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Yacht Log
12/1/12 - Windshift passed annual inspection10/09/11 - CM, KW, DM, HM Spent the day up at the Caledonian Canal
05/08/11 - 06/08/11 - Brighter Horizons team development day10/06/11 - 22/07/11 - SW, SM, TP, DS, LM, DD, HM Left Peterhead heading for Hassela Community,
Gotland.
Stopping off at Kristiansand, Norway, Frederikshavn,
Denmark and Gothenburg, Sweden. Sailing through the
Trolhattan Canal and Gota Canal.
After spending a few days at the Hassela Community,
Gotland we headed home via Copenhagen, Denmark
and Lerwick in Shetland.
09/05/11 - DD, SW SW and DD have been going to the boat regularly getting it ready for
the Sweden trip.
21/04/11 - 24/04/11 - KS, AL, KL KS stayed on the boat in Inverness for a couple of days, went
to Kincraig Wildlife Park and thoroughly enjoyed it.
25/03/11 - DD, HM, LS Up for the weekend so that LS can have the experience of being on the
boat for the first time.
01/03/11 - SW, DD The boat is out of the water at Inverness Marina, it has been anti-fouled
and nearly all of the other jobs have been done. Just waiting on the
delivery of a new propeller.
27/02/11 & 28/02/11 - SW, HM, DD Move boat from the canal to Inverness Marina to get it out
of the water for more work to get done,
eg. anti-fouled.
20/02/11 - SM, SW, TP, DS, HM, DD Sweden group up for a sail on Loch Ness.
20/02/11 & 21/02/11 - SW, DD SW helping get the boat ship-shape and getting all the jobs
done for the Sweden trip.
13/02/11 & 14/02/11 - SW, DD, HM SW helping to get the boat tidied up.
12/02/11 - KS, AB, HM, KL, AL Went for a sail on Loch Ness. KS first time on the boat and she really
enjoyed it, surprising herself with how much she got out of it.
31/01/11 - AB, GP, DD AB spent two weeks living on the boat. His dad joined them on-board and
moved the boat from Muirton Basin to Dochgarroch.
09/01/11 - HM, TP, DS, SM, SM Some of the young people planning to go on Sweden trip summer 2011
visited 'Windshift' to familiarise themselves with the boat. However, they did
not manage to go for a sail due to the canal still being frozen and
'Windshift' being surrounded by ice you could walk on.
15/12/10 - Davie has spent alot of time doing yearly checks on 'Windshift'. Seaport Marina has been frozen solid for most of the time.
24/11/10 - 'Windshift' is berthed at Seaport Marina in Inverness while yearly checks are carried out by Davie.
19/09/10 - TP, DD, HM Whitehills - Inveness
Left Whitehills harbour at 10pm for a night sail up to the Caledonian
Canal. A beautiful starry night. Arrived at Inverness at 7am
10/09/10 - Me, JE, HM Weekend break on boat at Whitehills
25/08/10 - TP, DD, HM Fishing trip; 26 mackerel caught, BBQ'd and eaten fresh - magic!
15/08/10 - T, DD, HM Fishing trip; 24 mackerel caught - caught 3 on same line
07/08/10 - 'Windshift' competed in the Whitehills Regatta and finished in a respectable place
01/08/10 - T, AL, GP, HM Inverness - Whitehills
Great weather - great sail!
25/07/10 - Fr, TC, DD, HM Fort Augustus - Inverness
Fr first time on Windshift. He enjoyed it - a natural.
20/07/10 - 23/07/10 - Bachlaw Intensive Support summer holidays Spent a week on Windshift on the Caledonian Canal.
Plenty fishing, swimming, bondfires, BBQ's etc.
First 2 days rain and more rain and then some.
15/06/10 - Loch Ness Windshift out on Loch Ness with a group of 6 young people from local
school. Swimming in Loch Ness! Nuts! Man overboard drill practiced.
15/05/10 - Me, JE, HM Gairlochy - Muirton
Almost sunbathing weather
07/05/10 - Le, DD, HM Fort Augustus - Gairlochy
Plenty of fish caught today
06/05/10 - Le, DD, HM Muirton Basin - Fort Augustus
Sailed through a beautiful Loch Ness - no sign of the monster!
01/05/10 - Me, AL, HM Whitehills - Inverness
Long sail, choppy sea, Someone wrote in the log book
"I was sick.com"
14/04/10 - Ro, DD, HM Inverness - Whitehills
Seen dolphins at Channory Pt. Great sail!
27/03/10 - Ro, DD, HM Inverness Marina - Caledonian Canal
Through Clacknaharry sea lock gates and into the canal.
27/03/10 - Ro, DD, HM Findhorn - Inverness
Sailed West in Inverness, Ro steered under Kessock bridge.
24/03/10 - 25/03/10 - Windshift on cradle in Findhorn to get anti-fouled and annual checks.
23/03/10 - Le, DD, HM Whitehills - Findhorn
Le first long sail, lay in Findhorn bay on mooring buoy overnight - very cold!
15/03/10 - Whitehills After living on boat for 4 weeks Ro had first sail - beautiful spring day,
sunny, seen dolphins, Ro a natural at steering.
03/01/10 - Jo, GP, DD, HM Whitehills
New Year sail - snow, ice, frosty on boat, sea like glass.
