River Clyde Photography: Small Boats

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Wednesday 19 November 2014

Jesper

Heading home after sailing up the Clyde with the Commonwealth Flotilla,looks as though they had a good time.

Wednesday 29 October 2014

Tuesday 28 October 2014

Aldor

Seen heading for Glasgow as part of the Commonwealth flotilla.

Wednesday 2 July 2014

Kiki Blofeld

Kiki Blofeld a Redbay stormforce 11boat seen passing Greenock.

Monday 30 June 2014

Monday 4 November 2013

Thursday 17 October 2013

Coegfran

Coegfran on her way to James Watt Dock after a days diving on the Clyde.

Wednesday 2 October 2013

Erskine Ferry cottage

Two interesting old boats that put down anchor at the old Erskine Ferry keepers cottage.
I wonder if anybody can put names to the boats?

Friday 1 February 2013

Bayou Dreamer

Bayou Dreamer heading into James Watt Dock after a days fishing and not a life jacket to be seen.

Monday 22 October 2012

Monday 8 October 2012

Diving off Dunoon

Diving off the coast of Dunoon,close to the Gantock rocks are a few wrecks popular with divers,the flag being flown indicates that someone is currently under the water.

River Clyde Photography

Over half of Scotland’s population lives within a short distance of the River Clyde, from its humble beginnings in South Lanarkshire where it is created by two streams the Patrail Water and the Daer Water, the two streams meet at Watermeetings where the River Clyde starts.

It’s not long before it reaches picturesque Lanark and its famous waterfalls. It eventually finds its way to Glasgow who’s citizens in the 18^th century narrowed and deepened and ultimately industrialised the river making it one of the most famous shipbuilding rivers in the world, Glasgow did indeed make the Clyde and of course the Clyde made Glasgow, at its peak the Clyde shipyards built a fifth of the worlds ships.

During the 2^nd world war Winston Churchill said that “Liverpool and Glasgow were the lungs in which the country breathed through”. Ship building along with heavy industry is all but dead on the Clyde, the majority of our industrial heritage was swept away in the 70s and 80s leaving few traces of the rivers famous past.

Leaving Glasgow, the Clyde broadens as you pass the towns of Dumbarton, Port Glasgow and Greenock, who all played a part in making the Clyde famous through shipbuilding.

At the Tail of the Bank the river broadens once more and becomes the firth with its many sea lochs coastal towns and villages.

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