Splashing Along

[Alcyone]

Shard wrote:
The Corran Narrows up ahead?

Indeed they are.....



Is mud the soft smelly substance found every now and then adhering to the anchor when raised?

ps
I noted Shard's very fetching stern light that came on by itself at dusk last night.

Yes, apart from the 'every now and then' bit.

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Where are we splashing here then?

[Ghillie]

southwards towards Gourock - Cloch Point?

[little boy blue]

towards irvine ?

[Telo]

Where are we splashing here then?

Haven't sailed there for a few years, but that big white building does look a bit like a block of flats at the north end of Largs, so, I'd say, it's looking south towards the channel between Largs and Cumbrae.

[DaveS]

The file is titled "To Fairlie" but I'm not familiar enough with the Clyde to know whether that's a useful hint or a red herring.

[little boy blue]

there are no herrings ( red or otherwise ) left in the clyde

[Booby Trapper]

The file is titled "To Fairlie" but I'm not familiar enough with the Clyde to know whether that's a useful hint or a red herring.

And I think the big sticky oot bit is The Ore terminal at hunterston.

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Ghillie, you werent too far out, we had not long passed Dunbarton rock and the ara in front was Greenock, as by the time we reached there, the sea was almost flat.
We were experiencing a wind over tide situation in this clip, and locals reckon that this part of the river is one of the worst places on the Clyde in a strong wind over tide situation.
Notice how dry the cockpit stayed, and the spray hood hadent been fitted at that point.

[aquaplane]

locals reckon that this part of the river is one of the worst places on the Clyde in a strong wind over tide situation.

I can second that, I left Dumbarton to go down river with the tide against the wind and had a very uncomfotable few minutes just as the channel swings towards the south side of the river. The waves knocked all my way off and started pushing me sideways. It didn't help that the outboard was lifting out of the water as the nose dropped into the troughs. It happened a few times before I got through the roughest bit.

I picked up a mooring when I got to Gourock so I could put the kettle on and get me breath back. Motoring across to Dunoon it was still windy but nothing like as rough.