SHETLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Hi TallyHoF4

We have only used our F4 in the sea (apart from a few days on the Caledonian Canal). Descriptions of our trips as well as various refurbishments we have done over the years at our website below.

i am sure you will have lots of fun - we have.

Thanks, DavidW - glad you enjoyed it. It's a beautiful place.

A report and pics of our trip around Skye in our Shetland F4 last year is now available for anyone that is interested:

https://shetlandf4.wordpress.com/skye-2015/

Rob.

Hi Andy

Yes, I am sure there is a way in many cases.

The other thing to think about is the tides. If you run her up on the beach on a falling tide, you may have to wait up to twelve hours before you can float her off again, depending on the state of the tide. If a rising tide, and you go off ...

Thanks, Andy. Glad it is of use.

Petrol : It depends more on your range rather than the litres per se, so your engine will be important. With our Mariner 75, we can average 2 NM/litre, sometimes even up to 3 NM/litre, giving us 160-240 NM range. That is a pretty long way. Most larger villages and ...

Hi Whammers

Sounds like a great trip. We have done many of the places you have mentioned in our F4, not in one trip but on and off over the last 9 years or so. The west coast of Scotland never ceases to fascinate us. There are usually plenty of sheltered places to anchor for the night, but I would ...

The report and pics of our trip around Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides in our F4 last year is now available for anyone that is interested:

https://shetlandf4.wordpress.com/outer-hebrides-2014/

Rob.

Hi Jon

Welcome to the forum.

We have a 1989 Mk5 Family Four and have also been renovating her over the years that we have had her - details are on our blog at http://shetlandf4.wordpress.com/ under the Refurbishment menu if you are interested. Although yours is a different year, you might find ...

Agreed. We used a soldering iron too.

R.

We use a 7.5 kg Bruce anchor for the main, and an 8 kg Danforth for the back up, with 10 m of chain and 40 m of rope for each. We use the Bruce most of the time, and have never had any problems with it holding in all our trips around the coastal areas of Scotland, except once - we anchored in kelp ...