http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/ peyc_cruisers Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:48:05 GMT ian cameron http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2868 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2868 Hi folks, Its that time of year again. If you have any photos or stories I could use for my presentation I'd appreciate them. Ian Ian Cameron 5 Blackbarony Rd Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:27:24 GMT bilfraser@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2867 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2867   Hi Shane,                  Never been myself but have heard that at Aberdour on the east side of the harbour     is a restaurant called Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:23:31 GMT John Johnstone http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2866 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2866 Hi Shane, drying along side at Anstruther is fine, the harbour at North Berwick is extremely busy and the chances of getting into it to dry out would be Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:56:33 GMT Crispin Agnew http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2865 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2865 Shane I have a Contessa 32 that draws 1.8 m. Good anchorages off Incolm - one to the north when the wind is in the west/south west and one off the south west Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:29:34 GMT Shane Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2864 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2864 Ian, Thanks for everything. Very helpful so far and everyday is a school day. I have stayed on the water over winter and will need to scrub and anti-foul in Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:21:38 GMT Shane Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2863 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2863 John, Thanks for the tips. I like the idea of Pittenweem so we can stay afloat. How practical is it to dry our alongside (Anstruther and North Berwick)? I Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:50:29 GMT ian cameron http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2862 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2862 Hi Shane, Good to see you getting some dialogue going. My apologies for not approving your membership earlier, it was some time since I last looked and the Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:17:56 GMT John Johnstone http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2861 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2861 Hi Shane, welcome to the group, good info from both Adrian and Ken, Like yourself I Draw 1.8m and have had to look for various ports of call. If you are going Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:18:54 GMT Ken McCulloch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2860 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2860 Inverkeithing was probably a very nice little inlet 200 years ago, completely sheltered but unfortunately very industrial or more accurately run-down Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:14:02 GMT Ken McCulloch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2859 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2859 Hi Shane My only additional suggestion is to explore places like Inchcolm, good for a lunch picnic or even overnight, though not very far in addition to some Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:53:51 GMT Shane Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2858 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2858 Graeme, Thanks for the reply. We joined RFYC and have enjoyed the helpful atmosphere of the club and gained a few top tips! I managed to get a copy of the FYCA Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:15:41 GMT Graeme Yahoo Account http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2857 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2857 Hi Adrian, Nice to hear from you again. I believe that the 2009 FYCA Pilot Handbook had to be withdrawn due to copyright issues. I only know this because I Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:10:01 GMT Adrian Shield http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2856 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2856 Shane, Your big constraint is obviously your draft in the Forth. I draw 1.5m in my boat Albyn, which I used to keep at Port Edgar but now keep at Granton, and Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:20:16 GMT Graeme Yahoo Account http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2855 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2855 Hi Shane, Welcome to the group. My boat (New Dawn, Sadler 26) is based at Port Edgar and is probably one of the few boats from the group that is still in the Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:14:32 GMT Shane Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2854 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peyc_cruisers/message/2854 Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello. My wife (Melanie) and I got our boat (Orpheus) last year and had a slow start to yacht ownership. We have our