Photo of the month: September 2018
Ignored, or at best unloved, by many ship enthusiasts, the four workhorses of the Western Ferries fleet have..
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On 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..
❯ Read MoreAll tickets please (7)
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..
❯ Read MoreAll tickets please (6)
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..
❯ Read MoreThe Busy Hub of Oban
It has been likened to Crewe interchange, Clapham Junction or Charing Cross Station — the watery hub that is..
❯ Read MoreGolden memories of the Inner Islands mail
Among Lawrence Macduff’s most treasured memories is his round trip on the 1955 Claymore from Oban to Tobermory, Coll,..
❯ Read MoreThe Final Piece of the 2017/18 Overhaul Schedule
MV Hebrides’ overhaul was delayed due to problems with her sister-ship Clansman. She finally made it to Garvel Dry..
❯ Read MoreSights and sensations of a memorable cruise
It is hard to know where to start. Sunshine — from start to finish. Ferries — as many..
❯ Read MoreAll tickets please (5)
Old ticket stubs can stir golden memories, as Eric Schofield makes clear in his account of a Sunday..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: David Scott
David Scott is the latest subject of our ‘On the Spot’ series. David was President of the Club during the 2001-02..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: May 2018
Ken Mills describes how the turbine Duchess of Montrose sparked his love of the Clyde steamers: ‘My horizons changed….’…
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