Tweed Row Sept 2015

The day started with clear blue skies and ended exactly the same way. This writer’s first trip down the silvery Tweed and the conditions were as perfect as they could be which was reassuring after some of the ‘horror stories’ that had been passed around from previous outings! Our intrepid ‘double crew’ all met up …

Cockenzie Chimneys

On a very calm and surreal morning we headed to watch Cockenzie Power Station twin chimneys be blown to the ground. The weather was so still, with a but of warmth to. Sea was almost glass like. Our two boats mustered with all three Boatie boats, plus  Anster and Dunbar. The Port Seton harbour was …

Dolphin Spotting Sept 2015

When most of North Berwick were still tucked up in their beds, ten mad souls dragged themselves to the harbour for the first, of hopefully many, captains’ coffee and cake social rows. The bells were just chiming 8 when we launched into a fantastic morning sea. Going out the West Passage at just after full …

Tiger Cup 2015

After calling off the Tiger Cup earlier in the year due to storms, we grabbed the good weather window yesterday to have a quickly arranged internal, friendly knockout race competition that I’m sure would make the founder proud. Twenty red shirts gathered on the beach for what turned into a lovely day, the aea state …