Crossings: Little Minch

This is viewed as a classic crossing on the west coast of Scotland, the scenery, the beaches and the weather can all be breathtaking! The North Minch crossing lies between the Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland while the Little Minch is slightly shorter and crosses a touch further south, between the Outer Hebrides and the Isle of Skye.
Excellent routes to start ticking off the open crossing list.
Both routes (Little Minch/North Minch) have been paddled many times, these are the trips we have been informed of.

Little Minch

Route Distance: ~17 nm / 31 km
Prevailing direction: E >> W

Solo

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Posn.	K1W	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
1		K1M	Norbert Ziober	04:39:00	18-Apr-15	Ardmore Bay	Lochmaddy Uist	Tiderace Pace 17 Tour	Yes
2	(1)	K1W	Kate Duffus	05:00:00	Sep-08	Lochmaddy	Waternish Point	SKUK Greenlander Pro	--		Blog
3		K1M	Toby Speight	~1 day	30-Sep-13	Rhenigidale	Bornesketaig		--		Blog
4		K1M	Toby Speight	~2 days	28-Sep-13	Bornesketaig	Rhenigidale		--		Blog

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

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Teams

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
1	Team	Michal Madera Natalie Maderova	06:46:00	24-Jun-15	Roghadal	Loch Pooltiel	Tiderace Pace 17 Tour Tiderace Pace 17 Tour	--		Blog
2	Team	John Fergusson Charles King Wilfred Smith	11:00:00?	27-Jul-1875	Ushnish Point	Roag		--		Blog

5 team paddlers in 2 teams

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Comments

Kate Duffus : (Sep-08)
This was Kate's first open crossing, the first time she had paddled solo and first time she had paddle over 30km in a single day. From Kate:"It was a bit of an adventure for me."

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John Fergusson / Charles King et al. (27-Jul-1875)
Possibly the first kayak crossing of the Minch? Undertaken in 1875 -- Ref: http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/contributions/Part1HistCCC.pdf

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Toby Speight : (28-Sep-13)
Overnight stop on Shiant Islands

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Norbert Ziober : (18-Apr-15)
This was Norbert's first foray into the world of PSK.

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Little Minch
6 completions -- 4 solo + 2 team + 0 escorted
9 paddlers in total (4 solo / 5 team / 0 escorted

Route Distance: ~17 nm / 31 km
Prevailing direction: E >> W
Recorded Start Points:

• Ardmore Bay (1)
• Bornesketaig (1)
• Lochmaddy (1)
• Rhenigidale (1)
• Roghadal (1)
• Ushnish Point (1)




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