On the Spot: Allan Smith
Allan Smith is one of CRSC’s younger members and a regular face at our meetings and excursions. The..
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Film Night was Fun
CRSC went to the movies on 10 October — and a capacity audience lapped up the footage of..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: October 2018
With Isle of Arran out of action, Hebridean Isles undertook this summer’s final Sunday afternoon excursion from Ardrossan to Campbeltown. The..
❯ Read More2019 Calendar, Photo Offer, DVDs
CRSC’s 2019 Calendar is now on sale. Secure your copy here while stocks last. Priced at £11 post-free (£12..
❯ Read MoreGet your Review 2015 here!
CRSC has published its latest year-by-year survey of shipping activity on the west of Scotland. Like its predecessors,..
❯ Read MoreJoin us for a 3-ferries excursion to Port Askaig and Colonsay!
CRSC has organised an attractive ‘coach and cruise’ trip to Islay and Colonsay for Saturday 27 October, and you..
❯ Read MoreA brand new ferry to pursue
Camera in hand, Lawrence Macduff has developed the knack of being in the right place at the right..
❯ Read MoreAll tickets please (8)
Eric Schofield’s series is inspired by tickets documenting the most memorable journeys he has made. The following account..
❯ Read MoreThe Marine Motorway from Mallaig to Oban via Skye and Uist
On 1 September David Robertson and Neil Guthrie set off on an epic 21-hour tour of the Hebrides…
❯ Read MoreElsie Hinshalwood, CRSC’s First Lady
The death of Elsie Hinshalwood has deprived the enthusiast community of one of its most devoted and well..
❯ Read MoreAn Orkney Diary
Renowned for his enthusiasm for the CalMac fleet, Mark Nicolson decided that, for his late summer holiday this..
❯ Read MoreWonderful winter line-up for CRSC
Stuart Garrett, Managing Director of Serco NorthLink Ferries, heads a stunning line-up of guest speakers for the 2018-19 series..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: September 2018
Ignored, or at best unloved, by many ship enthusiasts, the four workhorses of the Western Ferries fleet have..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: John Beveridge
As chairman of the Loch Lomond Steamship Company, John Beveridge has a busy schedule procuring the necessary funds..
❯ Read MoreTwo paddlers, two lakes, two dreamers
Graeme Hogg last week visited Interlaken to sample pleasure cruising on Lakes Thun and Brienz. Despite his allegiance..
❯ Read More‘Hielan’ Mary gets all the best steamer views!’
It is 40 years since Lawrence Macduff climbed Castle Hill at Dunoon to photograph Glen Sannox, Queen of..
❯ Read MorePride of the Fleet: PS Lady Clare
In the third of this occasional series, looking back on ships that lent their owners special distinction, Stuart..
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Just occasionally, odd little quirks can be found in ticket issues that add interest for the enquiring mind,..
❯ Read MoreGleanings from the ‘Highland News’
Leafing through old newspaper reports, Colin Tucker opens a window on a forgotten way of life in the..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: August 2018
John Newth takes us back to a scene that was part of everyday life on the Firth of..
❯ Read MoreOne Thousand and One Gems from the CRSC Archive: MV Glen Sannox
Since the start of the car ferry era on the west of Scotland in the mid 1950s, few..
❯ Read MoreWatch legendary steamers sail past on colour film!
The best loved steamers of the 1960s and 1970s are captured on film in CRSC’s exclusive new DVD..
❯ Read MoreBiking and boating to bag a photo
In his ‘madasafish’ days as a young enthusiast, Lawrence Macduff went to extremes to capture that elusive steamer..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: July 2018
Congratulations to Colin Mcnicol, skipper of CalMac ferry Isle of Cumbrae. When three ferries congregated at Tarbert, Loch..
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Eric Schofield’s life-long habit of saving tickets has given him not just a pile of memorabilia to sift..
❯ Read MoreMacBrayne lookalikes
Colin Tucker points out some curious similarities of design between old MacBrayne ships and others from different fleets..
❯ Read MoreExhibition: A History of Brodick Pier
Given the interest surrounding Brodick’s new ferry terminal, an exhibition devoted to the history of Brodick piers seems..
❯ Read MoreWaverley in the Hebrides: sun, sun, sun
By general consent the weather throughout Waverley’s 2018 visit to the Western Isles was the warmest and sunniest since she began..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: June 2018
On 16 May 2018 Hamish and Walter Bowie were driving through Gourock when the cruise ship Queen Victoria..
❯ Read MoreMark Nicolson’s Hebridean holiday diary
Unlike most ship enthusiasts, who travel north to the West Highlands before venturing from the mainland to the..
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