Orkney 09

[BruceB]

Some of the pics from our jaunt to Orkney, video to follow.
pic 1 Knotland Castle Westray
pic 2 Neolithic Tomb Papa Holm (off papa westray)
pic 3 Caves and fissures off Calf of Eday
pic 4 Midhowe Broch Rousay

[BruceB]

Pic 1 Cave off Rousay (and we managed to get the RIB right through as it was 11m deep!)
pic 2 An arch nearby which was not deep enough to get through.
pic 3 Eday
pic 4 Wreck bouy marking the Royal Oak

[tony t]

Originally Posted by BruceB

Pic 1 Cave off Rousay (and we managed to get the RIB right through as it was 11m deep!)
pic 2 An arch nearby which was not deep enough to get through.
pic 3 Eday
pic 4 Wreck bouy marking the Royal Oak

looks like you had great weather bruce how many miles did you do in total where did you stay i,m thinking of a trip to scotland next year people tell me oban is the place to go

tony

[BruceB]

The whole west coast is a Ribbers playground, depends what you are after?
I have no idea what mileage we did but it was around 50 miles round trip out to Papa Westray, around 60miles round to north Ronaldsay and back. Maybe another 30ish miles on the Rousay trip and maybe 20-30 miles in Scapa Flow making around 160-170miles in total?
The link for the first draft of the video is -

[jambo]

Bruce pics are great looks as if you had a great week and the weather looks ok too lucky you.
Billy

[BruceB]

The winds didn't drop below 5 much all week and at times were 7-8. The only good thing is that is was dry and bright just about the whole week and the islands layout allows sheltered runs just about anywhere, even out to North Ronaldsay. This meant we not only got everywhere we wanted dry but also without much bouncing about. The tides are something else and you can have the wave hopping if you want it even in calm weather but a bit of careful planning goes round it.
The only issues that you need to watch for are - inaccurate charting in certain areas (only close inshore and no real problem if you are aware of it and don't slavishly rely on them) as depths are pretty shallow around the islands in most areas plus lots of floating line on the pots around the area. We were caught twice over the week with a rope wrapped around the skeg and prop even giving them a wide berth. One had over 100m of floating line downstream of the bouy!
We are planning to go again next year in June if anyone is up for it. You really can't beat the facilities and things to see. I even got handed a 136 page colour A5 book full of all the harbour/slip/jetty and water information free by the harbour authority and it is full of stuff, even drying depth diagrams and aerial pictures of every item in the islands related to facilities.
Maybe after having a look at the video others may want to come next year, its certainly worth the tow and hassle IMO.

[BruceB]

video link is-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-k5dP0XDyI

[jambo]

Bruce a great video enjoyed both the cruises and the scenery! Looks as if there were a few short 'chop' passages during the week anything scary?

Billy

[BruceB]

Nope, the short bumpy stretches were almost all tidal rosts and narrows

[JSP]

Bruce great pics and great video...But above all. GREAT DOG!! Wish mine would come out with me

[The Beard]

Thank you for posting the video and photos. I'd really like to do something similar, if not off Scotland, then somewhere else round the British Isles. Just wondering what Category your boat is; B or C.

The only thing that really worries me about committing to that much time on the water is what the weather will be like. Can put up with low temperatures as long as it's fine. Two weeks on the water in the rain will put a serious strain on my relationship. Still, when we get home I can always sleep in the boat.

Ah, just realised. Got to get a boat first.

[IBWET]

first class Bruce,

Well documented, good vid too...another one for the shelf.

[BruceB]

I don't know what has happened to the music, will edit and re upload

[codprawn]

Great piccies and a stunning area - weather seems better than ours as well......

[BruceB]

Uploaded again with music at -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svDwo_-J-aw

[The Beard]

Now I've watched the video again, this time with sound, I'm not entirely sure of the connection between those great views (and good quality video) with Freebird played on a Casio.

Are there copyright restrictions preventing somebody from putting up 30 year old music from a CD onto You Tube? If there aren't, could you have used the original?

Actually, forgive the above ramblings, it just seemed a shame to have that great video and then put it with that soundtrack.

[BruceB]

Youtube remove automatically any copyrighted music including the original. The music was all I could find of the correct length that was free off the net. This is the reason the original music was stripped, again!
It isn't easy finding nearly 10mins of music!
Incidentally I have never heard of freebird or the track in my life although I can see that it is supposedly well known.
I am going to try and audioswap it but this feature wasn't working befre on the last two tries.

[tony t]

Originally Posted by The Beard

Now I've watched the video again, this time with sound, I'm not entirely sure of the connection between those great views (and good quality video) with Freebird played on a Casio.

Are there copyright restrictions preventing somebody from putting up 30 year old music from a CD onto You Tube? If there aren't, could you have used the original?

Actually, forgive the above ramblings, it just seemed a shame to have that great video and then put it with that soundtrack.

i,liked the 1 with out the music ....still great video bruce

[The Beard]

Originally Posted by BruceB

Youtube remove automatically any copyrighted music including the original. The music was all I could find of the correct length that was free off the net. This is the reason the original music was stripped, again!
It isn't easy finding nearly 10mins of music!
Incidentally I have never heard of freebird or the track in my life although I can see that it is supposedly well known.
I am going to try and audioswap it but this feature wasn't working befre on the last two tries.

The original by Lynyrd Skynyrd was about 8 minutes long, but the version on the live album, "One More From the Road" was just over 14 minutes in length and was recorded in July 1976.

Right that's enough geekiness for now. Thinking about it, the live version might be better suited to crashing through surf or off the tops of big waves as it's a bit on the lively side. Still, my moaning not withstanding; the videos and stills were great, thanks again.

I asked earlier if your boat was rated B or C, and which category the areas you were sailing through came under. If you could enlighten me that would be great.

[bobcheer]

Originally Posted by BruceB

Uploaded again with music at -

Brilliant! Don't you just love to see a well-behaved and intelligent-looking dog having a great day out? Loved the shot of him waiting with paws on the tubes waiting for his leave pass. LOL