The Outer Hebrides: Sea Kayak Journeys to the Isles & St KildaThis guidebook contains 44 great sea kayak trips around the archipelago of the Outer Hebrides, Berneray to the Butt of Lewis and including St Kilda. The book presents all the navigational and tidal information a sea kayaker needs on this section of coast. |
Contents
Contents | 6 |
Important Notice | 7 |
How to Use the Guide | 8 |
About the Authors | 10 |
EilEan lEòdhais islE of lEwis | 11 |
Beàrnaraigh Beàrnaraigh Beag | 13 |
Bhaltos Pabaigh Mòr | 19 |
Giosla to Iarsiadar | 25 |
Gallan Head | 79 |
islE of harris | 83 |
Rhenigadail to An Tairbeart | 85 |
An Tairbeart to Roghadal | 89 |
Tarasaigh | 93 |
Tairbeart to Huisinis | 97 |
Scarp | 101 |
Mealasta to Huisinis | 105 |
Càrlabhagh to Siabost | 29 |
The Butt of Lewis | 35 |
Tolsta to Ness | 39 |
Rubha Tholastaidh | 43 |
An Rubha | 47 |
Stornoway Harbour | 51 |
Loch Èireasort | 55 |
Leumrabhagh Loch Bhrolluim | 59 |
TheShiants | 63 |
Reinigeadal to Bhalamus | 69 |
LochSeaforth | 73 |
ThE sound of harris Caolas na hEaradh | 109 |
NW Sound of Harris | 111 |
Otairnis to Loch nam Madadh | 115 |
AntOb to Roghadal | 121 |
ThE uisTs and BEnBECula | 125 |
Barra and VaTErsay | 159 |
sT Kilda | 177 |
ThE aTlanTiC ouTliErs 191 38 Flannan Isles | 193 |
MinCh Crossings | 203 |
appEndiCEs | 227 |
Common terms and phrases
able allow arrive Atlantic Barra beach Beag boat built Butt of Lewis camp Caolas Castlebay cliffs coast Coastguard Stornoway covered crossing Description difficult east Eilean entrance explore exposed ferry finish fish further going stream starts grade harbour Harris Head headland hours from 0110 HW Ullapool interest Introduction ISBN island Isles kayak Kilometres knots land launch Lewis lighthouse Loch look Max rate sp Minch minutes after HW minutes before HW Mòr narrows Nautical Miles Outer Hebrides paddle pass planning possible provides remains road round route Rubha running sea kayaking seen sheet sheltered side slip Sound St Kilda Sula Sgeir swell Tidal port Ullapool Tidal Stream tide Tide and weather Tràigh trip Uist VariaTions VHF weather village weather wind