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image:On passage north, passing Ballaculish Bridge.

image: Relief boat the 'City of Edinburgh', lifeboat.

During 2004, between March & April, the crew of the Portpatrick Lifeboat 'Mary Irene Millar' made an impressive number of passages. Passages also provide a good opportunity for new crew members to log sea miles. Passages are as follows:

1: Fleetwood - Isle Of Man - Portpatrick (To Collect & Deliver Relief Boat 47-007 'City Of Edinburgh')

2: Portpatrick - Helensburgh (Delivering  Our Boat 47-033 'Mary Irene Millar' To Repair Yard)

3: Eyemouth - Peterhead - Thurso - Portree - Portpatrick (Delivering Replacement Relief Boat 47-037 'Sarah Emily Harrop')

4: Portpatrick - Oban - Fort William - Inverness - Buckie - Peterhead - Eyemouth (Delivering 47-007 'City Of Edinburgh' To Repair Yard)

5: Helensburgh - Troon - Portpatrick (Delivering 47-033 'Mary Irene Millar' After Repairs)

6: Portpatrick - Holyhead (Delivering 47-037 'Sarah Emily Harrop' To Repair Yard)

image: Passages end at Eyemouth. next stop, the Whale Inn, the Ship Inn and Oblos!
 

Thanks To All The RNLI Stations We Called At For Their Hospitality!

Big Cheers To Peterhead & Troon Especially!

image: Lagan Lochs. Cap'n Rob hoists the 'Jolly Roger'.
image: Heading north, enroute to Fort William. image:Hheading towards the rivery-bit near Fort Augusta.
image: Interior of the lifeboat at the Caledonia Canal. image: The crew get the 'Apocalypse Now' feeling when they meet a gunboat.
image: Loch Lochy, about 0930 in the morning. image: Later that same day, flying down Loch Ness, no sign of the timorous wee beastie whatsoever.....
image: Loch Lochy, abount 0945 in the morning, snow squalls, showers and sunshine. image: Somewhere close to Urquhart Castle.
image: Lagan Lochs. Around noon-ish. Sunshine. image: Leaving the canal at Inverness.
image: Lagan Lochs, the old Cylde Class ex-lifeboat. Privately owned and re-named the 'Poplar Diver'. image:47-007 Leaving Inverness heading for Buckie and more fuel.

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