A Model Presentation
Museum curators don’t normally top the list of ‘must have’ guest speakers, but CRSC had received a tip-off..
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Photo of the month: November 2018
As a Post Office manager at Largs earlier in his career, Jim McMath would occasionally make the ferry..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: Walter Bowie
Walter is a well kent face within the steamer fraternity and far beyond. After his debut as Assistant Purser on..
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A simple paper ticket for an everyday journey can sometimes assume deeper significance when the story behind it..
❯ Read MoreHebridean Sun + CalMac Pride + Shared Interest = Happiness
CRSC’s excursion to Islay on 27 October 2018 was a succession of thrills — five ferries, glorious weather, spectacular..
❯ Read MoreWhat one does for the love of a steamer photo
In the latest chapter of his ‘Confessions of a cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff recalls the extremes to which he..
❯ Read MoreFab photo donations for benefit of CRSC members
Four remarkable collections of ship photographs have been donated to CRSC in recent weeks, covering scenes across the..
❯ Read MoreJapanese tip for CalMac: no lounge seats and ‘Do not take off clothes’
More accustomed to crossing the Minch on Hebrides and Loch Seaforth, Colin Tucker recently sampled some of the..
❯ Read More‘I was Fergie’s Mate on the ‘Hamilton’ ’
A Scot who emigrated to Canada in the mid 1960s, Andy Logan had a distinguished career on deep..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: Allan Smith
Allan Smith is one of CRSC’s younger members and a regular face at our meetings and excursions. The..
❯ Read MoreFilm 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..
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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..
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