Photo of the month: September 2018

Ignored, or at best unloved, by many ship enthusiasts, the four workhorses of the Western Ferries fleet have..
❯ Read MoreIgnored, or at best unloved, by many ship enthusiasts, the four workhorses of the Western Ferries fleet have..
❯ Read MoreAs chairman of the Loch Lomond Steamship Company, John Beveridge has a busy schedule procuring the necessary funds..
❯ Read MoreGraeme Hogg last week visited Interlaken to sample pleasure cruising on Lakes Thun and Brienz. Despite his allegiance..
❯ Read MoreIt is 40 years since Lawrence Macduff climbed Castle Hill at Dunoon to photograph Glen Sannox, Queen of..
❯ Read MoreIn the third of this occasional series, looking back on ships that lent their owners special distinction, Stuart..
❯ Read MoreJust occasionally, odd little quirks can be found in ticket issues that add interest for the enquiring mind,..
❯ Read MoreLeafing through old newspaper reports, Colin Tucker opens a window on a forgotten way of life in the..
❯ Read MoreJohn Newth takes us back to a scene that was part of everyday life on the Firth of..
❯ Read MoreSince the start of the car ferry era on the west of Scotland in the mid 1950s, few..
❯ Read MoreThe best loved steamers of the 1960s and 1970s are captured on film in CRSC’s exclusive new DVD..
❯ Read MoreIn his ‘madasafish’ days as a young enthusiast, Lawrence Macduff went to extremes to capture that elusive steamer..
❯ Read MoreCongratulations to Colin Mcnicol, skipper of CalMac ferry Isle of Cumbrae. When three ferries congregated at Tarbert, Loch..
❯ Read MoreEric Schofield’s life-long habit of saving tickets has given him not just a pile of memorabilia to sift..
❯ Read MoreColin Tucker points out some curious similarities of design between old MacBrayne ships and others from different fleets..
❯ Read MoreGiven the interest surrounding Brodick’s new ferry terminal, an exhibition devoted to the history of Brodick piers seems..
❯ Read MoreBy general consent the weather throughout Waverley’s 2018 visit to the Western Isles was the warmest and sunniest since she began..
❯ Read MoreOn 16 May 2018 Hamish and Walter Bowie were driving through Gourock when the cruise ship Queen Victoria..
❯ Read MoreUnlike most ship enthusiasts, who travel north to the West Highlands before venturing from the mainland to the..
❯ Read MoreIt has been likened to Crewe interchange, Clapham Junction or Charing Cross Station — the watery hub that is..
❯ Read MoreAmong Lawrence Macduff’s most treasured memories is his round trip on the 1955 Claymore from Oban to Tobermory, Coll,..
❯ Read MoreMV Hebrides’ overhaul was delayed due to problems with her sister-ship Clansman. She finally made it to Garvel Dry..
❯ Read MoreIt is hard to know where to start. Sunshine — from start to finish. Ferries — as many..
❯ Read MoreOld ticket stubs can stir golden memories, as Eric Schofield makes clear in his account of a Sunday..
❯ Read MoreDavid Scott is the latest subject of our ‘On the Spot’ series. David was President of the Club during the 2001-02..
❯ Read MoreKen Mills describes how the turbine Duchess of Montrose sparked his love of the Clyde steamers: ‘My horizons changed….’…
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