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Tanker “Overseas Sophie”

Exercise with B/F Lifeboat

Boat Maintenance April 2008

Hogmanay

Yet another 2007 summer thunderstorm approaching.

Clouds - Late Evening

Waves from Church Street, Broughty Ferry. (For scale, B/F lifeboat pier is on extreme upper  left)

Waves. Broughty Ferry

Cloud formation over the bridge.

Newburgh from the shore.

Cloud formation.

Dundee Docks - RGIT tower in distance

RGIT tower, with lifeboats ready for splashdown.

Scotcraig Lighthouse, Fife shore

River Tay - Aerial Views

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Strange light during a rainshower. Straight from the camera. Not digitally manipulated in any way.

 A nice day on the river.  - The old Fyvie jetty at David Anderson Marine Boatyard, Newport, Fife.

Immortalised for better or worse as “The Silvery Tay” the River Tay has an unusual ability to reflect the constantly changing light and weather patterns of the area. The MVS has given Tay members and public alike the opportunity to see this river as it should be seen - from the water.

Race on the Tay

Dolphins off Broughty Castle

Tentsmuir and Tayport - An extreme wide angle photograph taken while approaching the Horseshoe Buoy in Marigot

The “Auguira” passing the “Arun Adventurer” and some sailing dingies.

Badger at Speed

Cruise ship entering the Tay at dawn. The Tay has been a frequent host to these vessels over the past few years.

Mares Tails

Weather front crossing the Tay

Sky darkening as a squall blows across the Tay driven by a North East wind.

Apollo Hawk anchored off Broughty Ferry - Feb 6th 2006

Apollo Hawk

Sunset 18th August from Broughty Ferry.

Proving that swans too can be healthy eaters. 4 swans at Broughty Ferry gobbling down silkweed - a change from their usual diet of buns and poor folks kneecaps.

The Larick Beacon at Tayport is a classic design of “Pile Lighthouse” also seen on the Atlantic coast of America. The barracks that Stephenson built for the workers on the Bell Rock lighthouse was a very similar design, minus the light. Seen from Badger on a passenger trip.

Supertanker “Fucsia” passes the Larick Beacon at Tayport with Badger keeping station.

A very high spring tide at Broughty Harbour

Low tide - River Tay at David Anderson’s Marine boatyard

Broughty Castle from the Pilot Pier with some rare lying snow on the wooden pier

Badger passing the cable laying ship “Discovery” after leaving Victoria Dock, Dundee for the start of her new 2005 season

The River Tay near Perth. Badger and David Winch (the rower) wait while a coaster passes them in the deep water channel en route to Perth.

David (who had just had a heart bypass operation ! ) rowed from Perth to Dundee to raise funds for the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat.

One of the many Tay dolphins seen from Badger during the summer of 2004.

Link to page on Dolphins in the River Tay

Badger showing her true colours at the Tay Railway Bridge

MVS Tay gratefully acknowledges the support and assistance of H. M. Revenue and Customs, The Port of Dundee (Forth Ports) The D. C. Thomson Charitable Trust, The Bell's Nautical Trust, Mrs. M. Robertson-Black, The Tay Charitable Trust, The St. Katherine's Fund, The Robertson Trust,  The Alexander Moncur Trust, Historic Scotland,  The Mathew Trust, Mr. Clive McKeag