Scotland Branch

OK. We're still waiting for that oft-promised Indian Summer...

We had nearly 40 folks in 12 yachts turn out for the Portavadie barbecue, with downhill all the way home on the Sunday. A good an seemingly promising start to the season...

Sadly Kames blew up an unseasonable SE6 to 7 and we had a number of cancellations for Kames on 12 July: a notable mention must go to Graham Bibby and his teenage daughters and friend who joined John and Alex Rhind for this one. The Sunday morning was beautiful, and we all pootled off to Largs before the next (unseasonable?) blow kicked in.

What with the closure of the Crinan which made getting to Port Appin a bit of a lottery, it's been a funny old year — again! Hopefully with the 2-year La Nina event now over we can look forward to a less breezy and wet winter with a better spring next year. (Where have I head that before? Ed)

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Laying Up Supper 2008

By now you should have had an email telling you about the Laying Up Supper on Saturday 25 October 2008. We're at the Royal Gourock again with lots of chances to catch up over an excellent meal and plenty of goodies.

Win a Philips digital photoframe | Best cruising photo of the season 2008

Send Alex your pics (1Mb max size) of the best cruising photo of the season and we'll publish them.

There's a 7" digital photoframe for the best one: prize to be awarded on the Laying Up supper on 25 October.

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Calls for Cruising Log 2008 entries

Graham Crawford's looking for entries for the Cruising Log 2008. Get Graham yours by mid-October in time for the award presentation at the the Laying Up Supper.

The 'Ann Crawford Memorial Trophy' is awarded for the best narrative cruising log of the season. Get writing and/or illustrating: Graham tells me he's looking for honesty: the good days, the bad days and the positively indifferent.