On the Spot: Rob Beale
Rob Beale is a skipper with Windermere Lake Cruises, commanding the main tourist vessels in summer and overseeing..
❯ Read MoreRob Beale is a skipper with Windermere Lake Cruises, commanding the main tourist vessels in summer and overseeing..
❯ Read MoreJohn Beveridge salutes the Erskine Bridge on its 50th anniversary and documents some of the steamers that have..
❯ Read MoreUsually to be found at the wheel of the CRSC website, writing, reviewing and editing delectable articles for everyone..
❯ Read MoreThis video of a Zoom presentation by Andrew Clark on 10 November 2021 is available exclusively to paid-up..
❯ Read MoreTo meet demands for transparency, CalMac publishes a barrage of statistics on its website. Some of these are revealing,..
❯ Read MoreThe discovery of two Waverley pennants in the basement of his home near Geneva has stirred Douglas Mowat’s memories..
❯ Read MoreCRSC has some outstanding gift ideas for ship enthusiasts at Christmas. Choose from our list and take the..
❯ Read MoreAlthough a relative newcomer to CRSC, Stuart McMahon has long been an enthusiastic observer of the Scottish ferry..
❯ Read MoreThis edition of Scottish Ferry News covers all known movements by members of the CalMac fleet between the..
❯ Read MoreThis video of a Zoom presentation given by Andy Anderson on 13 October 2021 is available exclusively to..
❯ Read MoreOn Wednesday 13 October Andy Anderson gave his presidential address, titled ‘An Appreciation of A Builder of Fine Ships’ and..
❯ Read MoreColin Tucker’s history of a family-run shipping company sheds light on part of the 20th century Hebridean scene..
❯ Read MoreCRSC has been gifted a large folder of 35mm colour slides, ranging from the mid 1950s to the..
❯ Read MoreTwo former CalMac captains, Linda Ward and Norman Martin, are the main attractions of CRSC’s programme for the..
❯ Read MoreCRSC has produced a glorious 2022 Calendar, plus a 12-pack of archive photos and a new DVD to keep you..
❯ Read MoreIn the latest instalment of his comparative study of the writings of Captain James Williamson (Clyde Passenger Steamers..
❯ Read MoreStornoway-based Mark Nicolson spends most of the year looking at the CalMac network from the opposite end of..
❯ Read MorePast President Roy Paterson delighted around 90 members and friends on Wednesday 8 September with his Zoom presentation..
❯ Read MoreRoy Paterson’s Zoom presentation on Wednesday 8 September was attended by 90 CRSC members and friends, including a..
❯ Read MoreEric Schofield ends his epic 26-part series with a memoir of his sailings out of Oban in the..
❯ Read MoreWith less than three weeks to go before Waverley returns to winter quarters, Andrew Clark asks whether this..
❯ Read MoreFraser MacHaffie is one of the undisputed ‘gods’ in the CRSC firmament. His renown is based principally on his..
❯ Read MoreThis is the latest in a series of posts designed to open up the riches of the CRSC..
❯ Read MoreSunday 8 August 2021 saw the first CRSC excursion since January 2020 — a circumnavigation of the island..
❯ Read MoreSince January 2018, CRSC veteran Eric Schofield has delighted readers of this website with recollections of the sailings..
❯ Read MoreCharles McCrossan grew up at Largs, went to sea as an engineer at the age of 19 and..
❯ Read MoreCRSC is exclusively offering large prints of Martyn Mackrill’s magnificent painting of King Edward, the world’s pioneering turbine passenger..
❯ Read MoreRemembering his summers as assistant purser on the Clyde steamers in the early 1970s, Graeme Hogg says that,..
❯ Read MoreIn a first for CRSC, a Members Night using Zoom was held in the middle of summer 2021,..
❯ Read MoreIain MacLeod welcomes Colin Tucker’s pioneering study of early 19th century travel to Stornoway, when voyages to the..
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