Carrick Castle Boat Club recreation and mooring association.

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Pictures of the Area
Navigation in Loch Goil
Boat Club Muster 2006
Boat Club Muster 2005
Boat Club Muster 2004
Visiting Boats
Too big for that mooring.
Interesting World Boating
Gray Ladies on Loch Goil
Miscellaneous Pix

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Pictures of the Area
Some pictures of Loch Goil and it's surrounding area.

Carrick Castle - On a drizzly autumn day

Looking toward Carrick Castle from Swine's Hole - Taken during the CCBC Muster 2004

Loch Goil - Looking North from the hill behind Carrick Castle

Loch Goil and Loch Long - Looking south east from the hill behind Carrick Castle

Loch Goil - Looking east across Loch Goil from the hill behind Carrick Castle

Low water and Fraon - Sent in by a visitor to Carrick Castle

Dream Weaver in Loch Goil - Two club members' yachts in Loch Goil - Dream Weaver with Dallandra behind - Photograph taken by a visitor to Carrick Castle.

Carrick Castle in the Snow - 12th March 2006.

Dream Weaver, Dallandra & Elsa (right to left) - Members yachts on Loch Goil

Loch Goil, Carrick Castle - View of Loch Goil, Carrick Castle from Swine's Hole in August 2006

Loch Goil looking South - Loch Goil, Carrick Castle

Navigation in Loch Goil
A few things to avoid

Carrick Castle Perch - The Carrick Castle Perch at low tide (-0.01) showing the bank with rocks to the SE and NW, keep clear!

Carrick Castle Burn Spit and Perch - The Carrick Burn Spit and the Carrick Castle Perch at low water (-0.01) - keep well clear of this area at low water!

Boat Club Muster 2006
Pictures from the boat club muster 2006

Dream Weaver, Elsa and Fraon - Dream Weaver, Elsa and Fraon at anchor in Swine's Hole, Carrick Castle for the Boat Club Muster 2006

Elsa and Dream Weaver - Elsa and Dream Weaver at anchor in Swine's Hole, Carrick Castle for the Boat Club Muster 2006

Members at the Barbeque - 18 members with their families attended the barbeque on the beach at Swine's Hole, Carrick Castle for the boat club muster 2006

Submarine passes the yachts at muster - Submarine passes the yachts at anchor in Swine's Hole during the muster of the Carrick Castle Boat Club

Boat Club Muster 2005
Pictures from the 2005 boat club muster

3. Group photo at the barbeque - There was a good turn out at the annual boat club muster in 2005 - 15 people attended the barbeque on the beach at Swine's Hole, Carrick Castle.

4. Yachts at anchor - Dallandra, Dream Weaver and Fraon rafted up together.

5. Rob on fire guard duty! - Rob White is the club's Vice-chairman.

1. Yachts at anchor - Fraon, Dream Weaver and Dallandra rafted up together.

Boat Club Muster 2004
A few pictures of the club Muster and BBQ held at Swines Holes on August 22nd 2004

Heading Ashore - Leaving Flyaway, Spirit of the Isles, Dream Weaver and Dallandra rafted together at anchor

Barbeque on the beach - A good time was had by all - 16 people attended.

Visiting Boats
A pictorial record of boats seen passing through or visiting Carrick Castle

The Spirit of Fairbridge - We were visited by this beautiful 92 foot replica Victorian pilot schooner in November 2004

The Waverley - A regular visitor to Loch Goil during the summer months.

Balmoral - An historic stop at Carrick Castle

Dream Weaver with Trident submarine behind! -

HMS Atherstone - (M38) Minesweeper anchored off Carrick Castle

Police launch at anchor off Carrick Castle -

HMS Argyll off Carrick Castle - HMS Argyll - Frigate F231 - visits Loch Goil, Argyll. Local yachts Dallandra and Dream Weaver are on their moorings in Carrick Castle.

Querida at the castle - The red Trapper 400 on the right.

Westerly Renown Sarana visits Carrick Castle - Westerly Renown Sarana of Glasgow visits Carrick Castle and looks at another Westerly Renown Dream Weaver.

Glen Massan visiting Carrick Castle - Glen Massan at anchor in Carrick Castle, with local yachts Elsa to the left and Dream Weaver to the right. Note the three Carrick Castle geese that are also local residents.

Westerly 'Clar Innes' visits Carrick Castle -

VIC 32 - VIC 32 at anchor off Carrick Castle - VIC = Victualling Inshore Craft otherwise known as a 'Puffer' in Scotland.

Too big for that mooring.
It's our club policy that all moorings be clearly marked with their max capacity, yet some visiting yachts don't seem to care either about the damage they might cause to to our moorings, or to their own boats should the mooring drag.
Last year two of our club moorings were moved/broken by oversized yachts attaching to them, though sadly we have no record of the inconsiderate yachts that did this.

New for this year we'll be keeping a photographic record with names and dates. Club members, please photograph non club boats on a club mooring. Those clearly too big for the stated mooring size will be listed here.

Moonrise, a Beneteau Oceanis 500 - 22-04-2007 - This boat weighs in at a whopping 14T and was attached to a mooring marked at 5T. We tried to contact the boat by VHF and hails from the shore in case they had a problem & needed some help (We're friendly types at heart) but all attempts at communication were ignored.

Hotes Hides - 07-07-07 - This Dutch-owned Westerly yacht Hotes Hides moored on a 1 tonne marked mooring. The owner of the mooring pointed this out to the skipper who amicably moved off...

Interesting World Boating
Dramatic and unusual boat photographs

Icestorm - This event is unlikely to happen in Carrick Castle!

This yacht's crew were in trouble - Exhausted by the sea
conditions, they put out a Mayday and the Maersk Line ship came to their
rescue. Photo by Graham Mathie, Chief Engineer and local boat club member.

Struggling against wind and waves in the Bay of Biscay - The rescue ship was standing by in the Bay of Biscay by whilst the yacht's crew prepared to abandon their yacht. Photo by Graham Mathie, Chief Engineer and local boat club member.

The two crew members of the yacht are just about to be rescued - The two crew were winched off the yacht by the helicopter and the yacht abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Photo by Graham Mathie, Chief Engineer and local boat club member.

Rescue Exercise - Club member, Jim McKenna, takes part in a rescue exercise in the Clyde on his motor yacht. Helicopter coming to drop two crew on to the boat.

Rescue Exercise - Club member, Jim McKenna, takes part in a rescue exercise in the Clyde on his motor yacht. Helicopter hovering above the boat whilst two crew are retrieved.

Gray Ladies on Loch Goil
A few photo's of water spouts on Loch Goil, locally known as gray ladies. It's difficult for a static photo to capture quite how impressive these fast moving swirls of spray are, but you can see just how much water is in the air. The forecast for this day (04-Jan-07) was Force 8 Westerly

Looking toward Ardnahein from Carrick Church -

In the direction of Loch Long from Carrick -

2.Looking toward Loch Long from Carrick Burn -

1.Looking toward Loch Long from Carrick Burn -

Miscellaneous Pix
Miscellaneous local photographs

Dream Weaver on Trafalgar Day 2005 - Dream Weaver dressed to commemorate Lord Nelson and Trafalgar Day on 21st October 2005. The Trafalgar pennant flies from the main mast and the Red Ensign from the mizzen mast.

Calum Evans - Calum on his boat Misty off Carrick Castle

Neil Cunningham - Neil Cunningham of Cunningham Moorings and Fabrications checking club members' moorings with Douglas Locke, thw Club's Moorings Officer, on yacht Dream Weaver in attendance.

Loch Goil Monster - Is this evidence of Crocs living in Loch Goil? ;) photo sent in by member, Bill Miller

Visitors Mooring - Neil Cunningham lays new Visitor's Mooring in Carrick Castle in position 56 deg 06.688' N 004 deg 54.378' W