A fitting introduction to the kingdom of MacBrayne
Continuing his ‘Confessions of a Cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff invites us to join him on the scenic voyage from..
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AGM report April 2018
CRSC has a new President. At an upbeat Annual General Meeting on 18 April Roy Paterson was elected..
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The date was 26 September 1970 — a Saturday offering a paddle steamer charter to Ardrishaig and the..
❯ Read MoreFamily tradition and Aunt Lucy
Richard Coton coaxes his 95-year old father Stanley into reminiscing about the steamers of his youth. So often,..
❯ Read MoreCRSC’s 2018 magazine is here!
Your copy of the 2018 CRSC magazine will soon be dropping through your letterbox — if you are..
❯ Read MoreA Stern Lecture
Colin Tucker throws the spotlight on an under-appreciated aspect of ship photography. I thought I had finished with..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: April 2018
April is the month when Lake Windermere’s fleet of 16 pleasure craft returns to full force after the..
❯ Read MoreBrodick terminal open at last
After months of delay, Scotland’s newest ferry terminal is finally doing what it was meant to do —..
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CRSC Honorary Secretary Eric Schofield is well known for his ingenuity in devising itineraries and photographic angles that..
❯ Read More‘It really was a marvellous talk’
At CRSC’s March meeting the spotlight fell on two individuals — Paul Semple, National Chairman of the Paddle..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: March 2018
As an engineer on CalMac’s Sound of Barra service, John Macdougall spends much of his working day below..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: Paul Semple
Into the spotlight this time is CRSC member Paul Semple, who holds the posts of National Chairman and..
❯ Read MoreKerrera, bank keys and the ‘King George’
In the fourth instalment of his ‘Confessions of a Cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff has a joke at his own expense..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: Terry Sylvester
In the latest of our ‘On the Spot’ series, Terry Sylvester steps into the spotlight to answer our..
❯ Read MoreFarewell to the Island class
The departure from the CalMac fleet of the last two ‘Island’ class ferries, Raasay and Eigg, marks a..
❯ Read MoreA Day in Court
Iain MacLeod documents the extraordinary events that led to three steamer captains appearing before magistrates in Glasgow on..
❯ Read MoreThe future of the Outer Hebrides, 40 years ago
Following Transport Scotland’s recent decision to commission a consultants’ report into the future of Hebridean ferry services, Colin Tucker..
❯ Read MoreA View from the Bridge: Captain Lewis Mackenzie
On a chilly St Valentine’s night some 75 CRSC members and friends forsook their loved ones to come..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: February 2018
John Bannatyne, Gigha-based skipper of CalMac ferry Loch Ranza, recently posted a series of graphic photographs of Finlaggan..
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By pulling some old tickets out of his desk drawer and matching them to the photographs he took..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: Barbara Craig
For the latest in our ‘On the Spot’ feature, the gentlemen have had to step aside and let one of..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: January 2018
When a blanket of fog enveloped much of Britain’s west coast in early October 1908, shipping on the..
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Prompted by a collection of steamer tickets he has built up over the years, Eric Schofield begins a..
❯ Read MoreThree Lochs Tour — Loch Shiel, Loch Boisdale and Loch Snizort
In the third instalment of his ‘Confessions of a cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff freewheels over West Highland roads to..
❯ Read MorePride of the Fleet: PS Queen-Empress
In the second of our series looking back on ships that lent their owners special distinction, Iain MacLeod..
❯ Read More‘A bold and enterprising excursion’
On Saturday 13 January 2018 CRSC chartered MV Isle of Arran for a sail round the island after which..
❯ Read MoreMaid of the Loch OAP
The January gloom was lifted for 90 minutes at the first CRSC meeting of 2018. ‘PS Maid of..
❯ Read MoreReturn to Scalpay
Colin Tucker looks back on the history of ferry services to an island that was once the epitome..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: Andrew Anderson
Next in the glare of the spotlight in our popular ‘On the Spot’ series is Andrew Anderson. Andy..
❯ Read MoreHIGHLIGHTS OF 2017 captured by CRSC members
Like most ship enthusiasts, CRSC members took hundreds — in some cases thousands — of photographs during the..
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