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| Sat 28 Aug |
Holm West Kirk to Newark Slipway, Deerness |
6.4nm |
Ansgar Antje Cathy Dennis Jackie Johnny Malcolm |
About F4 North Westerly. Bright sunny day |
| Sun 22 Aug |
St Peter's church South Ronaldsay to Ham Geo and back |
9.3nm |
Ansgar Dennis Jackie Johnny Lesley Malcolm Nick Steve (Visitor) |
Sunny with F3/F4 Northerly but sheltered under cliffs |
| Tues 17 Aug |
Sands of Evie to Haafs Hellia |
3.5nm |
Dennies, Malcolm, Ansgar, Antje |
westerly wind and bump sea |
| Sun 15 Aug |
Sands of Evie to Brough of Birsay |
10.1nm |
Angus Ben Jackie Johnny |
Wind SSE about F1/F2. Cloudy but ending in sunshine |
| Tue 10 Aug |
Sandwick Bay in South Ronaldsay to Sands o' Wright |
3.8nm |
Ansgar Antje Anne Dennis Cathy Jackie Johnny Malcolm |
Nice clear evening with a gentle SE wind |
| Sun 8 Aug |
Houton to Lyness via Cava, Rysa Little. Tea and cake at cafe then back to Houton |
11.3nm |
Johnny Ansgar Malcolm Jackie Philip (visitor) Alison (visitor) |
Light southerly breeze rising slightly on return trip |
| Sun 3 Aug |
Inganess to Bay of Meil |
3.5nm |
Johnny Ansgar, Malcom, Antje and Aaron |
very calm, bit misty |
| Tue 27 Jul |
East Holm Kirk to Roseness and on to Newark slipway Deerness |
5.9nm |
Johnny Ansgar Antje Malcolm Lesley Jackie Steve (visitor) |
Nice sunny evening with a gentle southerly breeze |
| Sat 24 Jul |
Tingwall to Rousay via pier and north to Saviskaill. Overnight camp at Saviskaill and paddled northwards and then back to pier |
14nm |
Nick Antje Ansgar Dennis Jackie Cathy |
Suuny, light winds F2/F3 Westerly |
| Tue 20 Jul |
Sandside to Mullhead via Gloup |
2.6nm |
Johnny Cathy, Ansgar, Lesley, Nick, Antje and Steve |
calm with slight westerly wind |
| Sun 18 Jul |
Burray pier to third barrier via north side of Hunda |
5.5nm |
Johnny Jackie Dennis Ansgar Cathy |
Light winds until Cairn Head when wind rose sharply and big sea back to third barrier |
| Tue 13 Jul |
Skaill to Yesnaby and back |
6nm |
Jackie Cathy Ben Antje Ansgar |
SE with very small swell. Sunny intervals |
| Tue 29 Jun |
1st to 3rd Barrier down West side back East side |
5nm |
Malcolm, Ben |
Bit of chop on westside heading out, flat calm on east side return |
| Tue 15 Jun |
Gloup and Brough of Deerness from Sandside |
4nm |
Peter Malcolm |
Light southerly.
Reasonably calm although a few patches with a bit of chop |
| Sun 13 Jun |
Craigiefield to Balfour Village, Shapinsay and back |
6nm |
Dennis, Nick, Jackie |
Light North Easterly, cloudy |
| Sun 6 Jun |
Skaill to Stromness |
10nm |
Peter Jackie, Dave, Anje, Malcolm and Ben |
Gentle NE. Overcast
Sea state 3 (with swell stopping many of the caves) |
| Sat 5 Jun |
Houton to Ness Slip |
5.6nm |
Peter Antje, Ben, Cathy |
Sun and mist
W2-3 |
| Tue 1 Jun |
Roseness from Holm Cemetery. Back towards Graemeshall then rockhopping back to cemetery. |
4.3nm |
Peter Antje, Ben, Malc |
Windy earlier in day leaving a significant 3-4' SE swell at Roseness |
| Tue 25 May |
Scapa Pier to near Roo Point |
5nm |
Peter Antje, Malcolm, Anne, Cathy, David McLeod* |
NW 4-5 overcast
Sea state 1-2 |
| Tue 18 May |
Head of Holland from Inganess |
4nm |
Nick Malc,Ben,Cathy,Anne |
foggy |
| Sun 16 May |
Gloup from Halley |
8nm |
Mary Cathy Ben |
NW |
| Sat 15 May |
Taing of the Clett to Hall of Tankerness via Rerwick Head |
8nm |
Peter Malcolm, Ben |
SSW 5-6 Sunny |
| Tue 11 May |
Finstown figure of eight |
5nm |
Peter Jackie, Ansgar, Malcolm |
Sunny and calm (after heavy wintry showers earlier in day!) |
| Sun 9 May |
Sandside to Dingieshowe |
5.5nm |
Peter, Mary Ansgar, Antje, Malcolm, Ben |
NNW 6 gusting 7 (measured 26- 31kt)
Sunny
mostly protected but quite hard work coming in to Newark
Nice rock-hopping from Newark to Dingieshowe |
| Tue 4 May |
1st to 3rd barrier down west side back east side |
5nm |
Peter Ansgar, Malcolm, Ben, Annie, David MacLeod* |
Calm but a bit misty |
| Sun 2 May |
Dingieshowe to Holm Cemetery via Roseness and all the caves |
6nm |
Peter Angus, Ben |
Sunny NNE 3 |
| Sat 1 May |
Scapa to Houton |
9nm |
Nick Peter, Malc, Ben |
Overcast Northerly 15 -20 kts |
| Tue 27 April |
Shapinsay slip to Thieves'Holm taking a look at the Statsraad Lehmkuhl on route |
5nm |
Peter Lesley, Mary, Antje, Malcolm, Ben, Eileen, Jackie and Ansgar |
15-20mph SE overcast
Brisk (northerly) tidal stream in Thieves Holm sound |
| Sun 25 April |
Brig o' Waithe from Ness slip |
6.8nm |
Peter, Nick, Mary, Lesley, Ben, Ansgar and Jackie |
SE 4 cool and overcast |
| Fri 23 Apr |
Scapa Pier to Holm slipway (and back by bus) |
7nm |
Peter |
NE 2 sunny and calm |
| Sun 11 Apr |
Brough of Birsay to Bay of Skaill with stop at Marwick Bay |
6.2nm |
Johnny Jackie Ansgar Cathy |
F1 South Easterly. Good swell |
| Sun 4 Apr |
Houton to Scapa Pier with stop at Waulkmill |
8.1nm |
Johnny Jackie Ansgar Cathy |
F3 North Westerley |
| Sun 21 Mar |
Newark Slip to Halley |
8.4nm |
Peter, Johnny Mary, Ansgar, Cathy, Jackie |
Calm but a few interesting spots of swell by Brough of Deerness and Mull Head |
| Sun 7 Mar |
Inganess to Hall of Tankerness exploring the caves at Rerwick |
9nm |
Ansgar Jackie Mary Dennis Peter with KKC members
PeterW* Neil* and Kate* |
7deg C! little wind and just enough swell to add a touch of interest |
| Wed 3 Mar |
Finstown to Tingwall |
8nm |
Peter & Jackie |
bright cool with 10-15 NE |
| Sun 21 Feb |
Hoxa Head jetty to Sandwick |
4nm |
Johnny, Peter, Ansgar, Mary, Nick |
Sunny and flat calm |
| Sat 20 Feb |
Windwick from East Side S Ronaldsay |
6nm |
Johnny, Peter Ansgar, Jackie, Malcolm |
Sunny, little wind but 4 foot swell in parts |
| Sun 7th Feb |
St Mary's to Scapa Pier |
7nm |
Johnny Jackie Dennis Mary Malcolm and Peter W (KKC) |
F3 South Easterly falling to nothing on arrival at Scapa |
Tue 2 Feb |
Hemp Stack and waterfall from Scapa pier |
2.5nm |
Peter |
Calm on way out
Northerly wintry squall on way back |
| Sat 23 Jan |
past Covenanters Memorial from Halley with a play in the surf on return trip |
4.6nm |
Johnny Peter, Jackie, Lesley, Cathy, Antje + John & Neil (KKC) |
Overcast. Big SE swell from winds previous day |
| Sat 9 Jan |
Bu Sands from Italian Chapel |
6nm |
Johnny Mary, Peter, Ansgar, Cathy, PeterW* and Claire* (KKC) |
Overcast. SE 4 making bits of return trip quite lively |
| Sun 3 Jan |
Scapa Pier to Deepdale and back again |
5nm |
Jackie Lesley Mary |
Gentle F2/F3 Breeze |
| Sat 2 Jan |
Tingwall to Egilsay via Wyre
returning on the South side of Wyre |
12.2nm |
Ansgar Nick Mary Peter |
A bit of wind and a few waves initially but then settled to flat seas. Sun and a few snow showers |
