Author: Barbara Agnew

Sunday social rowing CANCELLED

Dónal writes: Having kept an eye on Storm Jorge as it progressed towards us I have come to the conclusion that social rowing cannot go ahead on safety grounds. At 1300 we are due constant winds of 29mph with gusts at nearly 50mph.

A crew out yesterday had a challenging row. Photo by Dónal Ferrie

Hopefully things will improve next month – as the old adage goes, March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, and it is surely coming in like a lion tomorrow.

I’ll have a look at the week ahead when I do the tide times tomorrow.

Tides for 24 February and 1 March

Dónal writes: Hopefully there will be no storms this week as it’s getting a bit tedious. I’d rather be out on the water.

The slipway is still closed and will be closed until Friday, if there is any change to this we will let you know.

Monday 24th February
0849— 1.2m L. 1537 — 5.6 m H. 2104 – 0.9 m L.

Tuesday 25th February
0909 — 1.1m L. 1608 — 5.5 m H 2125 — 0.8 m L.

Wednesday 26th February
0940 — 1.0 m L 1639 — 5.5 m H. 2154 — 0.9m L.

Thursday 27th February
1006 — 1.1 m L 1714 — 5.4 m H. 2219 — 1.0 m L

Friday 28th February
1028 — 1.3 m L. 1751 — 5.3 m H. 2242 — 1.1 m L.

Saturday 29th February
1052 — 1.4 m L. 1830 — 5.1 m H. 2309 — 1.3 m L. Pontoon needed

Sunday 1st March
1132 – 1.6 m L. 1912 — 4.9 m H. 2344 — 1.6 m L.

See you all on Saturday!

Wild weather on the Isle of Seil

Pictured is some wild weather on the Isle of Seil at the weekend.

 

Tides for 17-23 February 2020

Dónal writes: Well done to those intrepid few that managed to get a row on Saturday before Storm Dennis arrived.  I have just seen that on Friday 21st and into Saturday 22nd winds will be gusting 40-50+ mph right up until midday on the 22nd. We will keep an eye on that and advise closer to the time. We would need a pontoon on Saturday.

Monday 17th February
0911— 4.8m H. 1437 — 2.1 m L. 2148 – 4.8 m H.

Tuesday 18th February
1021 — 4.7m H. 1708 — 2.1 m L 2302 — 4.8 m H.

Wednesday 19th February
0553 — 2.0 m L 1132 — 4.8 m H. 1834 — 1.8m L.

Thursday 20th February
0653 — 1.9 m L 1237 — 5.0 m H. 1932 — 1.5 m L

Friday 21st February
0739 — 1.7 m L. 1334 — 5.2 m H. 1818 — 1.3 m L.

Saturday 22nd February
0816 — 1.5 m L. 1421 — 5.4 m H. 2054 — 1.1 m L. Pontoon Needed

Sunday 23rd February
0844 – 1.3 m L. 1502 — 5.5 m H. 2121 — 1.0 m L.

Ceilidh success

Marianne writes: What a fab night!  And who knew we had so many wonderful dancers – even Ewan from the band commented on it, and said it was one of the best nights he’s played at!  And this is his job, so knows a thing or two about it!

Huge thanks to Val, Tracey, Steph and Lorna for all the help with organising (what a team!); to Dónal for helping with the set-up; Tansy, Stuart, Paul, Tobi etc. for helping with the clear-up.

The bottle coin roll raised an incredible £170 pounds – thanks to Keith and Rory for organising! The Nifty Knotters made £175 – well done! And after expenses, we should clear over £400 for club funds.

Dónal mans the Nifty Knots stall. Photo by Marianne
Most of all, thank you to everyone who supported this club event: members, friends, families.

We might do another ceilidh one day… but the Social Subgroup – myself, Tracey, Steph, Val and Lorna – will need an extended lie down in a darkened room before we contemplate that!

Photo by Marianne

A footnote: We had a small blue and white tartan handbag handed in at the end of the night. It has something rather important inside…. I’m hoping we’ll be able to reunite someone with the bag soon.

More photos from the ceilidh on Flickr.

Click here to watch a video on the Facebook group.