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Circumnavigation:
Isle of Bute
Route Distance: ~31 nm / 57.4 kmPrevailing direction: CW
Record: 2014 - 05:33:59
Solo: 9
Team: 8
Records
| John Willacy | K1M | 05:33:59 | 2014 |
| Brian Turnbull | K1M | 06:15:58 | 2013 |
| Paul Edmonson Malcolm Stubbs | Team | 3 days | 2013 |
Guarding the entrance to the Firth of Clyde, the Isle of Bute provides an island destination which is easily accessible to many but gives a more remote feel. Bute also offers relative shelter and a short circular route for those looking to hone their circumnavigation planning skills. Bute is unsurprisingly a regular circumnavigation destination, though we only have limited data, let us know about your lap!
Circumnavigation: Isle of Bute
Solo
Click column header to sort.| Posn. | K1W | Cat | Paddler | Elapsed | Date | Boat | Tide | Dir | Note | Verified | Link1 | 1 | K1M | John Willacy | 05:33:59 | 19-Apr-14 | Rockpool Taran 18 | CW | Yes | 2 | K1M | Brian Turnbull | 06:15:58 | 09-Jun-13 | Rockpool Taran 18 | CW | Yes | 3 | K1M_Ski | Graham Bell | 06:59:32 | 01-Jul-21 | Think Six ski | CW | Yes | 4 | K1M | Dan McGonigle | 07:21:41 | 01-Jun-22 | Rockpool Taran 16 | CW | Yes | 5 | K1M | John Niven | 07:53:42 | 30-Jul-19 | NDK Explorer HV | CW | Yes | 6 | K1M | Ian Cooke | 08:03:16 | 15-Aug-20 | Rockpool Taran 18 | CCW | Yes | 7 | K1M | Ed Loffill | 09:01:17 | 22-Jun-24 | Tiderace Pace 17 | CW | Yes | 8 | K1M | Phil Smith | 10:16:17 | 25-Apr-24 | CW | Yes | 9 | K1M | Glenn Sutcliffe | 26:22:00 | 31-Mar-22 | Tiderace Pace 17 | CW | Yes |
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9 solo paddlers
Teams
Click column header to sort.| Posn. | Cat | Paddler | Elapsed | Date | Boat | Tide | Dir | Note | Verified | Link1 |
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| 1 | Team | Pascale Eichenmuller John Willacy | 06:46:02 | 13-Nov-21 | Rockpool Taran 18 Rockpool Taran 16 | CW | Yes | |||
| 2 | Team | Bryan Dickinson Jenny Wong | 08:19:03 | 04-Sep-23 | Rockpool Taran 16 Rockpool Tarantella | CW | Yes | |||
| 3 | Team | Richard Peevor Kamala Sen | 08:31:11 | 11-Jun-16 | SKUK Explorer HV Valley Nordkapp LV | CW | Yes | |||
| 4 | Team | Dean Dunbar Allistair Swinsco | 08:54:46 | 27-Aug-16 | SUP SUP | CW | Yes | |||
| 5 | Team | Stuart Marshall Chris Wade | 28:20:39 | 18-Jan-24 | Tiderace Pace 17S Rockpool Taran 16 | CCW | 2 days | Yes | ||
| 6 | Team | Fred Curtin-Sewell Phil Smith | 30:54:11 | 19-Oct-22 | CW | Yes | ||||
| 7 | Team | Glenn Sutcliffe Charlotte Webb | 49:24:29 | 02-Jun-23 | CW | 3 days | Yes | |||
| 8 | Team | Paul Edmonson Malcolm Stubbs | 3 days | 17-Feb-13 | Perception Essence Perception Essence | Sail | -- | Photos |
8 Teams -- 16 Paddlers
Notes
Fred Curtin-Sewell / Phil Smith (19-Oct-22)A 2 day trip that took in a lap of each of the islands along Bute's coastline along the way.
Dean Dunbar / Allistair Swinsco (27-Aug-16)
Stand up paddleboarding non-stop round Bute. Dean Dunbar is registered blind
Paul Edmonson / Malcolm Stubbs (17-Feb-13)
Paul and Malcolm used Flat Earth sails.
Stuart Marshall / Chris Wade (18-Jan-24)
2 days.
Overnight stop at Ettrick Bay
Phil Smith (25-Apr-24)
Included a lap of Inchmarnock (7.5 km)
Glenn Sutcliffe (31-Mar-22)
A 2 day trip.
Glenn Sutcliffe / Charlotte Webb (02-Jun-23)
3 days.
3 paddling days - 49:24:29 total time
Brian Turnbull (09-Jun-13)
From Brian: "It would have been a shame to waste this settled spell so I went for a bit of a jolly over to Bute at the weekend and had a go a getting round it fairly quickly. I couldn't help being distracted by the big mountains of Arran as I paddled up the left side of Bute, might have to go back over and take a closer look at that one..."
Summary:
Circumnavigation: Isle of ButeSolo paddlers: 9
Team paddlers: 16
Teams: 8
Recorded Start Points:
- Colintraive (9)
- Ettrick Bay (1)
- Garroch Head (1)
- Kerrycroy (2)
- Kyles of Bute (1)
- Largs Marina (1)
- Largs Yacht Haven (1)
- Maids of Bute (1)