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March 2008
Some maintenance to woodwork and engine, and the usual sanding and painting of 'Freya' fill Mark's time plan this month.
We hope to launch her at the end of the first week in April, with trips begining the middle of the month.
(Although I shall omit the blurb about daffodils in bloom and tourists arriving and
birds singing ... it is happening, and it's great!!)
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January 2008
Happy new year!
2008 started with an exciting event: Mark and Anja's project boat B Marie finally reaches a level of fitness
where she can return to the water after two years of hard work ashore.
Although there is much to be done the charm of her Danish
fishing boat lines shines through.
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During a stormy second week this month Mark and a local crew made a break for it and delivered her round to Mull.
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End of July 2007
'Freya' anchored at Traigh Gheal makes a perfect backdrop for a beach picnic in the
sunshine, following a brisk sail there.
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21. July 2007
Midnight visit in Fionnphort
With a boat full of friends we attended the most westerly Scottish release of
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' at the Ferry Shop.
It was a truely magic night with the isle of Skye still visible 60 miles away in the twilight.
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03. May 2007
First 2007 visit to the Treshish Isles.
Puffins already there in force on Lunga.
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13. May 2007
Sail meets steam in the Sound of Iona. Paddle steamer 'Waverley', the last surviving seagoing
paddle steamer in the world, on her annual visit.
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09. April 2007
Just as I am writing this Mark is busy putting on masts and rigging.
'Freya' will be ready for trips from Wednesday, 18. April.
WELCOME TO ANOTHER SEASON!
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03. April 2007
At 3 in the afternoon Mark and friends were putting on the antifouling paint ...
4 hours later 'Freya' hit the water again (Freya watching).
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March 2007
Mark is busy sanding the seats of 'Freya' - we hope to launch her in the beginning of April to have
her ready for business in the middle of that month.
Meanwhile spring is really leaving it's marks: as usual (Mark says I mention them every year!)the daffodils are in full bloom, birds are singing, day light still
after 6 in the evenings, hotels and shops are opening, tourists are coming again from far...
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October 2006
On a sunny and warm day in the beginning of October Freya came out of the water.
She’s now all laid up for the winter – spars and ropes in our stairway, the life jacket box in our guest room, sails in the loft, the boat itself in its usual place on the lawn near the jetty.
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Another Season over
Here a few more pictures from happy days out during this past season. (from top left, anticlockwise: picnic a Eilean Annraidh,
Anchored at Eilean a Chalmain, Freyas first attempt to steer the boat, late summer trip around the island)
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A hot July and mayby a bit too much rain in August...
AUGUST 2006: We have been busy in the past months - succesful fishing trips, exciting sailing, picnics at
Balfours Bay/Erraid, two cyclists 'hitched a lift' to Gribun/Mull, Italian wildlife photographers taking
photos of puffins and shags on Lunga. Amazing sightings of basking sharks.
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Freya is born!!
On Sunday, 28.05.2006, at 0:08 am Freya Karin Hilde Jardine was born in Kirkcaldy hospital.
Of course Anja and Mark think she is the most beautiful baby in the world...
Trips as listed in the website will begin on Saturday, 10.06.2006. We hope you will join us soon for some glorious sailing under blue skies.
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Relaunch of Freya in 2006
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On a mild grey evening in the beginning of April Freya hit the water again.
Lots of people turned up to help and to watch.
Now she's bobbing on her mooring, waiting for the masts to go up.
Watch this space for more updates.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 2006
Tiger and Lily, last years baby kittens, have now grown into beautiful young cats.
Now we expect a new human in our midst - our baby is due on 20th May this year.
As we have to go off to the mainland for the birth a few weeks before, we decided to pospone
the official start of Freya's operating season to the end of May.
The boat will be very probably in the water sooner - so if you are around earlier and fancy a sail,
please phone us - Mark might be free to take you out.
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February 2006
A few beautiful days of sunshine and warmth - the daffodils are coming out, the birds sing in the trees and first
tourists visit the island. Freya is still in her winter berth but Mark has already completed this winter's
heavier maintanance tasks. Later in the spring he will carry out her annual painting.
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April 2005
Freya was relaunched for the summer on April 10.
Today, 14.04., the masts were stepped and trips will begin during the week commencing April, 18..
Come and join us for a sail!
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March 2005 - Spring
Spring really seems to have arrived here: daffodils blossoming, people getting their gardens ready for sowing - and Mark
has started getting 'Freya'ready for the new season.
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February 2005 - A busy month
In addition to usual winter work, including repairs to an old localy based dinghy...
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... Mark and Anja got married on Iona. There was a big celidh
with lots of friends and family celebrating with food, drink and dancing!
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January 2005 - After a stormy night
During a night of storm force winds, with very low pressure and a big spring tide the sea reached the highest level in maybe thirty years. The people of the island woke to a calm grey day,
assessing the areas near the shore where most of the damage was done: dry stone walls washed away by the sea,
the heavy steel clothes bank had moved a good 100 m from its original place, sea weed, sand and big stones littered
the lawns and roads, sewage pipes broken or lost, the shore road partly eaten away in places, the post office
was flooded, a dinghy had gone for a wee ride and landed safely on the Argyll Hotel lawn...
Soon people armed themselves with shovels, neighbors helping each other, Gordon coming down with his
digger, clearing away the huge rocks and 'mountains' of sand and gravel - people worked away and smiled,
relieved that nobody had got hurt.
'Freya' survived the night well - just heaps of sand, sea weed and litter around her trolley illustrated the fury of the storm.
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October 2004 - Freya ashore
After her busiest season to date Freya is now laid up for the winter. The moorings have been
lifted and the sails stowed away in the loft. This year the masts have found a new home for
the winter squeezing through a window in a nearby beach hut (instead of the Argyll Hotel which
is now open almost all year round).
Mark has a busy winter ahead with various building jobs, a dinghy renovation
and a large wedding celebration (to the lovely Anja).
Also over the winter there will be
some rolling programme maintanance on Freya. Come the spring, there will be a flurry of sanding
and painting ready to launch into another season.
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August 2004
Holiday island Iona. Ice creams, kids swimming in turquoise waters, a babbling of
all kinds of languages at the jetty.
Freya hosting all sorts of passengers: from a visiting artist in residence on Mull (in windy exciting
conditions)to toddlers, discovering the delights of Freyas hidden treasures.
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July 2004
Brilliant hot weather in May.
But since then a typical Hebridean mix of windy wet days and heavenly high summer sunshine.
Lots of happy family trips, a bithday party with amazing seafood catering, seals lazing in
the afternoon sun, some days even dophins or minke whales.
A good summer so far, really.
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01.June 2004
We are on the summer schedule now!
More trips each week.
What about Afternoon Tea on Freya? Eating fresh scones or fluffy cake
in a quiet anchorage while the sun warms your back?
Try it.
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19.04.2004
Freya is now up and running.
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07. April 2004:
With help from Ken, his tractor and willing local helpers Freya takes to her element.
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01. April 2004:
Mark is getting Freya ready for the new season.
If all goes alright she will be in the water with the first big tide in April.
Boat trips will recommence mid to late April.
Finalized start dates will be posted on this site soon.
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