound Pier visitors’ pontoon. That pontoon was lying on the shore and had been for two years, according to the HM. Because of spending cuts, the Shetland Islands Council had no plans to put it back in the water. The wind did pick up that evening but no gale materialized in Unst. The HM lent me his personal marina gate key from his key on condition that I left it in “Ian’s boat” when I left. That had also happened in Scalloway. Shetland kindness and trust yet again. While putting on my sail cover an older sailor, came over from his immaculate Flying 15. He was Duncan Sandison, now aged 87, but still sailing daily in the summer. Weeks earlier at that party in Hoswick, I had met Charlie Smith who had brought Brünnhilde back to Shetland. Brünnhilde‘s hull had been built in Baltasound by Duncan and, shipped to Leith and fitted out in a shed at Cramond Brig. Twenty four times, summer after summer he and his wife, Grizel, sailed this engineless, 35 foot, wooden gaff schooner from South Queensferry to Baltasound and Collafirth, where his grandfather’s former home had been. When Comma was at Port Edgar marina Brünnhilde had been undergoing an extensive refit. I had often walked past her and had heard the legend of the sailor who departed and entered the marina under sail – flawlessly. 23
And now the Forth – Shetland connections were almost complete. Tony Budge, probably approaching 80, hobbled over to take my line as I came on to the pontoon. Apart from giving me some freshly caught mackerel fillets for supper, he told me three good stories, the last of which concerned the Forth and the only time he had experienced fear at sea. He was at the helm of a lifeboat being delivered down the Forth from Grangemouth. It was rough and off Burntisland, they broached. The first wave took them round a bit, the second some a bit more and it was clear that on the third, they would roll and capsize. The Coxswain ordered him to reduce power but Tony ignored this and, under full power, was able to drive the boat round so that the third wave did not take them beam on. At the debrief (in the bar in those days), the Coxswain commented on the disobeyed order but thanked him. “In heavy seas, always keep some power in reserve, for its power you need to drive yourself out of a broach.” Friday 5th September, Baltasound to Lerwick (Albert Wharf), 42.8NM Unspotted tidal gate: Lunning Sound. To paraphrase the Shetland Islands Pilot “The islets between Mainland and West Linga create a confused tidal flow which can reach 6 knots, ….passage should be timed to coincide with slack water and spring tides avoided”. Heuristic method at its luckiest? Oops! Somehow, the navigator missed this information about Lunning Sound and hadn’t looked at the Admiralty Tidal Stream Atlas either. Getting demob happy as we sped south? Drawn in by the sirens of Lerwick? The Pilot predicted that the south-going stream would have started around 0344 and slacken off around 0944 before turning N from 1034. On the other hand, the Admiralty Tidal Stream Atlas predicted slack water an hour later than in the Pilot, with the north going flow starting at 1130. So, by a fluke, we arrived at the north end of the Sound at 1110, (slack water) and it was Neaps minus one so any foul tide was not noticeable In the navigator’s defence, the Admiralty chart 3282 Shetland Islands North-East Sheet showed neither tide stream arrows nor the wavelet symbol for overfalls etc. There are three “eddies” symbols but an overlooked tidal diamond, on top of which a waypoint was superimposed, showed a maximum spring tidal rate of only 2.0 knots. Therefore, by Shetland standards, Lunning Sound appeared to be a stretch of placid water. Nevertheless, the navigator’s rum ration was withheld and passed to the skipper who consumed it gladly. The wind was F4 SW all the way. We passed to the E of Fetlar, well to the E of Out Skerries, between Lunna Holm and Muckle Skerry (passing the ferry quite close), through Lunning Sound as the sun came out to make a glorious day, bypassed Symbister (Whalsay) 24
to the E, through the Stepping Stones. At the S cardinal by Soldian Rock we turned SW towards Rova Head then S into Bressay Sound, after which we were in pilotage mode. My planned course had been to go E of Litla Billan (Stepping Stones) but the tack took us to the W between Litla Billan and Muckla Billan. I record this detail not because of any particular navigational interest but merely to write down and read aloud the wonderful names. I regret that time did not allow me to land on Whalsay, the accent there is said to be the least interpretable in Shetland and I relished the linguistic challenge. James had shared a room with a lad from Whalsay at University when reading naval architecture. “In the whole year, I understood only three words and one of those was “drink”.” Off Rova Head, I radioed in to Lerwick Port Control on VHF Channel 12 and, like Sullum Voe VTS when going in and out of Collafirth, they seemed pleased that a “ya’ttie” had taken the trouble. Comma arrived at the fuel berth in time to clamber up the ladder and hobble over to the LHD chandlery to get a man over to provide Comma with 45L of red diesel. About to cast off to go round Victoria Pier to the visitors’ berths in the Small Dock, a chap in a tie and suit came over and asked if there was any chance of my taking him and the film crew into “the bay”. Delighted, I said, but only three of you. On clambered this editor, a reporter in an overcoat, scarf, tie and suit, and a camerawoman. My offer of a lifejacket and a safety briefing was met with a courteous, “Thank you. You have done your H&S bit”. It was calm and sunny so off we motored into “the bay” while Gavin Essler did his report from Shetland on the forthcoming Scottish Independence Referendum “from the bay off Lerwick”. It seemed pedantic to point out that we were in a Sound not a Bay, so I didn’t. The report majored on the income from Shetland’s oil and it seemed to me that the backdrop to his report should be Sullum Voe not Lerwick harbour where, incidentally, the only flags flying were the Shetland flag and the Jack, and no sign of the Saltire. The report was set go out on the BBC News Channel, a cable channel, so I never saw it and neither did anyone else that I know for that matter. The next time that I saw Mr Essler on TV, he was broadcasting from outside the Scottish Parliament building and wearing the same overcoat, same scarf tied the same way, same tie.... Saturday 6th September 1030-1925, Lerwick (Small Dock) to Fair Isle (North Haven), 43.5NM Departed Lerwick at 1030, an hour after HW, and motored to Fair Isle with F1/2 SE wind and minimal tide with me down Bressay Sound , and then minimal tide against me crossing the Fair Isle Channel. No Tillerpilot all the way back to Kirkwall! That clumsy deckhand had trodden on the power cable and after reconnecting the plug, it would now only trip the circuit breaker. (The repair cost £177).
Sunday 7th September And then, as forecast, the weather turned foul with F6 winds, moderate to rough sea state and heavy rain so we sheltered in Fair Isle and I enjoyed the dry warmth at the Bird Haven and Guest House. And, for the first time, booked a flight back to Edinburgh as Tuesday afternoon was fast approaching.
Photo by G Bowler.
Monday 8th – Tuesday 9th September, Fair Isle to Kirkwall, 58.6NM Night passage Departure at 1500 at half tide on the ebb was predicated on the weather clearing and the tidal gate at The Strings. We sailed on headsail alone until 2000, making 3.5 knots, then motored. With a gammy knee, no Tillerpilot and moderate seas, discretion was the better part of valour. At 1900 Fair Isle had vanished and N Ronaldsay was visible. From 1930, I was charmed by the company of about eight dolphins who surfaced mostly to starboard, but sometimes ahead to port. The highlight of their visit was when five of them simultaneously came out of the water and straight back in, each beast briefly forming a crescent above the waves, just 20m to starboard. I had their snorting happy company for over half an hour. At 2045, we were passed by the North Boat heading S to Kirkwall. She was a beautiful sight: all white with lights blazing, gliding by in complete silence, and no smoke trail, a mile or so to the west. Better to meet this way than in the fog. The night passage was uncomplicated and the correct timing entering The Strings at about 0200 was confirmed by Comma’s SOG accelerating by a couple of knots. At 0330,Tuesday 9 September 2014 Comma berthed in Kirkwall Marina, her summer’s work complete.
Fair Isle North Haven. Monday 8th September late morning. Let’s go!
Epilogue I have crewed and skippered yachts around Scotland, the Solent, the W coast of Norway, Spain and the Balearics, the Atlantic,
the Andaman Sea, not to mention the Norfolk Broads and River Thames. Comma has sailed the east coast from the Firth of Forth and from Inverness to Whitby. But sailing solo around Shetland, and some of Orkney, has given more satisfaction and sense of achievement than anywhere else to date. The people I met, their hospitality, kindness, trust, lack of materialism, and their stories. The navigational challenges (especially the tidal streams), the everpresent tension in fearing that the weather forecasters may have overlooked fog or a gale, the scenery, getting to know the voices of all the coastguards. Seafaring Shetlanders reacted to my proposition of sailing a 26 foot boat singlehanded with incredulity, followed by tacit approval, then compassion. Mike Cooper’s comment in Kirkwall that the Fair Isle Channel was just a couple of day sails was a fillip because the whole voyage was indeed a series of day sails with a couple of night passages thrown in, and they only came about to beat the weather heading north and again because of the weather and the need to get into Kirkwall and back to Edinburgh when returning south. Sailing solo is a fairly recent step. I made my first solo passage in summer 2013, from Peterhead to Inverness via Whitehills and Lossiemouth when crew availability dried up as summer ended. Initial trepidation gave way to the realisation that I was freer, always knew what was happening and never felt pressured to put out when I felt uncomfortable in order not to let down crew who had travelled a long way. Fog was my only real concern. It is said to occur 3 days per month in Shetland, mainly on the East coast and in the Fair Isle Channel. It apparently behaves like an advection fog and can persist in strong winds. I had only one “wobble”. On returning to Collafirth with an injured and painful knee at the end of August after losing a few weeks to ex-Hurricane Bertha, it was so tempting to turn right out of Collafirth down Yell Sound and back to Lerwick. But that would have been a defeat and would have lost the goal of the journey which was to round Muckle Flugga. Muckle Flugga Day was perfect and Baltasound proved to be a treat, because of the people there; as ever. I was travelling up and down to Edinburgh each week so there was too little time. Too little time to: visit Sumburgh Head Lighthouse and watch the Röst (race) at springs with wind against tide, visit the Unst Boat Museum or the Wick Heritage Museum; take a beer at the CAMRA-listed Busta House Hotel or a meal at the Baltasound Hotel, visit the Kitchener Memorial, Italian Chapel at St Margaret’s Hope, and the Castle of Mey Too little time to rectify my ornithological ignorance; the variety and quantity of birds that I saw was phenomenal and yet I could identify almost none. Next summer Orkney, Hoy Sound, Scapa Flow, Dunnett Head and on round the British Isles. 25
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but were promptly ejected from this spot in favour of a local boat. We moved and then had to anchor yet again when a crazy German sailor lifted our anchor amid some vehement verbal abuse of his poor crew. What a tangle, but we all had a good laugh. In Spetsai we had the most sophisticated dinner of our sail. Since this was early in May and the season had not started we were made most welcome, and most of the tavernas were empty. We left the restaurant full of free and fierce drinks, provided by the owner. Spetsai has a particularly attractive lady doctor, whom we met on our walk in the town. She was keen to practice her English and some of my crew were curiously keen to oblige. Monday saw a change in the wind, a little stronger from the South, which made our sail to Idhra very simple. For lunch we anchored off a bay at the S end of the island, inside Nisos Kivota. There is a monastery behind a severe stone wall and pebble beach. After lunch of a fine Greek salad prepared by Bob, David and Susan, we proceeded to the main town where we just managed to beat the flotilla sailing boats, who were arriving at much the same time, to the preferred space inside the outer mole. Idhra is another „must see“ landing place and we found a lovely eating spot down the back streets, in a garden with a canopy of vines. By Tuesday we had run out of weather information, and decided to ask in the Port Office who only offered very local information for a six hour window. We resorted to the internet and it did not look good for Wednesday; we decided to make for home a day early and set sail in a moderate Southerly breeze for Sounion Bay. Just about lunch time we heard a gale warning on the VHF vindicating the decision to run for home. We arrived at Sounion under the Temple of Poseidon by mid afternoon and some of us to swam off the sandy beach. We returned to Lavrion at about 7pm where the Navigare man was pleased to see us, having been concerned that it would be a windy night. On Wednesday we caught the bus to Athens to visit the sights, and yes there was a serious gale that day and into the following night. We left this stormy spot on Thursday and flew home after a wonderful holiday. Island of Idhra.
Photos by T Simpson.
o follow a Greek Wedding in Athens (the son of former RFYC members) I had arranged a week’s yacht charter and met the rest of the sailing team at Athens Airport. The crew was me, as navigator, backed up by David Gillon (Saluki RFYC), Arthur Law, who crews for me, fellow architect Bob Hislop, my wife Susan, plus John & Fiona Mauritzen who long ago raced a Soling at Granton. Our boat, chartered through Nautilus Yachting, was an Oceanus 43 named Linnea. She was based at Lavrion, to the East of Athens on a channel between the mainland and the island of Macronisi. This proved to be a windy spot and the harbour is quite commercial. The charter company were charming, helpful, obliging and did their very best to please. After handover we stayed the night aboard Linnea on a pontoon at Lavrion. I normally like to sail away from marinas as quickly as possible, but there was quite a lot of wind, and nowhere nice nearby to stop. However the local taverna was good. On Friday morning we set sail in a good wind (25 kts) with a cross sea of southerly rollers and crests whipped up from the NE. We set just half the sail. Over the morning the wind rose to over 30 knots in the Saronic Gulf and some of us were sick. Fortunately the wind died down to about 10 - 15 kts off Aigina. Our first night of the cruise was at Perdika on the South West corner of Aigina. This is a delightful village. We found an easy space at the pier, but this harbour has lots of old lines on the bottom and it took two attempts before our anchor held. Here we had to report that the boat‘s instruments, echo sounder, wind speed, and log had ceased to read, and agreed to meet an electrician in Poros, a town on an island off the Pelopennese. Sun and gentle winds on Saturday took us to Poros, a hot spot for yachtsmen and tourists alike. We moored alongside the town pier and explored this exciting little town. The electrician could not repair the electronics, but this is hardly a new charter experience, and Nautilus had done their best. I take a lead line on these trips and so it was not too much of a hardship. On Sunday with a NE breeze astern, we headed for Spetsai, another island frequented by tourists in the season. We anchored stern to in Our boat, Linnea. the inner harbour,
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HISTORICAL NOTE Memories of the old Forth & Clyde Canal
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n 1951 Lewis Bilton, a prominent member of RFYC who owned a 30ft engineless Teal Class yacht drawing around 5ft named Phakoe, cruised around the top of Scotland from Granton and found himself eventually in Clyde waters. To return to the east coast the Forth and Clyde Canal passage from west to east seemed the answer and he called upon several RFYC Cadet Members to help him. I was lucky to be one of them. On a suitably chosen south westerly weekend he headed for Bowling where he picked us up and we proceeded into the sea-lock, under heavily reduced sail. There were few actual vessel movements on the canal on that weekend, but the yard at Kirkintilloch was still operating and was busy refurbishing a couple of Puffers. Sailing now seems an idyllic, and most unlikely, way to progress through the Scottish countryside, and it had its difficulties - stopping, for one. The canal then had no passing or turning basins at the locks, so “roundingup” was not an option. We had to gauge the “shooting” capacity of Phakoe upon dropping her jib, and complete the stop with one or more buckets over the stern. If done too early there was much paddling, and possibly a complicated operation to land crew on the bank for a strenuous pull along the towpath; if left too late, a horrible nose-on crunch on the gate! There were no jetties or berths at the lock entrances, and one person from each transiting yacht was expected to operate a locksluice, so one either needed a spare crew member plus bicycle ashore (to which we did not rise) or there was a wet and muddy transfer backwards and forwards at frequent intervals. Drawing five feet, and with canal banks gradually shelving because of long neglect, you can visualise that the distance from covering-board to terra firma approached Olympic long-jump standard. There were long straight stretches, in the middle and eastern sectors of the canal, where we managed bravely to hoist the main, but in Clydebank, Maryhill, and Auchinstarry where the canal bent frequently it was a case of paddling, always the while being abused verbally and physically with sticks and stones by the local
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lads, who must have felt that they had a dream target with every yacht that passed. In those days, there were 39 locks and 32 swing or lift bridges to negotiate and the total distance was a little less than 40 miles. Progressing by sail and paddling, it is obvious that the passage could not be completed in one day, so the great worry was where to spend the night without serious damage occurring to the boat and/or crew. To be honest, I can’t remember where we stopped, or how we were secured, but we cadets were so exhausted that we couldn’t have cared less about our safety and therefore slept soundly. We eventually arrived in Grangemouth having passed the stairway of locks at Camelon leading to the Union Canal. We negotiated the difficult Carron River, and after passing through the forbidding upper Forth and the narrow Straits of Queensferry (only the rail bridge in those days) we were well pleased to arrive at our mooring at Granton – after Lau, the boatman, had gone home for the night! The Forth and Clyde Canal was completed in 1790 and was the world’s first sea-to-sea canal. It closed in December 1962 but opened again after much refurbishment in June 2001. The RFYC Club Newsletter for July 1951 contained a guide and after re-opening in 2001 “The Masthead” (the then Club newsletter) also published an article about its transit. In 2003 I took my own Fisher Potter 25, Harry, from Grangemouth as far up the canal as the Falkirk Wheel, and on the same 8-day canal ticket managed to moor in the Wheel basin for a week and go up and down six times on the Wheel itself. We should feel pleased that Club members have been interested in this famous canal for at least half a century, and hope that they continue to use it for a very long time! Mike Pollett, joined as Cadet Member 1948 (and served as Commodore 1993 – 1995, Ed)
TAKING UP SAILING (OR BOATING) Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge and the new Queensferry Crossing rising from the river like a phoenix from the ashes. Sailing waters can be different every time you go out and the Forth is no exception. The weather, wind, and tide are constantly changing; the mix is rarely the same and there is also bird and the marine wildlife to witness. For those that wish to get in to it further there are Royal Yachting Association (RYA) courses to improve your understanding of sailing and navigation. But for starters, you don’t need to decide what sort of boating you want to do nor do you need to buy a boat. With some suitable shoes and a waterproof jacket, you can go sailing or crewing with one of the existing boat owners. Most of them will welcome the opportunity to take out newcomers, some of whom may become regular crew members. You don’t even need to join a club immediately, though if you go out on more than a few occasions you will be encouraged to join. Membership fees are not high, and are considerably less than most golf clubs or gymnasia. And remember, all of this is just on the doorstep of this wonderful city of ours. For more information please visit the club web site at www.rfyc.org. You will find details of how to find us, and membership options. We have Open Days from time to time, so watch out for those too. Adrian Shield Commodore, RFYC
Photo by P Carnie.
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ow often do we remember that Edinburgh is a coastal city with the most wonderful recreational waters on its doorstep? Within ten minutes of the city centre is Granton Harbour, with two flourishing yacht clubs as well as a number of smaller organisations. The Royal Forth Yacht Club (RFYC) is the larger of the two clubs but don’t be put off by the “Royal” prefix. It is not a grand club full of expensive yachts as seen in some marinas of the South Coast or the Mediterranean. Most members sail more modest boats, the majority of which cost less than the average family car. You can be safely on the water in your own boat for as little as £1,000. Some chose to share a boat with others, sharing both purchase price and running costs. And the maintenance of most boats them is affordable, with most members doing the maintenance themselves over the winter months, when the boat is usually ashore. Sailing, or motor boating if that is your interest, provides an outlet for many tastes. For some it is the thrill of racing and the club has a lively programme of racing for the sailing season, which runs from April to October. All sorts of boats race, from small dinghies to larger cruising boats. For others it is cruising that attracts, either as day sailing on our local waters, the Firth of Forth, or further afield on longer passages or overnight. The waters of the Forth have much to offer, with islands, harbours and beaches to explore; upriver there are the majestic sights of the Forth Rail
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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Large picture of dolphin by T Wilson. Spider’s web by R Dougall. Ice halo by F Brown.
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he photograph of a leaping dolphin by Tom Wilson won the Maja Trophy in our annual photography competition; the photograph that won the Bell’s Shield is on the front cover. There were many other entries and display space was at a premium. Few competition photographs were submitted separately for publication and perhaps next year we will ask for electronic copies for the competition itself. From the photographs which were submitted for the Yearbook I have exercised an editor’s privilege and chosen these two, the spider’s web is by Robyn Dougall and the ice halo around Peak Flow’s mast by Fiona Brown. I understand Peak Flow was moored at the pontoon before the last Orkney Race and most competitors and helpers were too busy with boat preparation to notice this rarely seen phenomenon.
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RFYC SAILING CALENDAR 2015
DATE
BOATMAN Start
HW
End >2:5m tide
YACHT & KEELBOAT EVENTS note: JPR - Joint Passage Race
Apr 15 Wed
09:00 - 15:59
12:31
Apr 16 Thu
09:19 - 16:51
13:36
Apr 17 Fri
10:19 - 17:37
14:32
DINGHY EVENTS Start
Apr 18 Sat
11:00
18:00
11:10 - 18:22
15:22
Apr 19 Sun
12:00
19:00
11:58 - 19:07
16:10
Apr 21 Tue
14:00
20:00
13:26 - 20:39
17:32
Apr 22 Wed
14:30
20:30
14:08 - 21:28
18:11
Apr 23 Thu
15:00
20:30
14:50 - 22:23
18:52
Apr 24 Fri
16:00
20:30
15:34 - 23:31
19:39
Apr 25 Sat
9.00
12:00
09:00 - 11:48
07:53
17:00
20:00
16:22 - 00:53
20:36
18.00
13:00
09:00 - 13:03
08:50
18:00
21:00
17:19 - 00:00
21:46
Apr 28 Tue
11:00
15:00
09:00 - 15:24
11:17
Apr 29 Wed
11:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:10
12:19
Apr 30 Thu
11:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:48
13:10
May 1 Fri
11:00
17:00
09:38 - 17:22
13:54
May 2 Sat
11:00
17:30
10:24 - 17:56
14:35
May 3 Sun
11:30
18:00
11:05 - 18:29
15:13
May 5 Tue
13:00
19:00
12:21 - 19:38
16:26
May 6 Wed
13:30
20:00
12:59 - 20:17
17:03
May 7 Thu
14:30
21:00
13:39 - 21:00
17:42
Evening Points Early 1/7
19:00
May 8 Fri
15:00
21:00
14:22 - 21:49
18:23
Evening Points Early 2/7
19:00
May 9 Sat
15:00
21:00
15:10 - 22:47
19:12
May 10 Sun
17:00
21:00
16:05 - 23:55
20: 10
May 12 Tue
10:00
13:00
09:00 - 13:25
09:36
May 13 Wed
10:00
14:00
09:00 - 14:34
10:53
May 14 Thu
10:00
15:00
09:00 - 15:35
12:05
May 15 Fri
10:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:30
13:10
May 16 Sat
10:00
17:00
09:56 - 17:19
14:08
Sat Series 4-5 / JPR 1
12:00
May 17 Sun
11:00
18:00
10:50 - 18:06
15:00
CiC - Cruise in Company 1/5
11:00
May 19 Tue
14:00
19:00
12:24 - 19:36
16:29
Apr 26 Sun
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OPEN EVENTS Start
LIFT IN
PEYC Hunter 707 Edinburgh Cup PEYC Bosun’s Locker Trophy FIG Div 1&2
Training Registration
Opening Regatta/SatSeries123
19:00
12:00
PEYC RS Dinghy Regatta PEYC RS Dinghy Regatta Training on Water
18:30
Training on Water
18:30
FCC Fife Regatta FCC Fife Regatta Training on Shore (tbc)
19:00
BOATMAN HEADING DATE
HW
Start
End
May 20 Wed
14:00
20:00
13:08 - 20:22
17:11
May 21 Thu
14:00
21:00
13:51 - 21:10
May 22 Fri
15:00
21:00
14:32 - 22:00
May 23 Sat
16:00
21:00
May 24 Sun
9.00
>2:5m tide
May 26 Tue
YACHT & KEELBOAT EVENTS
DINGHY EVENTS
OPEN EVENTS
note: JPR - Joint Passage Race
Start
Start
17:51
Evening Points Early 3/7
19:00
18:31
Evening Points Early 4/7
19:00
15:13 - 22:57
19:14
JPR 2 - Jubilee Cup
17:00
11:00
09:00 - 11:11
07:22
16:00
21:00
15:57 - 00:00
20:03
10:00
13:00
09:00 - 13:20
9.09
17:45 - 00:00
22:07
Helgoland Week
Training on Water
18:30
Helgoland Week
May 27 Wed
10:00
14:00
09:00 - 14:26
10:17
Helgoland Week
May 28 Thu
10:00
15:00
09:00 - 15:21
11:22
Helgoland Week
May 29 Fri
10:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:06
12:19
May 30 Sat
10:00
17:00
09:00 - 16:48
13:12
May 31 Sun
10:00
17:00
09:45 - 17:25
13:58
Jun 2 Tue
14:00
18:00
11:20 - 18:41
15:26
Jun 3 Wed
14:00
19:00
12:04 - 19:20
16:08
Jun 4 Thu
14:00
20:00
12:47 - 20:02
16:50
Jun 5 Fri
14:00
20:30
13:32 - 20:46
17:33
Jun 6 Sat
14:30
21:00
14:18 - 21:35
18:17
Jun 7 Sun
15:00
21:00
15:07 - 22:30
19:06
Jun 9 Tue
17:00
21:00
09:00 - 11:50
8.13
Jun 10 Wed
Helgoland Week RFYC May Isle FIG Div-1
10:00
ASC Muster
Anstruther Express FIG Div-2
10:05
May Isle FIG Div-1 / CBC Anstruther Express FIG Div-2
Sat Series 6-7
11:00 ASC Muster Training on Shore (tbc)
Sat Series 8-9
15:30
ELYC Regatta / DBSC Four Inches Trophy FIG Div 1&2
9.00
13:00
09:00 - 12:59
09:17
21:00
18:06 - 01:57
22:12
Jun 11 Thu
9.00
14:00
09:00 - 14:10
10:28
Jun 12 Fri
9.00
15:00
09:00 - 15:15
11:39
Jun 13 Sat
9.00
16:00
09:00 - 16:13
12:45
Edinburgh Regatta
Jun 14 Sun
10:00
17:00
09:33 - 17:06
13:45
Edinburgh Regatta
Jun 16 Tue
14:00
18:00
11:21 - 18:39
15:26
Jun 17 Wed
14:00
19:00
12:07 - 19:23
16:10
Jun 18 Thu
14:00
20:00
12:51 - 20:06
16:52
Jun 19 Fri
14:00
20:30
13:32 - 20:48
17:31
Evening Points Early 5/7
Jun 20 Sat
14:00
21:00
14:11 - 21:34
Jun 21 Sun
15:00
21:00
14:51 - 22:23
Jun 23 Tue
16:00
21:00
16:11 00:00
20:16
Jun 24 Wed
17:00
21:00
16:56 - 00:00
21:08
FCC Club Regatta / FCYC & RFYC Edinburgh Regatta FCC Club Regatta / FCYC & RFYC Edinburgh Regatta Training on Shore (tbc) 19:00
18:09
Neilson Plate/SatSeries 10
16:00
18:49
Cruise in Company 2/5
15:30
Evening Points Early 6/7
19:00
Evening Points Early 7/7
19:00
Single Handed
10:00
9:00
13:00
0900 - 13:34
09:16
21:00
17:49 - 00:00
22:09
Jun 26 Fri
9.00
14:00
09:00 - 14:27
10:20
Jun 27 Sat
9.00
15:00
09:00 - 15:24
11:26
Jun 28 Sun
9.00
16:00
09:00 - 16:14
12:27
Jun 30 Tue
13:00
17:00
10:05 - 17:40
14:15
Jul
1 Wed
13:00
18:00
10:58 - 18:20
15:04
Jul
2 Thu
13:00
19:00
11:48 - 19:02
15:52
18:30
19:00
RFYC Orkney Race
18:00
ELYC Regatta Training on Water
18:00
Jun 25 Thu
19:00
19:00 RFYC Orkney Race
Training on Water
18:30
LBSC Dinghy Regatta LBSC Dinghy Regatta / DBSC Gavin Adamson Trophy FIG Training on Shore (tbc)
19:00
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BOATMAN HEADING DATE Start
End
HW >2:5m tide
YACHT & KEELBOAT EVENTS note: JPR - Joint Passage Race
Jul
3 Fri
13:00
19:00
12:36 - 19:45
16:38
Jul
4 Sat
13:30
20:30
13:22 - 20:29
17:23
Jul
5 Sun
14:00
21:00
14:09 - 21:17
18:09
Jul
7 Tue
16:00
21:00
15:48 - 23:08
19:46
Jul
8 Wed
09:00 - 11:29
07:58
Jul
9 Thu
Jul
10 Fri
Jul Jul
DINGHY EVENTS Start
21:00
16:41 - 00:00
20:40
9.00
12:00
09:00 - 12:36
08:56
18:00
21:00
17:39 - 00:00
21:43
9.00
14:00
09:00 - 13:49
10:03
11 Sat
9.00
15:00
09:00 - 15:00
11:15
JPR 3
12 Sun
9.00
16:00
09:00 - 16:06
12:26
Cruise in Company 3/5
10:00
Jul
14 Tue
13:00
17:00
10:15 - 17:48
14:23
Jul
15 Wed
13:00
18:00
11:07 - 18:31
15:11
Family Cruise/Sailing
11:00
Jul
16 Thu
13:00
19:00
11:52 - 19:10
15:53
Family Cruise/Sailing
12:00
Jul
17 Fri
13:00
20:00
12:33 - 19:48
16:33
Family Cruise/Sailing
13:00
Jul
18 Sat
13:00
20:00
13:11 - 20:26
17:10
Sat Series 11-12 JPR4
14:30 14:00
Jul
19 Sun
14:00
21:00
13:47 - 21:03
17:44
Crawford Cup
15:00
Jul
21 Tue
15:00
21:00
14:57 - 22:27
18:54
Jul
22 Wed
16:00
21:00
15:31 - 23:14
19:32
Evening Points Late 3/7
19:00
Jul
23 Thu
09:00 - 11:30
07:39
16:00
21:00
16:09 - 00:00
20:15
Evening Points Late 4/7
19:00
9:00
12:00
09:00 - 12:28
08:26
17:00
21:00
16:53 - 00:00
21:08
9.00
13:00
09:00 - 13:35
09:24
Ladies Race
10:00
18:00
21:00
17:46 - 00:00
22:10
Pennel Trophy
14:00
Jul
24 Fri
Jul
25 Sat
Jul
26 Sun
9.00
14:30
09:00 - 14:43
10:33
Jul
28 Tue
12:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:36
12:53
Jul
29 Wed
12:00
17:00
09:42 - 17:20
13:52
Jul
30 Thu
12:00
18:00
10:40 - 18:02
14:46
Jul
31 Fri
12:00
18:00
11:33 - 18:43
15:37
Aug 1 Sat
13:00
19:00
12:22 - 19:25
16:25
Aug 2 Sun
13:00
20:00
13:09 - 20:08
17:11
Aug 4 Tue
15:00
21:00
14:39 - 21:43
18:38
Aug 5 Wed
15:30
21:00
15:26 - 22:40
19:24
09:00 - 11:06
07:39
16:13 - 23:41
20:13
09:00 - 12:13
08:32
Aug 6 Thu 16:00
21:00
Aug 7 Fri Aug 8 Sat
19:00
Evening Points Late 2/7
19:00
19:00
RFYC Festival Series
RFYC Festival Series
19:00
RFYC Festival Series
19:00
RFYC Festival Series
19:00
RFYC Festival Series
19:00
RFYC Festival Series
RFYC Festival Series
09:37
JPR5 (West Cup)
22:18 10:53
Aug 11 Tue
12:00
17:00
09:01 - 16:59
13:16
Aug 12 Wed
12:00
17:00
10:02 - 17:43
14:10
Aug 13 Thu
12:00
18:00
10:52 - 18:19
14:55
Start - West Highland Yachting Week (West Coast)
RFYC Festival Series
21:11
09:00 - 14:54
18:30
19:00
09:00 - 13:31 18:02 - 00:00
BSC Mazzoni (FIG Div1) & (Costello FIG Div2) Trophies
RFYC Festival Series
17:05 - 00:00
15:00
by FCYC
BSC Regatta
13:00 21:00
18:30
Training on Water
21:00
9.00
tba
Training on Water
9.00 18:00
34
Evening Points Late 1/7
17:00
Aug 9 Sun
Start
Training on Water
17:00
OPEN EVENTS
10:30
Training on Shore (tbc)
19:00
BOATMAN HEADING DATE
HW
YACHT & KEELBOAT EVENTS
DINGHY EVENTS
OPEN EVENTS
Start
End
Aug 14 Fri
13:00
19:00
11:34 - 18:54
15:35
Aug 15 Sat
13:00
19:00
12:12 - 19:26
16:11
Aug 16 Sun
13:00
20:00
12:46 - 19:58
16:45
Cadet Trophy
Aug 18 Tue
14:00
21:00
13:51 - 21:05
17:48
Training on Water
Aug 19 Wed
15:00
21:00
14:22 - 21:43
18:19
Aug 20 Thu
15:00
21:00
14:52 - 22:25
18:52
Aug 21 Fri
16:00
21:00
15:24 - 23:13
19:28
Aug 22 Sat
9.00
11:00
09:00 - 11:39
07:43
FYCA East Coast Sailing Week - Port Edgar Marina
16:00
21:00
16:01 - 00:00
20:14
FYCA East Coast Sailing Week - Port Edgar Marina
9.00
13:00
09:00 - 12:48
08:37
FYCA East Coast Sailing Week - Port Edgar Marina
17:00
21:00
16:48 - 00:00
21:15
Aug 25 Tue
11:00
15:00
09:00 - 15:21
11:13
Aug 26 Wed
11:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:16
12:28
Aug 27 Thu
11:00
17:00
09:22 - 17:01
13:32
Aug 28 Fri
11:00
17:00
10:24 - 17:42
14:29
Aug 29 Sat
12:00
18:00
11:16 - 18:22
15:20
Aug 30 Sun
12:00
19:00
12:04 - 19:03
16:08
Sep 1 Tue
14:00
20:00
13:32 - 20:30
17:36
Sep 2 Wed
15:00
20:30
14:15 - 21:18
18:17
Evening Points Late 5/7
19:00
Sep 3 Thu
15:00
20:30
14:58 - 22:11
18:58
Evening Points Late 6/7
19:00
Sep 4 Fri
16:00
20:30
15:41 - 23:12
19:43
Evening Points Late 7/7
19:00
Sep 5 Sat
9.00
12:00
09:00 - 11:51
08:07
16:30
20:00
16:26 - 00:00
20:37
9.00
13:00
09:00 - 13:18
09:12
>2:5m tide
Aug 23 Sun
Sep 6 Sun
note: JPR - Joint Passage Race
Start
Royal Eastern Regatta/ SatSeries 13-15
14:00
ECSW Feeder Race
17:00
CiC 4/5 ECSW Feeder Stern Chase
17:00
FYCA East Coast Sailing Week - Port Edgar Marina
Coronation Cup
CBC Dinghy Regatta
DBSC Dinghy Regatta / PEYC Queen Margaret Trophy FIG Div 1&2
17:22 - 00:00
21:49
09:00 - 16:06
11:56
Sep 9 Wed
11:00
17:00
09:00 - 16:55
13:02
Sep 10 Thu
11:00
17:00
09:44 - 17:33
13:54
Sep 11 Fri
11:00
17:30
10:31 - 18:03
14:36
Sep 12 Sat
11:30
18:00
11:11 - 18:32
15:12
Crombie Cup
12:30
Sep 13 Sun
12:00
18:30
11:46 - 19:01
15:46
Cruise in Company 5/5
12:30
Sep 15 Tue
13:00
20:00
12:49 - 20:01
16:49
Sep 16 Wed
14:00
20:00
13:20 - 20:33
17:19
Sep 17 Thu
14:00
19:30
13:47 - 21:06
17:46
Sep 18 Fri
15:00
19:30
14:16 - 21:44
18:17
Sep 19 Sat
15:00
19:30
14:46 - 22:30
18:52
Sep 20 Sun
9.00
11:00
09:00 - 11:02
07:12
15:30
19:30
15:20 - 23:26
19:34
10:00
13:00
09:00 - 13:38
09:17
17:05 - 00:00
21:49 10:45
Sep 24 Thu
10:00
16:00
09:00 - 15:56
12:06
Sep 25 Fri
10:00
16:30
09:04 - 16:41
13:12
18:30
DBSC Dinghy Regatta
16:00
09:00 - 14:58
CBC Dinghy Regatta Training on Water
20:00
15:00
18:30
13:00
11:00
10:00
tba
FYCA East Coast Sailing Week - Port Edgar Marina
Training on Water
17:30
Sep 23 Wed
ABC Regatta
FYCA East Coast Sailing Week - Port Edgar Marina
Sep 8 Tue
Sep 22 Tue
Start
35
DATE
BOATMAN
HW
YACHT & KEELBOAT EVENTS
DINGHY EVENTS
OPEN EVENTS
Start
End
note: JPR - Joint Passage Race
Start
Sep 26 Sat
10:00
17:00
10:05 - 17:21
14:10
RFYC One design weekend
11:00
RFYC One Design weekend / FCYC Bass Rock Race FIG Div 1&2
Sep 27 Sun
11:00
18:00
10:56 - 18:01
15:01
RFYC One design weekend
12:00
RFYC One Design weekend
Sep 29 Tue
12:30
19:00
12:26 - 19:23
16:32
Sep 30 Wed
13:00
19:00
13:08 - 20:07
17:13
Oct 1 Thu
14:00
19:00
13:50 - 20:55
17:53
Oct 2 Fri
15:00
19:00
14:30 - 21:47
18:32
Oct 3 Sat
15:00
18:30
15:09 - 22:45
19:14
Oct 4 Sun
9.00
11:30
09:00 - 11:30
07:44
16:00
18:30
15:49 - 23:57
20:05
Oct 6 Tue
10:00
14:00
09:00 - 14:43
10:07
Oct 7 Wed
11:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:00
11:32
Oct 8 Thu
11:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:43
12:38
Oct 9 Fri
11:00
17:00
09:16 - 17:13
13:27
Oct 10 Sat
10:00
17:30
10:02 - 17:41
14:08
Oct 11 Sun
11:00
18:00
10:42 - 18:08
14:45
Oct 13 Tue
12:00
18:00
11:48 - 19:02
15:50
Oct 14 Wed
12:30
18:00
12:19 - 19:32
16:20
Oct 15 Thu
13:00
18:00
12:49 - 20:04
16:51
Oct 16 Fri
14:00
18:00
13:19 - 20:38
17:21
Oct 17 Sat
14:00
18:00
13:48 - 21:16
17:52
Oct 18 Sun
14:30
18:00
14:18 - 22:00
18:26
>2:5m tide
Oct 20 Tue
9.00
12:00
09:00 - 11:44
07:45
16:00
18:00
15:35 - 00:00
20:05
Oct 21 Wed
10:00
13:00
09:00 - 13:11
08:58
Oct 22 Thu
10:00
14:00
09:00 - 14:31
10:22
Oct 23 Fri
10:00
15:00
09:00 - 15:32
11:42
Oct 24 Sat
10:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:19
12:49
Oct 25 Sun
10:00
16:00
09:00 - 16:00
12:46
Oct 27 Tue
10:20 - 17:22
14:26
Oct 28 Wed
11:02 - 18:03
15:09
Oct 29 Thu
11:43 - 18:47
15:50
Oct 30 Fri
12:23 - 19:34
16:29
13:02 - 20:24
17:08
Oct 31 Sat
36
13:00
16:30
Start
Start - PEYC Autumn-Winter Series
Autumn Series 1
11:00
LIFT OUT
Autumn Series 2
15:00
Autumn Series 3
11:00
Autumn Series 4
14:00
YACHT, KEELBOAT & MOTOR BOAT LIST Boat Name
Type
1st Edition Amber
Owner(s)
Boat Name
Type
Sail No
Owner(s)
RIB
Alasdair Lessels
Gonzo
Freedom 32
124
David Penny
Newbridge Pioneer Pilot
Neil Walker
Grateful
Day Boat
Mark Primrose
Apache
Rustler 33
Fiona Brown George Brown
Hanna
H Boat
Arctic Gold
Fisher 37
Graham Kerr
Artic Curlew
Skylso
Sandra Dunn
Andrew Bruce Ian Lindsay Fraser MacNair Charles Morton
Atlantia
Formosa 51
Will Rudd
Hiltgund
50 Square Metre Windfall
V85
Christopher Perring
Aziana
Seamaster 925
Brian Robertson
Hizz Ya Wizz
H-boat
GBR 39
Fearghas McKay
Barley
Bluenose 24
Graeme Lee
Hoodlum
Oyster 26
1975C
Kenneth MacKenzie Robert MacKenzie
Bella
Ketch
John Sadler
Hopscotch
H Boat
GBR 40
Robin Brownlie
Blue llex
Frances 26
Graham Mitchell
Humdinger
H-Boat
DEN 518
Anthony Tait
Blue Moon
Contessa 32
Irene Paterson
Inkwazi
Trimaran
Bodkin
Drascombe Coaster
Rodney Reeves
Jetstream
Hunter 707
7102
Dermot Gorman
Boomerang
Flying Fifteen
Robert Weir
Joule
Hunter Medina
69
Angus Buchanan
Border Maid
Folkboat
FB 539
Patrick Angier
Kata Noi
Jaguar 27
Cacciatore
Hunter 707
GBR 7115N
John Robertson Stewart Robertson
Keshti
Halmatic 30
K55337
Jonathan Gotelee
Kismet
Dragon
GBR 509
Joe O’Leary Catherine Sedgeworth
Thomas Howie
K-Mar
Seamaster 23
Paul Lundberg
Holway Cruft Julian Cruft
Lady Caroline
Sports Cruiser
Graham Campbell
Geoffrey Bowler
Little Mouse
Drascombe Lugger
Ben Schiller
Lone Star
Hurley 22
Roy Davy
Lucky Girl
Maxi 120
Charles Pank
Lucky You
Orkney Pilot
Meteor
Dragon
Mhor Mischief
Cenit 35
Leeona Dorrian
Minnie
Beneteau Oceanis Clipper 331
Euan Stirling
Mor March
Westerly Centaur
CR47
Daphne Meade
Orithya
Westerly Centaur
CR 445
Alison Cunningham John Cunningham
Partial Pressure
Hunter 707
GBR 2576L
David Simpson Gavin Simpson
James Clydesdale
Peak Flow
Contessa 32
923
John Spencely
David Boyd Sarah Boyd
Pemva
Westerly Corsair
C49
Kenneth Dougall
Alastair Wight
Pip
2.4
26
Terence O’Brien
Rawannah
Ketch
R’N’R
Heavenly Twins Cat.
Rush Hour
H Boat
Saltrina
Vivacity 650
Saluki
Hunter Pilot 27
53
David Gillon
Samba
Seamaster 925
1357C
Lorne Byatt
Sarah Jane
Prelude
246
David Kidston
Saremja
Westerly Renown
Alexander Bell
Sashi
Smith Bros. Open Launch
Hugh McCaig
Cherubino
Sail No
Half Tonner
Yves Letertre
Cheverton (Leith Sea Cadets) Chione
Westerly Fulmar
FR 452
Comma
Westerly Centaur
CR2108
Contessa lll
Moody 38
Crafty Lady
Seawolf 30
SW56
John Lomas
Curlew
Corribee
520
Phil Turner Todd Zonderman
Brian Smellie
Dash
Freedom 25
David Penny
Dernier Sou
Gibsea 282
Alex Tulloch Liz Tulloch
Echo Echo
Nimbus Motorboat
Hugh McCaig
Eider
Contessa 32
Andrew Fulton
Ellipsis
Hanse 415
Duncan Hall
Embleton
Cornish Crabber 24
Enigma
Delphia 29
Eriskay
Westerly Fulmar
56 FR 383 183C
Adrian Shield
Errant
Bermuden Sloop
Evita
Memory 19
Fei-Lin’s Flirtation
Dragon
Fija
Vivacity 24
Free Spirit
MG 33.5
Freelady
Nauticat 42
James Elder
Funtastic
Jeanneau Fun
Blair Forbes Gordon Morrison
Stuart Smith GBR 633
Ron James Brian Ferrier
GBR 3350T
Jeanette Hardy
Geronimo
Princess 27
Stuart Crombie
Gigha of Gare
Galion 28
Donald Cameron
James Thomson
Campbell McCausland
Andrew Young GBR 402
Peter Cooke
William Newman Alastair Sutherland GBR 5 Gordon MacRae
37
YACHT, KEELBOAT & MOTOR BOAT LIST Boat Name
Type
Searider
RIB
Seren
O’Day 22
Serenity
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey
Shalimar
Cutlass 27
Shamal Sheaval Shoddycloth
Sail No
Owner(s)
Boat Name
Type
Chris Howden
Tabula Rasa
WoodsJavelin Cat
Crawford Ferguson
Tallulah
Hunter 707
Peter Black
Tamara
Invader 22
Gordon Robb
25
William Thompson
Tara
Drascombe Lugger
Iona Molleson
Beneteau First 24
8283
Chris Binnie
Tarka Minor
Rustler 31
Ronald Masson
Mirage 28
726C
Andrew Milne George Milne
Teal
Hurley 20
Neil Ballantyne Steven McClay
Tequila
Parker
8
Bob Maisey
The Springer
Jaguar 22
7097
Tim Simpson
Elizabethan 30
2855
Peter Hartley
2320
Seawolf 30
Sail No
Owner(s) Douglas Maccoll
GBR 7023N
Simon Peakman
Stephen Pavis
Shuvler
Dufour 31
David Scott
Timania
Sieglinde
Dragon
GBR 316
Henry Boyd Helen Horsfall
Two-Six-O
Westerly Griffon
260
David Robertson
Varrich
H Boat
GBR 27
Silkie
Medina 20
M 12
Simon Harris
Simandy
Sole Bay 40
James Noble
Rob Cowie Peter Hall John McLaren
Skimmer
Dufour Sylphe
Richard Maspero
Villamoura
Regal 2465
Smithereen
Seamaster 925
1195C
Tom Wilson
Wee Dragon
Contessa 26
Solan
Dragon
K65
Guy Carswell
Wee Dragon
Contessa 26
Solveig
Seamaster 925
Whizz Too
Dragon
Somerled
Tanzer 7.5
150
Mary Nicoll
Willow
Ribcraft 585
Sonsie
Leisure 23
414
Alastair Black
Willow The Wisp
Seamaster 925
Star Tern
Sadler 29
Alan Turner
Willpower
VX One
Starlight
Etap 22i
Alan Watson
Wilma
Motor Fisher
Kenneth Colquhoun
Starspinner
Trapper 501
GBR 6658T
Graham Prince
Zodiac One
Zodiac 5m pro
Kenneth Dougall
Storm Cloud
Shark Cruiser Racer
1
Colin Cairns
ZZZIP
Classic Motor Boat
Robin Brownlie
Summer Thyme
Sadler 32
Stuart Fowler Neil Moffat
Euan Stirling 265
Henry Abraham Ian Trail
GBR 343
Helen Horsfall Henry Boyd Duncan Hall Alon Palmer
GBR 173
Will Davies
Leslie Butler
DINGHY LIST 2015 Class
Sail No
Barrow Boat Fairy Duckling
Name
Class
Miya Rose
John Spencely
RS 400
Sail No
Name Stewart Robertson
Finn Fair
Finn Thomson
Solo
Coast to Coast Rigging Ltd
Kevan Gibb
420
48768
Tournepige
James Walker
Topper
43230
Taz
James Walker
420
50191
Lenam
Emma Palmer
Topper
45969
Tipper
Robyn Dougall
420
53839
Nautivela
Emma Palmer
Topper
40607
Laser
195779
Jamie Calder
Twinkle Twelve
Laser
200023
Emma Palmer
Wanderer
Stewart Robertson Murray Thomson
Laser Mirror RS 200 38
Murraymint
Sarah Robertson
Emma Palmer Twinkle
Lorne Byatt
331
Vanilla Slice
Alastair Kinroy
Wayfarer
9755
Wishful Thinking
Charles Morton
Weta
25
Fearghas McKay
TIDE TABLES Leith - April 2015 GMT (+1:00)
01 01:44 07:35
4.7m 1.8m Wed 13:52 4.8m 19:55 1.3m
07 05:08 10:54 Tue
5.4m 1.0m 17:21 5.5m 23:12 0.9m
13 03:29 09:55
02 02:23 08:12
03 03:00 08:46
04 03:33 09:19
05 04:07 09:51
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
4.9m 1.5m 14:32 5.1m 20:31 1.1m
08
05:38 11:28 Wed 17:55 23:47
14 04:54 11:18
2.0m 4.6m Mon 16:18 1.6m 22:57 4.5m
Tue
19 03:51 09:35
20 04:34 10:19
Sun
6.0m 0.5m 16:10 6.1m 22:00 0.3m
1.9m 4.7m 17:35 1.4m
6.0m 0.4m Mon 16:52 6.0m 22:41 0.4m
25 01:32 07:53
26 02:30 08:50
Sat
Sun
1.8m 4.6m 14:06 1.7m 20:36 4.4m
5.3m 1.0m 5.3m 1.1m
2.2m 4.4m 15:12 1.9m 21:46 4.2m
5.1m 1.3m 15:08 5.3m 21:04 0.9m
5.3m 1.1m 15:43 5.4m 21:38 0.8m
5.4m 1.0m 16:17 5.5m 22:09 0.8m
06 04:37 10:22
5.5m 0.9m Mon 16:49 5.5m 22:41 0.8m
09 06:12 12:05
10 00:26 06:49
11 01:11 07:35
12 02:12 08:37
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
5.2m 1.2m 18:33 5.1m
15 00:13 06:07
1.4m 5.0m 12:48 1.3m 19:17 4.9m
1.6m 4.8m 13:43 1.5m 20:15 4.6m
1.9m 4.6m 14:54 1.7m 21:30 4.5m
4.8m 1.7m Wed 12:31 5.0m 18:41 1.0m
16 01:18 07:08
17 02:15 08:02
18 03:04 08:49
Thu
Fri
Sat
21 05:13 10:59
22 05:49 11:40
Tue
5.8m 0.5m 17:32 5.8m 23:19 0.7m
27
03:43 10:02 Mon 16:27 23:04
2.3m 4.2m 2.0m 4.2m
5.2m 1.3m 13:36 5.4m 19:39 0.7m
5.6m 0.7m Wed 18:11 5.4m 23:59 1.1m
28 05:01 11:17 Tue
2.3m 4.3m 17:37 1.9m
5.5m 0.9m 14:32 5.8m 20:28 0.4m
5.8m 0.6m 15:22 6.0m 21:15 0.3m
23 06:25 12:22
24 00:42 07:05
Thu
Fri
5.3m 1.0m 18:52 5.1m
29
00:11 06:05 Wed 12:19 18:31
4.3m 2.2m 4.4m 1.7m
1.5m 5.0m 13:10 1.4m 19:39 4.7m
30 01:02 06:54 Thu
4.6m 1.9m 13:10 4.7m 19:16 1.4m
Leith - May 2015 GMT (+1:00)
01 01:46 07:36
02 02:24 08:14
03 03:01 08:49
Fri
Sat
Sun
4.8m 1.7m 13:54 4.9m 19:55 1.2m
5.0m 1.4m 14:35 5.2m 20:32 1.0m
5.2m 1.2m 15:13 5.3m 21:07 0.9m
04
03:36 09:24 Mon 15:49 21:41
07 05:19 11:13
08 05:56 11:54
09 00:11 06:37
10 01:01 07:26
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
5.4m 0.9m 17:42 5.3m 23:30 1.1m
13 04:29 10:53
1.9m 4.8m Wed 17:10 1.3m 23:48 4.8m
19 04:08 09:57 Tue
5.8m 0.6m 16:29 5.7m 22:17 0.7m
25 01:53 08:11
2.0m 4.5m Mon 14:30 1.7m 21:01 4.3m
5.3m 1.0m 18:23 5.1m
1.3m 5.2m 12:41 1.1m 19:12 4.9m
5.4m 1.0m 5.4m 0.9m
1.6m 5.0m 13:37 1.3m 20:10 4.7m
05 04:10 09:59 Tue
5.5m 0.9m 16:26 5.5m 22:15 0.9m
11
02:00 08:25 Mon 14:43 21:19
14 05:40 12:05
15 00:53 06:43
16 01:50 07:39
17 02:40 08:29
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1.7m 5.0m 18:16 1.1m
20
04:47 10:39 Wed 17:11 22:57
26 02:51 09:09 Tue
5.7m 0.6m 5.5m 0.9m
2.2m 4.4m 15:33 1.9m 22:07 4.2m
5.1m 1.4m 13:10 5.3m 19:14 0.8m
5.4m 1.1m 14:08 5.5m 20:05 0.7m
1.8m 4.8m 1.4m 4.6m
5.6m 0.8m 15:00 5.7m 20:52 0.6m
06
04:44 10:35 Wed 17:03 22:52
12 03:12 09:36 Tue
1.9m 4.8m 15:57 1.4m 22:36 4.6m
18 03:26 09:15
5.7m 0.6m Mon 15:46 5.8m 21:35 0.6m
21 05:25 11:21
22 06:03 12:03
23 00:18 06:40
24 01:01 07:22
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
5.5m 0.8m 17:51 5.3m 23:37 1.2m
27 04:00 10:17
2.3m 4.3m Wed 16:39 1.9m 23:14 4.3m
5.3m 1.0m 18:31 5.0m
1.5m 5.1m 12:46 1.3m 19:14 4.7m
1.8m 4.8m 13:35 1.5m 20:03 4.5m
28 05:07 11:22
29 00:11 06:04
30 01:00 06:53
Thu
Fri
Sat
2.2m 4.4m 17:38 1.8m
4.4m 2.1m 12:19 4.5m 18:30 1.6m
5.5m 0.9m 5.4m 1.0m
4.6m 1.8m 13:12 4.8m 19:16 1.4m
31 01:46 07:38 Sun
4.9m 1.5m 13:58 5.0m 19:57 1.2m Produced by: Tide Plotter, tide prediction software for Windows & Android devices. See www.chartsandtides.co.uk/TidePlotter
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TIDE TABLES Leith - June 2015 GMT (+1:00)
01
02:26 08:18 Mon 14:42 20:37
5.1m 1.3m 5.2m 1.1m
07 00:01 06:29
5.3m 1.1m 15:26 5.3m 21:17 1.0m
08 00:50 07:17
03
03:46 09:39 Wed 16:08 21:56
Tue
13 00:25 06:19
14 01:23 07:17
15 02:15 08:09
Sat
Sun
5.0m 1.5m 12:45 5.1m 18:49 1.1m
5.1m 1.3m 13:45 5.2m 19:43 1.0m
1.6m 5.1m 14:27 1.2m 21:02 4.8m
5.3m 1.0m Mon 14:38 5.4m 20:31 0.9m
19 05:04 11:02
20 05:40 11:41
21 06:17 12:22
Fri
Sat
Sun
5.5m 0.8m 17:31 5.2m 23:14 1.2m
5.4m 1.0m 18:09 5.1m 23:53 1.4m
5.4m 0.9m 5.4m 0.9m
09 01:46 08:13
1.4m 5.2m Mon 13:27 1.0m 20:00 4.9m
Sun
1.2m 5.4m 12:33 0.9m 19:06 5.1m
02 03:07 08:59 Tue
5.2m 1.1m 18:49 4.8m
04 04:25 10:20
05 05:05 11:02
06 11:46 18:17
Thu
Fri
Sat
5.5m 0.8m 16:50 5.4m 22:36 1.0m
10 02:50 09:17
1.7m 4.9m Wed 15:35 1.3m 22:12 4.7m
11 04:03 10:28
12 05:14 11:39
Thu
Fri
16 03:03 08:56
17 03:45 09:40
Tue
5.5m 0.9m 15:26 5.4m 21:15 0.9m
22
00:33 06:55 Mon 13:04 19:30
25 02:57 09:16
26 04:02 10:20
27 05:06 11:26
28 00:10 06:07
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
2.2m 4.4m 15:38 1.8m 22:09 4.3m
2.2m 4.4m 16:40 1.8m 23:11 4.3m
2.1m 4.4m 17:40 1.8m
5.6m 0.7m 17:33 5.4m 23:18 1.0m
1.6m 5.0m 1.3m 4.6m
4.5m 1.9m 12:27 4.6m 18:35 1.6m
1.8m 4.9m 16:44 1.3m 23:21 4.8m
5.5m 0.8m Wed 16:10 5.4m 21:57 1.0m
23 01:15 07:35 Tue
1.8m 4.8m 13:49 1.6m 20:16 4.4m
29 01:04 07:00
0.8m 5.3m
1.7m 4.9m 17:50 1.2m
18 04:26 10:22 Thu
5.5m 0.8m 16:52 5.4m 22:37 1.1m
24
02:03 08:22 Wed 14:40 21:08
2.0m 4.6m 1.7m 4.3m
30 01:52 07:49
4.7m 1.7m Mon 13:23 4.8m 19:24 1.4m
5.0m 1.4m 14:15 5.1m 20:11 1.2m
Tue
06 06:20 12:23
Leith - July 2015 GMT (+1:00)
01 02:40 08:36
5.3m 1.0m Wed 15:04 5.3m 20:54 1.0m
07 00:38 07:08 Tue
1.1m 5.5m 13:13 0.8m 19:46 5.1m
13
01:02 07:02 Mon 13:28 19:27
4.9m 1.5m 4.9m 1.4m
19 05:18 11:17 Sun
5.4m 0.9m 17:44 5.1m 23:26 1.3m
02 03:24 09:20
03 04:09 10:05
04 04:52 10:50
05 05:36 11:35
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
5.5m 0.8m 15:52 5.5m 21:38 0.9m
08
01:30 07:58 Wed 14:08 20:40
14 01:55 07:55 Tue
5.0m 1.3m 14:23 5.1m 20:16 1.3m
20 05:51 11:53
5.3m 1.0m Mon 18:19 5.0m
25 03:01 09:24
26 04:10 10:33
Sat
Sun
2.1m 4.4m 15:42 1.9m 22:10 4.2m
1.3m 5.3m 1.0m 4.9m
2.1m 4.4m 16:49 1.9m 23:17 4.3m
5.7m 0.6m 16:38 5.6m 22:21 0.9m
5.8m 0.5m 17:23 5.6m 23:05 0.9m
5.8m 0.5m 18:09 5.5m 23:50 1.0m
5.7m 0.6m Mon 18:56 5.3m
09 02:28 08:56
10 03:36 10:03
11 04:48 11:15
12 05:58 12:26
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1.5m 5.1m 15:09 1.3m 21:43 4.7m
15
02:44 08:43 Wed 15:11 21:00
5.2m 1.1m 5.2m 1.2m
21 00:02 06:25 Tue
27
1.4m 5.2m 12:29 1.2m 18:54 4.8m
05:20 2.0m 11:46 4.5m Mon 17:56 1.8m
1.7m 4.9m 16:18 1.4m 22:52 4.7m
1.7m 4.8m 17:26 1.5m 23:58 4.7m
16 03:27 09:25
17 04:06 10:04
18 04:43 10:42
Thu
Fri
Sat
5.4m 0.9m 15:53 5.3m 21:39 1.1m
22 00:38 07:00
1.6m 5.0m Wed 13:07 1.4m 19:32 4.6m
28 00:24 06:27 Tue
4.6m 1.7m 12:53 4.7m 18:55 1.6m
5.4m 0.8m 16:33 5.3m 22:17 1.1m
24 02:04 08:26
Thu
Fri
29
1.8m 4.8m 13:50 1.6m 20:15 4.4m
01:22 07:23 Wed 13:52 19:46
4.9m 1.4m 5.0m 1.3m
2.0m 4.6m 14:41 1.8m 21:08 4.3m
30 02:14 08:14 Thu
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5.5m 0.8m 17:10 5.2m 22:52 1.2m
23 01:17 07:39
31 03:05 09:03 Fri
1.7m 4.8m 18:31 1.5m
5.2m 1.0m 14:46 5.3m 20:35 1.0m
TIDE TABLES Leith - August 2015 GMT (+1:00)
01 03:54 09:50
02 04:40 10:36
Sat
Sun
5.9m 0.4m 16:25 5.8m 22:07 0.7m
6.0m 0.2m 17:11 5.8m 22:50 0.6m
03
05:24 11:21 Mon 17:55 23:35
07 02:02 08:32
08 03:08 09:37
09 04:22 10:53
Fri
Sat
Sun
1.4m 5.0m 14:41 1.4m 21:11 4.7m
1.7m 4.7m 15:48 1.7m 22:18 4.5m
6.1m 0.2m 5.7m 0.7m
1.9m 4.5m 17:05 1.8m 23:36 4.5m
04 06:08 12:06 Tue
6.0m 0.4m 18:38 5.6m
10 05:42 12:11
Tue
17 04:53 10:50
14 03:08 09:07
15 03:46 09:43
16 04:20 10:17
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19
5.3m 1.0m 15:35 5.2m 21:21 1.2m
5.4m 0.8m 16:11 5.3m 21:54 1.1m
5.5m 0.8m 16:45 5.3m 22:27 1.1m
4.6m 1.6m 13:16 4.7m 19:14 1.6m
5.5m 0.8m Mon 17:17 5.3m 22:59 1.1m
05:55 5.3m 11:55 1.0m Wed 18:19 5.0m
20 00:03 06:27
21 00:39 07:02
22 01:19 07:43
23 02:11 08:37
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
25 04:42 11:13
26 05:57 12:28
Tue
2.0m 4.4m 17:21 2.0m 23:47 4.5m
1.4m 5.1m 12:29 1.3m 18:52 4.8m
1.7m 4.6m Wed 18:28 1.7m
1.6m 4.9m 13:06 1.5m 19:28 4.6m
1.8m 4.7m 13:51 1.7m 20:14 4.4m
0.9m 5.7m 0.7m 5.3m
11 00:43 06:49
1.8m 4.6m Mon 18:16 1.8m
13 02:28 08:28
5.1m 1.2m 14:55 5.1m 20:43 1.3m
05
00:19 06:51 Wed 12:52 19:24
2.0m 4.5m 14:49 2.0m 21:15 4.3m
06 01:09 07:39 Thu
1.1m 5.4m 13:43 1.0m 20:13 5.0m
12 01:39 07:42
4.9m 1.4m Wed 14:10 4.9m 20:03 1.5m
18 05:24 11:22 Tue
5.5m 0.9m 17:48 5.2m 23:30 1.2m
24
03:20 09:50 Mon 16:03 22:31
27 00:53 07:00
28 01:52 07:54
29 02:46 08:44
30 03:36 09:32
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
4.8m 1.3m 13:32 5.0m 19:25 1.3m
5.3m 0.8m 14:29 5.4m 20:16 1.0m
5.7m 0.5m 15:20 5.7m 21:03 0.7m
2.1m 4.3m 2.1m 4.3m
6.0m 0.2m 16:08 5.9m 21:49 0.5m
31 04:23 10:17
6.2m 0.1m Mon 16:53 6.0m 22:33 0.4m
Leith - September 2015 GMT (+1:00)
01 05:08 11:01 Tue
6.3m 0.1m 17:36 5.9m 23:16 0.5m
07 04:01 10:34
1.9m 4.4m Mon 16:42 2.1m 23:09 4.4m
13 03:21 09:18 Sun
5.4m 0.9m 15:46 5.3m 21:30 1.1m
02 05:50 11:44
6.1m 0.3m Wed 18:17 5.7m 23:59 0.7m
03 06:32 12:28
04 00:45 07:16
05 01:37 08:07
06 02:41 09:12
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
08 05:23 11:56
09 00:22 06:32
Tue
1.9m 4.4m 17:59 2.0m
14
03:55 09:50 Mon 16:18 22:00
19 00:07 06:32
20 00:47 07:12
Sat
Sun
1.4m 5.0m 12:30 1.4m 18:52 4.8m
5.5m 0.8m 5.4m 1.0m
1.6m 4.8m 13:13 1.7m 19:34 4.6m
5.8m 0.7m 18:58 5.4m
4.5m 1.7m Wed 13:02 4.6m 18:59 1.8m
15 04:26 10:21 Tue
5.5m 0.8m 16:49 5.4m 22:32 1.0m
21 01:36 08:04
12 02:45 08:44
Thu
Fri
Sat
16
04:58 10:52 Wed 17:19 23:03
Fri
Sat
Sun
5.8m 0.4m 15:01 5.8m 20:44 0.6m
5.5m 0.8m 5.3m 1.1m
22 02:44 09:17 28 03:18 09:12
27 02:26 08:24
5.3m 0.8m 14:10 5.5m 19:56 1.0m
1.7m 4.6m 15:21 1.9m 21:49 4.4m
11 02:06 08:08
4.7m 1.5m 13:54 4.8m 19:45 1.6m
Tue
26 01:30 07:33
1.4m 5.0m 14:10 1.5m 20:37 4.7m
10 01:19 07:25
1.8m 4.5m Mon 14:08 2.0m 20:31 4.4m
25 00:27 06:37
4.9m 1.2m 13:12 5.1m 19:04 1.4m
1.0m 5.4m 13:15 1.1m 19:43 5.0m
1.9m 4.3m 15:23 2.1m 21:49 4.3m
6.1m 0.1m Mon 15:48 6.0m 21:30 0.4m
4.9m 1.2m 14:36 5.0m 20:23 1.4m
5.2m 1.0m 15:12 5.2m 20:58 1.2m
17 05:28 11:22
18 05:57 11:54
Thu
Fri
5.4m 1.0m 17:46 5.2m 23:32 1.2m
23 04:08 10:45
5.2m 1.2m 18:17 5.0m
24 05:30 12:06
1.9m 4.4m Wed 16:49 2.0m 23:14 4.5m
Thu
29 04:05 09:57
30 04:49 10:39
Tue
6.3m 0.0m 16:32 6.1m 22:14 0.3m
1.6m 4.7m 18:03 1.8m
6.3m 0.1m Wed 17:13 6.0m 22:56 0.4m
Produced by: Tide Plotter, tide prediction software for Windows & Android devices. See www.chartsandtides.co.uk/TidePlotter
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HEADING TIDE TABLES Leith - October 2015 GMT (+1:00)/GMT (+0:00)
01 05:31 11:21
02 06:13 12:03
03 00:24 06:55
04 01:13 07:44
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
6.1m 0.4m 17:53 5.8m 23:39 0.6m
07
04:56 11:32 Wed 17:33 23:51
2.0m 4.3m 2.2m 4.3m
13 03:27 09:21 Tue
5.4m 0.8m 15:50 5.4m 21:35 1.0m
19 00:25 06:52
1.4m 4.8m Mon 12:46 1.7m 19:08 4.7m
25 00:06 06:10 Sun
5.3m 0.8m 12:46 5.4m 18:33 1.0m
5.8m 0.8m 18:32 5.4m
0.9m 5.3m 12:48 1.2m 19:14 5.1m
1.3m 4.9m 13:41 1.7m 20:05 4.7m
05
02:15 08:46 Mon 14:47 21:10
08 06:06 12:38
09 00:50 06:58
10 01:36 07:39
11 02:17 08:16
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1.8m 4.5m 18:34 2.0m
14 04:00 09:52
4.6m 1.6m 13:27 4.7m 19:19 1.8m
4.8m 1.3m 14:08 4.9m 19:57 1.5m
1.7m 4.5m 2.1m 4.4m
5.1m 1.1m 14:45 5.2m 20:32 1.3m
06 03:30 10:07 Tue
1.9m 4.2m 16:11 2.3m 22:33 4.2m
12
02:54 08:49 Mon 15:18 21:04
5.5m 0.8m Wed 16:20 5.4m 22:06 1.0m
15 04:32 10:24
16 05:05 10:55
17 05:36 11:28
18 06:11 12:04
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
20 01:15 07:45
21 02:22 08:58
Tue
1.6m 4.6m 13:42 1.9m 20:05 4.6m
26
01:03 07:01 Mon 13:38 19:23
5.7m 0.5m 5.8m 0.7m
5.5m 0.9m 16:51 5.4m 22:38 1.0m
1.7m 4.4m Wed 14:56 2.1m 21:20 4.5m
27 01:56 07:49 Tue
6.0m 0.2m 14:26 6.0m 20:10 0.4m
5.4m 1.0m 17:21 5.3m 23:10 1.1m
5.2m 1.2m 17:52 5.1m 23:45 1.2m
5.0m 1.4m 18:26 4.9m
22 03:43 10:22
23 05:03 11:42
24 00:00 06:12
Thu
Fri
Sat
1.7m 4.4m 16:19 2.0m 22:42 4.6m
28
02:45 08:34 Wed 15:09 20:54
6.1m 0.2m 6.1m 0.3m
1.5m 4.7m 17:36 1.8m 23:59 4.9m
4.9m 1.1m 12:49 5.1m 18:40 1.4m
29 03:28 09:16
30 04:11 09:58
Thu
Fri
6.1m 0.3m 15:50 6.0m 21:37 0.4m
5.3m 0.9m 5.3m 1.1m
5.9m 0.6m 16:29 5.8m 22:19 0.6m
31 04:52 10:39 Sat
5.6m 0.9m 17:08 5.5m 23:04 0.9m
Leith - November 2015 GMT (+0:00)
01 05:35 11:23
5.2m 1.3m 17:47 5.1m 23:50 1.2m
02
03 00:46 07:17
06:20 4.8m 12:11 1.7m Mon 18:33 4.7m
Tue
07 05:18 11:50
08 06:04 12:33
09 00:41 06:42
Sat
Sun
Sun
1.7m 4.6m 17:43 1.9m 23:58 4.7m
1.4m 4.8m 18:24 1.7m
1.6m 4.5m 13:11 2.1m 19:32 4.4m
Tue
16 05:00 10:47
14 03:45 09:33
15 04:21 10:09
Fri
Sat
Sun
5.4m 1.0m 16:00 5.4m 21:54 0.9m
5.3m 1.1m 16:34 5.3m 22:32 1.0m
5.1m 1.1m 13:47 5.2m 19:36 1.2m
5.1m 1.3m Mon 17:12 5.2m 23:15 1.1m
19 01:05 07:40
20 02:19 08:57
21 03:33 10:12
22 04:44 11:22
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
25
1.4m 4.6m 13:32 1.9m 19:57 4.7m
01:34 07:27 Wed 14:02 19:51
5.7m 0.5m 5.8m 0.6m
1.5m 4.5m 14:49 2.0m 21:13 4.7m
1.4m 4.7m 16:06 1.8m 22:30 4.9m
1.8m 4.2m 2.3m 4.3m
10 01:21 07:18
4.9m 1.2m Mon 13:11 5.0m 19:01 1.4m
13 03:10 08:59
5.4m 0.9m 15:27 5.5m 21:18 0.9m
04
01:54 08:29 Wed 14:26 20:45
1.2m 5.0m 17:13 1.5m 23:40 5.2m
05 03:11 09:48
06 04:21 10:56
Thu
Fri
1.9m 4.2m 15:45 2.3m 22:00 4.3m
11 01:59 07:53
Thu
17 05:44 11:32
18 00:06 06:36
Tue
4.9m 1.6m 17:56 5.0m
23
05:45 0.9m 12:21 5.3m Mon 18:11 1.1m
26 02:24 08:13
27 03:11 08:57
28 03:53 09:38
29 04:35 10:19
Fri
Sat
Sun
5.8m 0.6m 15:29 5.8m 21:20 0.5m
5.7m 0.7m 16:08 5.7m 22:03 0.6m
12 02:35 08:26
5.3m 1.0m Wed 14:22 5.4m 20:10 1.0m
Thu
5.8m 0.5m 14:48 5.9m 20:37 0.5m
5.5m 1.0m 16:46 5.5m 22:45 0.8m
5.4m 0.9m 14:54 5.4m 20:43 0.9m
1.3m 4.7m Wed 12:25 1.8m 18:49 4.8m
24 00:40 06:39 Tue
30
5.5m 0.7m 13:14 5.6m 19:03 0.8m
05:15 11:00 Mon 17:24 23:29
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