Claire Dalby (SY Drumlin) 🕊️
@sydrumlin.bsky.social
Stay on edge of North York Moors, but originally from Maryburgh, a wee place in the Highlands.
Very often found on a Westerly Konsort off the West Coast of Scotland ⛵
Married to a musician.
📷 Usually mine
Very often found on a Westerly Konsort off the West Coast of Scotland ⛵
Married to a musician.
📷 Usually mine
Pinned
Hi I'm Claire
I'm pleased to be here, but I prefer to be at sea!
I lived for many years with OH aboard 'Drumlin' our lovely old Westerly Konsort, sailing West Coast of Scotland and Ireland.
If you like nature on land or at sea, especially sunrises and sunsets then you've come to the right place.
I'm pleased to be here, but I prefer to be at sea!
I lived for many years with OH aboard 'Drumlin' our lovely old Westerly Konsort, sailing West Coast of Scotland and Ireland.
If you like nature on land or at sea, especially sunrises and sunsets then you've come to the right place.
At anchor in company - Gott Bay, Tiree.
January 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
At anchor in company - Gott Bay, Tiree.
Cold weather and clear skies make for beautiful sunsets.
- Watching the sun setting over the Pennine Hills, from the North York Moors
- Watching the sun setting over the Pennine Hills, from the North York Moors
January 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Cold weather and clear skies make for beautiful sunsets.
- Watching the sun setting over the Pennine Hills, from the North York Moors
- Watching the sun setting over the Pennine Hills, from the North York Moors
- Watching the Lochranza - Claonaig ferry arrive.
-The hills above Lochranza, Isle of Arran, Scotland.
Drumlin was anchored in Lamlash Bay, we took the 'round the island' bus and hopped on and off in beautiful weather.
Lovely to look at on days like today, when the temp won't rise above zero 🥶
January 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
- Watching the Lochranza - Claonaig ferry arrive.
-The hills above Lochranza, Isle of Arran, Scotland.
Drumlin was anchored in Lamlash Bay, we took the 'round the island' bus and hopped on and off in beautiful weather.
Lovely to look at on days like today, when the temp won't rise above zero 🥶
Sailing West Coast of Scotland.
Inchmarnock Island with the mountains of Arran beyond in the cloud, taken from Ettrick Bay - Isle of Bute.
Inchmarnock Island with the mountains of Arran beyond in the cloud, taken from Ettrick Bay - Isle of Bute.
December 11, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Sailing West Coast of Scotland.
Inchmarnock Island with the mountains of Arran beyond in the cloud, taken from Ettrick Bay - Isle of Bute.
Inchmarnock Island with the mountains of Arran beyond in the cloud, taken from Ettrick Bay - Isle of Bute.
Reposted by Claire Dalby (SY Drumlin) 🕊️
‘Despite pronounced seasonal + interannual variation, #seagrass restoration increases fish abundance and diversity.’
If we want diverse fisheries with more opportunities than just shellfish, we need to recover seabed habitats. @seawilding.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
If we want diverse fisheries with more opportunities than just shellfish, we need to recover seabed habitats. @seawilding.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
December 10, 2024 at 9:47 AM
‘Despite pronounced seasonal + interannual variation, #seagrass restoration increases fish abundance and diversity.’
If we want diverse fisheries with more opportunities than just shellfish, we need to recover seabed habitats. @seawilding.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
If we want diverse fisheries with more opportunities than just shellfish, we need to recover seabed habitats. @seawilding.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Late afternoon light shining on the Moray Firth from Avoch harbour.
December 8, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Late afternoon light shining on the Moray Firth from Avoch harbour.
Reposted by Claire Dalby (SY Drumlin) 🕊️
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light
December 1, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light
Popped over to Ullapool, Wester Ross this afternoon.
November 30, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Popped over to Ullapool, Wester Ross this afternoon.
A visit to the Island of Kerrera, west coast of Scotland.
- 16th century Gylen Castle, built by the Clan MacDougall, with Drumlin anchored in the south facing inlet below.
A temporary anchorage very often vulnerable to a large swell from the prevailing South Westerlies.
- 16th century Gylen Castle, built by the Clan MacDougall, with Drumlin anchored in the south facing inlet below.
A temporary anchorage very often vulnerable to a large swell from the prevailing South Westerlies.
November 30, 2024 at 9:41 AM
A visit to the Island of Kerrera, west coast of Scotland.
- 16th century Gylen Castle, built by the Clan MacDougall, with Drumlin anchored in the south facing inlet below.
A temporary anchorage very often vulnerable to a large swell from the prevailing South Westerlies.
- 16th century Gylen Castle, built by the Clan MacDougall, with Drumlin anchored in the south facing inlet below.
A temporary anchorage very often vulnerable to a large swell from the prevailing South Westerlies.
That sweet 'tickatickatick' of an old raw water cooled Bukh 20 on a Westerly Konsort
- West coast of Scotland
- West coast of Scotland
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 AM
That sweet 'tickatickatick' of an old raw water cooled Bukh 20 on a Westerly Konsort
- West coast of Scotland
- West coast of Scotland
Anchored off Ullapool, Wester Ross.
In the days before the harbour and seafront improvement work.
In the days before the harbour and seafront improvement work.
November 26, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Anchored off Ullapool, Wester Ross.
In the days before the harbour and seafront improvement work.
In the days before the harbour and seafront improvement work.
At anchor.
- Aros, Tobermory bay, Isle of Mull.
- Aros, Tobermory bay, Isle of Mull.
November 26, 2024 at 9:58 AM
At anchor.
- Aros, Tobermory bay, Isle of Mull.
- Aros, Tobermory bay, Isle of Mull.
The most beautiful film I've watched in a very long time 🦦 😍
November 25, 2024 at 9:44 PM
The most beautiful film I've watched in a very long time 🦦 😍
November 25, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Pretty impressive weather arriving this morning in the Highlands.
-photos probably need a click for full image.
-photos probably need a click for full image.
November 25, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Pretty impressive weather arriving this morning in the Highlands.
-photos probably need a click for full image.
-photos probably need a click for full image.
All I can say is it's 'moody' - A9 North.
12°C temp change since yesterday, it's now 6°C and most of yesterday's snow is gone.
12°C temp change since yesterday, it's now 6°C and most of yesterday's snow is gone.
November 24, 2024 at 4:36 PM
All I can say is it's 'moody' - A9 North.
12°C temp change since yesterday, it's now 6°C and most of yesterday's snow is gone.
12°C temp change since yesterday, it's now 6°C and most of yesterday's snow is gone.
Reposted by Claire Dalby (SY Drumlin) 🕊️
'Tiree Wave' by Beth Robertson Fiddes, contemporary painter of Western Scottish sea and landscapes
November 24, 2024 at 7:07 AM
'Tiree Wave' by Beth Robertson Fiddes, contemporary painter of Western Scottish sea and landscapes
Open the door.
Go outside.
Have a adventure 😊
- sneaky peak at the beach, Greenisland, Belfast Lough
Go outside.
Have a adventure 😊
- sneaky peak at the beach, Greenisland, Belfast Lough
November 24, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Open the door.
Go outside.
Have a adventure 😊
- sneaky peak at the beach, Greenisland, Belfast Lough
Go outside.
Have a adventure 😊
- sneaky peak at the beach, Greenisland, Belfast Lough
Sailors have a strange relationship with lighthouses. They're friends, but found in the most inhospitable places.
- SW light, Mull of Kintyre.
- Ailsa Craig, that huge lump of granite where the Clyde meets the North Channel.
- Inner Light, Holy Isle, Arran
- Outer Light, East Side of Holy Isle.
- SW light, Mull of Kintyre.
- Ailsa Craig, that huge lump of granite where the Clyde meets the North Channel.
- Inner Light, Holy Isle, Arran
- Outer Light, East Side of Holy Isle.
November 23, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Sailors have a strange relationship with lighthouses. They're friends, but found in the most inhospitable places.
- SW light, Mull of Kintyre.
- Ailsa Craig, that huge lump of granite where the Clyde meets the North Channel.
- Inner Light, Holy Isle, Arran
- Outer Light, East Side of Holy Isle.
- SW light, Mull of Kintyre.
- Ailsa Craig, that huge lump of granite where the Clyde meets the North Channel.
- Inner Light, Holy Isle, Arran
- Outer Light, East Side of Holy Isle.
Woke up to this today 🙄
Due to drive north to stop with family in the Highlands.
Thanks #stormbert for the gale force easterlies and snow.
Can't say we weren't warned, from the start of the week Drumochter and Slochd were always going to be a problem.
...Ach well, let's see what tomorrow brings 😊
Due to drive north to stop with family in the Highlands.
Thanks #stormbert for the gale force easterlies and snow.
Can't say we weren't warned, from the start of the week Drumochter and Slochd were always going to be a problem.
...Ach well, let's see what tomorrow brings 😊
November 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Woke up to this today 🙄
Due to drive north to stop with family in the Highlands.
Thanks #stormbert for the gale force easterlies and snow.
Can't say we weren't warned, from the start of the week Drumochter and Slochd were always going to be a problem.
...Ach well, let's see what tomorrow brings 😊
Due to drive north to stop with family in the Highlands.
Thanks #stormbert for the gale force easterlies and snow.
Can't say we weren't warned, from the start of the week Drumochter and Slochd were always going to be a problem.
...Ach well, let's see what tomorrow brings 😊
The perfectly sheltered natural harbour at Acarsaid Mhor - Rona.
Lying between the east coast of Skye and the west coast Scottish mainland.
You can just see Drumlin at anchor on the RHS, hiding from very brisk northerlies with the Isle of Skye in the distance.
Lying between the east coast of Skye and the west coast Scottish mainland.
You can just see Drumlin at anchor on the RHS, hiding from very brisk northerlies with the Isle of Skye in the distance.
November 23, 2024 at 6:53 AM
The perfectly sheltered natural harbour at Acarsaid Mhor - Rona.
Lying between the east coast of Skye and the west coast Scottish mainland.
You can just see Drumlin at anchor on the RHS, hiding from very brisk northerlies with the Isle of Skye in the distance.
Lying between the east coast of Skye and the west coast Scottish mainland.
You can just see Drumlin at anchor on the RHS, hiding from very brisk northerlies with the Isle of Skye in the distance.
Tighnabruaich, West coast of Scotland.
Best sailing grounds - that's all! ⛵⚓
Best sailing grounds - that's all! ⛵⚓
November 22, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Tighnabruaich, West coast of Scotland.
Best sailing grounds - that's all! ⛵⚓
Best sailing grounds - that's all! ⛵⚓
It's cold here!
When we lived on Drumlin full time it was cosy in the winter. But when it got very cold condensation was our enemy.
Convection provided by 2 large tubular heaters, one in the forepeak the other in the quarter helped, and we always slept with a hatch cracked open even in the snow.
When we lived on Drumlin full time it was cosy in the winter. But when it got very cold condensation was our enemy.
Convection provided by 2 large tubular heaters, one in the forepeak the other in the quarter helped, and we always slept with a hatch cracked open even in the snow.
November 21, 2024 at 9:59 PM
It's cold here!
When we lived on Drumlin full time it was cosy in the winter. But when it got very cold condensation was our enemy.
Convection provided by 2 large tubular heaters, one in the forepeak the other in the quarter helped, and we always slept with a hatch cracked open even in the snow.
When we lived on Drumlin full time it was cosy in the winter. But when it got very cold condensation was our enemy.
Convection provided by 2 large tubular heaters, one in the forepeak the other in the quarter helped, and we always slept with a hatch cracked open even in the snow.
Another day 😊
November 18, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Another day 😊
Good morning! 😊
We've got a relaxing weekend ahead.
We've got a relaxing weekend ahead.
November 16, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Good morning! 😊
We've got a relaxing weekend ahead.
We've got a relaxing weekend ahead.