Performance Sea Kayak 2 - PSK Islands Challenge

Circumnavigations: Isle of Bute

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. Though the island is a regular circumnavigation destination, the lack of records here reflects a need for more info rather than a reflection on the numbers of paddlers who have completed this trip.

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Isle of Bute

Route Distance: ~30 nm / 56 km
Prevailing direction: CW

Solo

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Boat	Verified	Dir
1	K1M	John Willacy	05:34:13	19-Apr-14	Rockpool Taran	Yes	CW
2	K1M	Brian Turnbull	06:16:00	09-Jun-13	Rockpool Taran	Yes	CW
3	K1M_Ski	Graham Bell	06:59:32	01-Jul-21	Think Six ski	Yes	CW
4	K1M	Ian Cooke	08:03:16	15-Aug-20	Rockpool Taran	Yes	CCW

4 solo paddlers.
CW = clockwise, CCW = counter-clockwise

Teams

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1	Dir
1	Team	Richard Peevor Kamala Sen	08:30:00	11-Jun-16	SKUK Explorer HV Valley Nordkapp LV	Yes			CW
2	Team	Dean Dunbar Allistair Swinsco	08:54:00	27-Aug-16	SUP SUP	Yes			CW
3	Team	Paul Edmonson Malcolm Stubbs	3 days	17-Feb-13	Perception Essence Perception Essence	--	Sail	Photos

6 team paddlers in 3 teams

Comments

Dean Dunbar / Allistair Swinsco et al. (27-Aug-16)
Stand up paddleboarding non-stop round Bute. Dean Dunbar is registered blind

Paul Edmonson / Malcolm Stubbs et al. (17-Feb-13)
Paul and Malcolm used Flat Earth sails.

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..."

Isle of Bute
7 completions -- 4 solo + 3 team + 0 escorted
10 paddlers in total (4 solo / 6 team / 0 escorted

Route Distance: ~30 nm / 56 km
Prevailing direction: CW
Recorded Start Points:

Colintraive (4)
Kerrycroy (1)
Kyles of Bute (1)
Largs Marina (1)

Performance Sea Kayak2