The rowers and supporters who took part in the rowing relay round Arran.
Club members at the start of the rowing challenge.
Dateline June 30: ‘Out of bed at 4.15am to check the wind forecast, I saw that the cloudbase was below 500ft on Goatfell! Not a promising start to the day. Luckily, as we got Seabhag ready for launching, the sun rose and the cloud began to burn off.
The first stage crew set off from Lamlash slip at 5.32am, just a couple of minutes late. As they headed off towards Kings Cross Point it seemed quite calm in Lamlash Bay. However, as they got into open water The rowers and supporters who took part in the rowing relay round Arran. in Whiting Bay, a strong easterly wind picked up and they had a really hard slog south to Largybeg and then to Dippin Head. After rounding Dippin Head and catching the tailwind from the east, they almost surfed along to Kildonan, arriving about 15 minutes early.
The second crew were ready at Kildonan and, after a quick changeover, were off to Blackwaterfoot. They did have the longest stage at 19.5km, but started off with the easterly wind behind them so were soon through the Pladda tiderace and away out of sight around Bennan Head. After passing Shannochie, they had some shelter from the wind and were able to row the whole stage in exactly three hours.