Photo of the month: June 2018
On 16 May 2018 Hamish and Walter Bowie were driving through Gourock when the cruise ship Queen Victoria..
❯ Read MoreOn 16 May 2018 Hamish and Walter Bowie were driving through Gourock when the cruise ship Queen Victoria..
❯ Read MoreUnlike most ship enthusiasts, who travel north to the West Highlands before venturing from the mainland to the..
❯ Read MoreIt has been likened to Crewe interchange, Clapham Junction or Charing Cross Station — the watery hub that is..
❯ Read MoreAmong Lawrence Macduff’s most treasured memories is his round trip on the 1955 Claymore from Oban to Tobermory, Coll,..
❯ Read MoreMV Hebrides’ overhaul was delayed due to problems with her sister-ship Clansman. She finally made it to Garvel Dry..
❯ Read MoreIt is hard to know where to start. Sunshine — from start to finish. Ferries — as many..
❯ Read MoreOld ticket stubs can stir golden memories, as Eric Schofield makes clear in his account of a Sunday..
❯ Read MoreDavid Scott is the latest subject of our ‘On the Spot’ series. David was President of the Club during the 2001-02..
❯ Read MoreKen Mills describes how the turbine Duchess of Montrose sparked his love of the Clyde steamers: ‘My horizons changed….’…
❯ Read MoreWe hope you will join us on a coach and cruise trip to Colonsay on 12 May, which..
❯ Read MoreContinuing his ‘Confessions of a Cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff invites us to join him on the scenic voyage from..
❯ Read MoreCRSC has a new President. At an upbeat Annual General Meeting on 18 April Roy Paterson was elected..
❯ Read MoreThe date was 26 September 1970 — a Saturday offering a paddle steamer charter to Ardrishaig and the..
❯ Read MoreRichard Coton coaxes his 95-year old father Stanley into reminiscing about the steamers of his youth. So often,..
❯ Read MoreYour copy of the 2018 CRSC magazine will soon be dropping through your letterbox — if you are..
❯ Read MoreColin Tucker throws the spotlight on an under-appreciated aspect of ship photography. I thought I had finished with..
❯ Read MoreApril is the month when Lake Windermere’s fleet of 16 pleasure craft returns to full force after the..
❯ Read MoreAfter months of delay, Scotland’s newest ferry terminal is finally doing what it was meant to do —..
❯ Read MoreCRSC Honorary Secretary Eric Schofield is well known for his ingenuity in devising itineraries and photographic angles that..
❯ Read MoreAt CRSC’s March meeting the spotlight fell on two individuals — Paul Semple, National Chairman of the Paddle..
❯ Read MoreAs an engineer on CalMac’s Sound of Barra service, John Macdougall spends much of his working day below..
❯ Read MoreInto the spotlight this time is CRSC member Paul Semple, who holds the posts of National Chairman and..
❯ Read MoreIn the fourth instalment of his ‘Confessions of a Cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff has a joke at his own expense..
❯ Read MoreIn the latest of our ‘On the Spot’ series, Terry Sylvester steps into the spotlight to answer our..
❯ Read MoreThe departure from the CalMac fleet of the last two ‘Island’ class ferries, Raasay and Eigg, marks a..
❯ Read MoreIain MacLeod documents the extraordinary events that led to three steamer captains appearing before magistrates in Glasgow on..
❯ Read MoreFollowing Transport Scotland’s recent decision to commission a consultants’ report into the future of Hebridean ferry services, Colin Tucker..
❯ Read MoreOn a chilly St Valentine’s night some 75 CRSC members and friends forsook their loved ones to come..
❯ Read MoreJohn Bannatyne, Gigha-based skipper of CalMac ferry Loch Ranza, recently posted a series of graphic photographs of Finlaggan..
❯ Read MoreBy pulling some old tickets out of his desk drawer and matching them to the photographs he took..
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