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Title: SEA ROAD TO THE ISLES, the

Reference number: 8805

Date: 1973c

Director: filmed by Don McLachlan

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 44.58 mins

Description: A compilation of footage from holiday trips by motor yacht around the Western Isles. The McLachlan family and friends travel from the Crinan Canal to Oban, Tobermory, Stornoway, Skye and Canna.

Not to be confused with ref. 8675, made in 1937. This film is an 'updated' take on that earlier film. See also ref. 8804.

Don McLachlan was a keen amateur cameraman who began filming in 1935, firstly on 16mm reversal, then later on video. An engineer, keen sailor and family man, he recorded many aspects of his life, but rarely his working life. He died in December 2003.

Shotlist: [shot-listed from mini DV - manual control track]

gv of bay from boat - shot of Fiona McLachlan on board washing clothes - [black] - shot of masts with pennants flying - shots of Marona and other yachts, motor yachts and other vessels sailing past - shots of Margaret McLachlan and friends on boat, Erskine Johnston and Margaret bringing supplies to boat by dinghy - c/u Fiona's son Russell? as baby at wheel of boat - shots of Marona at anchor - gv Crinan Bay with yachts at anchor - gvs of Clyde Cruising Club yachts starting race to Tobermory from Crinan Bay (3.10) gvs yachts anchored in Crinan Bay, pan across Loch Crinan (3.53) title - gvs from boat coming out of Loch Crinan, Margaret cooking meal in galley, family eating meal - gvs from boat in channel between Scarba and Luing, passing Pladda lighthouse, Easdale (5.32) c/u animated map showing route via Cuan - gvs of tides on sail round Cuan - shots from boat passing Easdale and pier, Garvellachs to stern - gvs Sound of Kerrera, Mull, lighthouse (8.53) c/u map showing route to Oban - gvs from boat approaching Oban - gvs of Oban Bay from above and from harbour - shots of fishing boats crossing bay - l/shots of Ardentrive Bay on Kerrera, gvs of Oban Bay - shots from harbour, fishing boats unloading catch, shots of dead shark on deck, l/s McCaig's Folly on hill (11.59) gvs interior of McCaig's Folly and views through windows - c/u map showing route through Sound of Mull - gvs from boat of cargo vessel passing, Duart Castle, passing yachts and motor yachts, sailing ship 'Captain Scott' - shots approaching Tobermory through south channel - gvs Tobermory Bay - high shots of bay with contestants in Tobermory Race at anchor - shots from boat leaving bay (15.27) c/u map showing route to Loch Sunart - gvs loch and landscape, yachts at anchor in bay, high shots of Loch Sunart, Ardnamurchan hills and Rhum - gvs sunset over hills - gvs from boat round Ardnamurchan Point (17.55) c/u map showing route - gvs Eigg, Rhum and Cuillins, Sound of Sleat - c/u map showing route to Armadale - high shot of ferry approaching pier at Armadale - gvs of Skye Sailing Club clubhouse - shots of loch from clubhouse terrace - children playing in water and playing in clubhouse - gv of loch (19.53) c/u map showing route to Totaig - gvs from boat through Sound of Sleat and Kyle Rhea - shots passing buoy and helicopter flies overhead - gvs approaching Totaig, high shots of bay, Loch Duich, Dornie and Eilean Donan Castle - high shot towards Kyle of Lochalsh - gvs from boat passing between Kyle of Lochalsh and Kyleakin - map showing route - passing into Sound of Raasay, passing Cuillins, Raasay House - map showing route - gvs of Skye and Raasay, approaching Rona and bay at Acairseid Mhor (25.13) gvs Margaret and friends on board boat - gvs loch and man on dinghy - shots approaching pier on Rona, Margaret and friends exploring island - high shots of bay and island, uninhabited cottages, returning to boat in dinghy from pier - shots leaving bay, passing yacht (27.32) c/u map showing route - gvs on Loch Torridon, Nimrod aeroplane flying overhead - gvs Loch Gairloch and shots of approach to Badachro - gvs Badachro village and harbour - c/u map showing route - gvs from boat, Rubh Reigh lighthouse - gvs Loch Ewe, Gruinard Bay and Loch Broom, approaching Summer Isles (30.17) gvs Marona anchored at Tannara Mor, gvs of island, pier and remains of fish-curing factory - Margaret and friends burning rubbish on beach - gvs of island and mainland coast, Summer Isles - shot of dinghy approaching pier (32.16) c/u map of route to Stornoway - gvs from boat sailing across Minch - gvs approaching Stornoway, botanic gardens, fishing boat and yachts, Lews Castle - gvs at harbour, ferry terminal, refuelling from Esso tanker (33.47) c/u map of route to Cromore and Mariveg - gvs sailing south from Stornoway, into Loch Eireasort - gvs Cromore village and bay - c/u map of route to Mariveg - shots of boat sailing out with crew watching for rocks (36.07) c/u map of route to Scalpay - gvs sailing down coast, passing Rubha Uisinis lighthouse - c/u map of route to Tarbert - gvs approach to East Loch Tarbert and Tarbert - gvs town, Margaret and friends walking along road - gvs harbour, ferry approaching - gvs approaching North Bay, Scalpay, gvs of pier, bay and village (39.07) gvs from boat on Minch in stormy weather - c/u map of route to Lochmaddy - gvs approach to Lochmaddy, shots of ferry in distance - shots of storm wind running along loch, seagull perched on outboard motor - c/u map of route to Loch Dunvegan - gvs from boat passing Dunvegan Head, into Dunvegan Loch, high shots of anchorage from Dunvegan Castle - gvs from boat passing Neist Point lighthouse - c/u map of route to Canna - gvs of approach to Canna harbour - gvs from Sanday Island to Canna, shots of Catholic Church, Compass Hill, Madonna shrine and bridge to Canna - gvs bay and boats at anchor, rainbow and fishing boat surrounded by gulls - gvs from boat on choppy sea, passing Ardnamurchan Point lighthouse (44.58)