scottishboating

  Above is a fantastic photograph of the fleet racing in the last major event before war put a stop to such things. When I was putting my bo...

Here in mid Argyll it's been a very mixed summer for sailing. We had a great spell of sunny weather in June, but with many days when the...

About ten years ago I was looking out of our house at Loch na Cille in mid Argyll and saw a fellow on the other side of the loch launching a...

MacAllisters yard in the 1970s was a cheerful place to spend winter weekends. It was run by two men, I think brothers-in-law, Mr Buck and Mr...

Today the weather is absolutely dire, low visibility, constant rain, strong wind. Although I’m glad the boat is ashore I’m rem...

Summer Cruise 1977 Note: Stroma is a twenty eight foot racing yacht built in 1929, number 4 of the first group of Islanders, designe...

As the MacCrimmons were to piping so the MacFadyens are to handling the wee ferries that keep the place running. Single tickets are...

I hadn't been in Sweden since 2005 and can't really explain why I left it so long, since it has to be my favourite country. Per...

Birthe Marie is a Danish fishing boat, built in the 1930s and rebuilt and refitted for charter work by Mark Jardine of Iona. Mark ...