November 2013

Invite from Girvan CRC

Girvan Coastal Rowing Club members are planning a rowing session from Maidens Harbour on Sunday 24th November 2013. They will be there from about 12.30pm. Carrick Club rowers will also be there with Carrick Lass. The weather promises sunny intervals and 6’C with wind speeds forecast at 6-7 mph. If

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North Shore Atlantics RM Price Change

Hello, For any of you who are interested in sea kayaks for the club or have sea kayak members within your clubs please can you pass this information on. The very popular and versatile North Shore Atlantic and Atlantic LV plastic sea kayaks are going up in price as of

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Argyll Skiffs to Gather at Otter Ferry

Weather permitting there will be a gathering of some of the Argyll skiffs at Otter Ferry this Sunday (17 November 2013). Otter Ferry, as the road signs notably declare, has no ferry so the skiffs from Mid-Argyll, Kilmelford and Seil will be rowing across Loch Fyne to the muster point.

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Lifejacket and Recovery Trials at Venacher

On the same day as holding the Freshwater Sprints and the Association’s AGM, two brave volunteers took a tumble into Loch Venachar from a skiff in a demonstration organised by SCRA, looking at life jackets and seeing whether the volunteers could be recovered from the water by crew mates. It

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Sea Kayak Oban Demo Days

Sea Kayak Oban Demo Days Largs Marina Sunday Nov 17th 11am- 14.30 Sea Kayak Oban can bring a huge range of demo sea kayaks across to LARGS Marina for the Demo Day inc Valley, Northshore, P&H and the V6 and V10 Epic surf skis (V8 available later).| Plus to demo

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200 Club October results

Below are the winners as drawn last night by Andy & Marion Taylor and Helen McKenzie. 1st – Ian Brockett 2nd – James Crawford 3rd – Fraser Rose Application Forms available at the bar or can be downloaded here 200 Club Application Form

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South Arran Marine Protected Area

Dear Sir/Madam I am writing to you on behalf of COAST to request the support of your club and its members for the South Arran Marine Protected Area. Marine Scotland has proposed the South of Arran be a Marine Protected Area as part of a larger MPA network across Scotland.

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Talk – Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown DVD

On 21st November Simon Willis, the producer of the ‘Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown’ series of DVDs, will be giving a talk on the latest DVD in the series, and showing extracts from it. This DVD, the third in the series, covers emergency rescues, first aid kits, navigation and rolling.

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