River Clyde Photography: Yacht

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Tuesday 12 August 2014

Alba Endeavour

Alba Endeavour belonging to the Ocean Youth Trust about to leave James Watt Dock.

Monday 23 June 2014

Millport

Seen passing the Isle of Cumbrae with the mountain peaks of Arran in the background.

Friday 6 December 2013

Monday 28 October 2013

WAFI on the Clyde

Yacht cuts across the bows of HMS Northumberland.

Saturday 5 October 2013

Warrior

Yacht for injured Armed Forces servicemen,seen at Gourock.

Sunday 14 July 2013

Drum is a familiar sight on the Clyde during the summer months,she is now berthed in James Watt Dock.
The last picture shows her at Fairlie boat yard receiving a new paint job and some repairs which she sustained during the winter of 2012.
Click HERE for more information on her interesting life.

Gare Loch

Yacht anchored in the Gare loch.

Thursday 30 May 2013

Dream Catcher

Departing from James Watt Dock.

Monday 20 May 2013

May

Friday 22 February 2013

Yacht Gourock

Sailing past Gourock for Loch Long.

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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