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Does anyone have any info / experience on Boddam harbour (by Peterhead)? Drying heights etc?
I am in Oz at the moment (so no access to Almanac) but Miss Puddock has booked 5 days here http://www.buchannesslighthouseholidays.co.uk/ , so thought about taking the boat across the bay .......

Last time I was there was during my summer holidays when we used to go to Collieston. Went to Boddan and bought a couple of partons and did some fishing from the pier.
Quite shallow and even when the herrings boats worked that coast, they were all hauled up well beyond the high water mark as, you will know, it can get very rough very quickly. Maybe on a calm summer afternoon at the top of a Spring Tide.
Before you do it, I'd suggest driving there with the dinghy and a lead line and pottering around for the afternoon checking the depths.

I've always wanted to bring a yacht alongside the Collieston Pier.....

Summer holidays in Collieston? You're not Lawrence of Arabia are you?

No but I know which house he stayed in.

Great memories of laying creels in the rocks up and down the coast using 12' clinker built skiffs with seagull outboards, going out to passing fishing boats for a "fry" (fish box with a few varieties of fish in it), swimming and a bonfire down at Hackley bay and exploring the remains of Dracula's castle (Slains Castle that Inspired Brams Stoker) ... and the Haar coming in and the very very cold sea and the occasional summer gale almost washing you off the end of the pier

Now, THAT sounds like a holiday !

I was sent this link today and thought you'd appreciate it

http://player.stv.tv/programmes/weirs-w ... 1-03-1700/

If you aren't working on your boat or out sailing, the walk along the cliffs from Collieston down to the Forvie sands is really great.

Like Boddam, some exploration with your dinghy at high tide might reveal whether or not you can take your boat in for a few hours at the top of the tide. The rocks at the end of the pier continue for about a 100yds from what you see at low tide so don't cut the corner. The original pier used to extend out over the rocks and apparently there was a landing area on the other side.

enjoy