Clyde River Steamer Club

Unlike most ship enthusiasts, who travel north to the West Highlands before venturing from the mainland to the..

Among Lawrence Macduff’s most treasured memories is his round trip on the 1955 Claymore from Oban to Tobermory, Coll,..

Old ticket stubs can stir golden memories, as Eric Schofield makes clear in his account of a Sunday..

Continuing his ‘Confessions of a Cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff invites us to join him on the scenic voyage from..

CRSC has a new President. At an upbeat Annual General Meeting on 18 April Roy Paterson was elected..

Colin Tucker throws the spotlight on an under-appreciated aspect of ship photography. I thought I had finished with..

CRSC Honorary Secretary Eric Schofield is well known for his ingenuity in devising itineraries and photographic angles that..

At CRSC’s March meeting the spotlight fell on two individuals — Paul Semple, National Chairman of the Paddle..

In the fourth instalment of his ‘Confessions of a Cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff has a joke at his own expense..

John Bannatyne, Gigha-based skipper of CalMac ferry Loch Ranza, recently posted a series of graphic photographs of Finlaggan..

On Saturday 13 January 2018 CRSC chartered MV Isle of Arran for a sail round the island after which..

Robin Copland gives an ‘inside view’ of Members’ Night on 13 December 2017, when one fellow-participant recounted how he..

In the second instalment of his ‘Confessions of a cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff recalls his friendship with Jim Aikman Smith..

Eric Schofield recalls a winter when days were lit up by a fascinating array of unexpected excursion opportunities…

Stuart Craig took his reporter’s notebook along to Ferguson Marine for the launch of the new Arran ferry. Here..

Fraser MacHaffie remembers winter on the Clyde more than 50 years ago. Reading Gordon Law’s interesting accounts of..

Since the first Clyde steamer Comet appeared in 1812, numerous companies have run passenger services on the river;..

Allan Smith gives an upbeat assessment of Balmoral’s latest visit to the Clyde, during which her itinerary ranged..

In the latest of our series exploring non-CalMac/Waverley summer cruising options, Eric Schofield recalls a different type of Hebridean..

Eric Schofield finds himself in the right place at the right time to capture the magnificent arc left..

Continuing our series on summer cruise options outside the CalMac/Waverley sphere, John Newth explores the smaller islands to..

As Balmoral heads south after a week in the Western Isles, questions may be asked about whether she..

As MV Isle of Cumbrae notches up 40 years in service, Graeme Hogg sings the praises of ‘an..

In the first of a series previewing summer cruise options outside the CalMac/Waverley sphere, Rob Beale explores the..

We are nearing the climax of Stuart Craig’s epic countdown of 10 favourite sailings, but he is determined..

As part of Stuart Craig’s ‘Ten of the Best’ series on favourite sailings, CRSC invites you to send..

In the second instalment of his ‘Top Ten’ favourite sailings, Stuart Craig brings the countdown to numbers eight and..

Gordon Law savours the joys of the unexpected on an autumnal day out on the west of Scotland…