We visited the Maritime Museum (which included a visit to the ship “Kyles” that we were tied to"!). The most unexpected exhibit was “Air Sea Rescue Craft 10”. This boat, and a number like it, were left anchored around the coast during World War 2. The idea was that if aeroplanes were shot down or crashed nearby the aircrew could swim over to the lifeboat, find food and shelter and await rescue. It seems they were not used much.
The visit was worthwhile. However as the museum has only just reopened after major changes, some of the exhibits still need to be better presented – the machine tools seemed to be short of quite a few parts and short of explanation as to how they worked.
Leaving Irvine later than intended and with more wind than expected we opted out of going all the way to Millport and stopped at Ardrossan. We had to wait for the ferry, then motored in painfully slowly against strong wind and took down the mainsail in the outer harbour. We were still fiddling with fenders and warps when the harbour control called us again. I did not wait to hear what they were going to say – just headed straight in before they told us to wait for the ferry again. The marina is well sheltered by flats.
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| River Irvine, looking down river from the museum |
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| We are moored alongside the puffer “Kyles” |
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| Model of a ship’s engine rooms, from the pre-CAD days of the 1980s |
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| The half ship models were built to help design the plating |
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