The fine weather looks like staying with us for a few days more,so remains a great opportunity to get both our skiffs busy. A fine Tuesday evening saw a crew of six,with rolling cox changes,join the increasing Lady Isle club. Setting off on longer rows requires light winds and calm seas,so best grab the chances …
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Good weekend for rowing
Weather forecast for this weekend is looking good ,rowing conditions should be very favourable. Hopefully this should see a good turnout for the social rowing sessions and a welcome return from some deterred by some of the less kind conditions recently ,also looking ideal for anyone who has been thinking about coming along to try …
Windy Wednesday
Club rowing session this morning,Sea King helicopter makes an obvious detour, three minutes later call on VHF from harbour master, “Troon Rowing the current wind is at 25 knots”, cox replies “understood we have already turned back to base”, I might have asked “and you’re point is?” Earlier the crew performed the little practised exercise …
Rowing on Loch Ken ?
Interest is sought from members regarding the possibility of a day of rowing / picnic on Loch Ken at Castle Douglas on Sunday the 11th of October. This is still an embryonic idea proposed by Carrick Coastal Rowing, a social day of distance rowing in company with a few other interested clubs.
The Exciseman’s Chase
This was the third Exciseman’s Chase, hosted by Carrick at Maidens harbour. The race begins with a runner setting of from the starters tent with a token,the token on board, the skiffs set off at intervals, destination Gas House Bay under the shadow of Culzean Castle. The plan is again for a runner to take …
Sun Sea Selfies and Seals
A beautiful sunny day and flat sea off Troon,saw a good turnout of members with both skiffs launched, Far too nice a day to miss the opportunity to have an extended row,Ailsa Lass set off for Lady Isle, a round trip of 6 to 7 miles,seen here at rest admiring the view. Soon after coming …
Nith Navigation time trials 2015
The third Nith Navigation time trial saw five skiffs appear on a wet morning, rendezvous for bacon rolls and cox’s brief at Glencaple. The skiffs complete with crews are assisted with launch on a very silted slipway lifted by tele- handler. Setting off on 30 second intervals with a very fast incoming tide the skiffs …
Ayr sea cadets at Troon
A group of sea cadets from T S Mountbatten based in Ayr visited Troon Coastal Rowing to Have a go in our skiffs. Club members readied Ailsa Lass and Marr Voyager in preparation for our guests. With little or no rowing experience and with wind speeds 15-18 mph gusting considerably more,this group demonstrated impressively a …
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AUGUST 2015 NEWS
One of Troon’s fine rowing skiffs, along with its crew, had an unusual date recently – unusual, that is, for a coastal vessel. She and her crew floated out on to the waters of Castle Semple Loch there to greet a new arrival in the coastal rowing world, a skiff lovingly built at Gryffe Academy …