waterskiing on the loch

[Tom B]

What's the story with waterskiing on the loch? Can you hire a tow locally? Always thought the loch would be an ideal spot for it.

[abbey craig]

It is an excellent spot Tom,but beware of the SEWAGE

[ionnsaigh]

Perhaps someone or group - should invest in jet ski hire . Although the noise would have a negative impact - on the environment - or would it ? .

[general jack o'niell]

we're overdue some A hole thinking the loch is their personal playground and scooting about at speed, having great fun but disturbing the peace for all and sundry. it used to be bad enough trying to get up the loch on a tuesday night when the yachties were out, with the odd clown yelling at you about rules of the road and rights of way, i used to just shout back "i've got 45 tonns of steel, doing 8 knots, if you insist on playing chicken, accept the inevitable"

saying that, i'd love a scoot round the loch on a jetski, and i wouldn't be caring about sunday strollers either!!!!!

to get any return on an investment you'd need to have each jetski blasting round the loch 8hrs a day from may to september. i'll just hope for westerly winds so i can't hear them, i think the continual distant buzzing noise would get tiresome

[Annie]

Ach, the MCFadyen boys used to do that every nice night during the summer!

[general jack o'niell]

whit are you sayin aboot my cuzzins? every night? it was wance in a blue moon, even then they wurnae much cope at it.

tho i did have an odd birl on the big tyre

[Annie]

It was fun to watch them fa' off the skis fae Dalintober pier tae. LOL

[Nomad]

it used to be bad enough trying to get up the loch on a tuesday night when the yachties were out, with the odd clown yelling at you about rules of the road and rights of way, i used to just shout back "i've got 45 tonns of steel, doing 8 knots, if you insist on playing chicken, accept the inevitable"

as i'm sure you're aware-

Sail powered vessels have the right of way over powered vessels, unless:
- The power vessel is a tanker in a narrow channel (or the vessel is constrained by its draft)
- The vessel is at anchor
- The vessel is commercial fishing
- The vessel is restricted in its ability to maneuver (ie: dredging, commercial fishing)
- The vessel is adrift (not under command)

mind you folk sailing for a couple of hours on a tuesday night during the summer months must really have put you out.

[Annie]

Between you and me Nomad, the General is naw ganna be pleased! LOL

[abbey craig]

i remember they were pushing theyre luck one night it was getting dark and one of the skiers walloped right intae a wee white cabin cruiser,he was a very lucky man severe bruising to his leg and arm.

laugh, i thought my pants would never dry

[Annie]

I wonder which one of the McFadyen brothers that happened to? Geesh! What a shocker he must have gotten! Bloody helll! Can ye imagine!

Ach, I'm off tae the Fiddlers fer a wee Spice and Coke! (HIC!)

[abbey craig]

christ slow doon a bit you wir in the gluepot 5 mins ago

[Annie]

Ach, I guess ahm on a bender!! Nae coalie bags for you! LOL

Where's yer boagie?????

[Sweltered]

it used to be bad enough trying to get up the loch on a tuesday night when the yachties were out, with the odd clown yelling at you about rules of the road and rights of way, i used to just shout back "i've got 45 tonns of steel, doing 8 knots, if you insist on playing chicken, accept the inevitable"

as i'm sure you're aware-

Sail powered vessels have the right of way over powered vessels, unless:
- The power vessel is a tanker in a narrow channel (or the vessel is constrained by its draft)
- The vessel is at anchor
- The vessel is commercial fishing
- The vessel is restricted in its ability to maneuver (ie: dredging, commercial fishing)
- The vessel is adrift (not under command)

mind you folk sailing for a couple of hours on a tuesday night during the summer months must really have put you out.

The vessel in question was constrained by draft actually, and was a commercial fishing vessel. Do these rules apply for racing at the entrance of a commercial harbour? I can just see all commercial operations in Dover grinding to a halt to allow the yellow wellie brigade to play..

[general jack o'niell]

indeed the vessel was constrained by draft drawing nearly ten feet and tricky to steer without an autopilot, and not nearly as nice looking now as her sistership the aquarius out of amble.


all you say is very true and yes i was and am aware of the rules, i was well taught by dougal mccallum in the school, and no i didn't object to anyone making the most of a pleasent evening, tho at the time i would have loved to have had the luxury of time to have been home from work, had my tea, watched the news, read the paper and then went out for my couple of hours on the water, unfortunately i didn't have that luxury, like any other fisherman my day has begun sometime between 1 and 2 am and had another hour or more to go before it finished when we would come upon the fairweather sailing fraternity. so yes i was less than pleased to see them make sudden alterations of course across my bow, having just put in between 15 and 18 hours that day has that effect on you.

i recall coming home from one such week away and going to a party, the hosts cousin was there but in bed, we were asked not to disturb this person as they'd made a "passage" from troon that day and were "weather beaten" draw your own conclusions as to my and a couple others in my positions reaction.

we always gave way to sail, we might have given them a mouthful on the way past, but we gave way, the mouthful was only issued if there was no acknowledgement from the yacht, idf there was just a wave, we waved back, thats all it took. besides everyone knows the sailing fraternity are a bunch of expletive deleted, with the odd exception, but i know those people from their everyday walks of life and for many years, on second thoughts, they are all..............................................................................................

just having a good time, even the thin skinned ones. who probably couldn't navigate their way to the macosh and back.