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Stonehaven Harbour Festival 2008

A great family day out at Stonehaven Harbour,
Sunday 17 August, from noon until 4.30 pm

Harbour Festival 2007

On Sunday 17 August, Stonehaven Harbour will come alive with stalls, boats and activities for all the family as the annual Harbour Festival takes place.

Stonehaven Pipe Band at 2007 Harbour Festival The festival will be opened at 12 noon by yachtsman Adrian Flanagan who on 31st of May completed the first single handed ‘vertical’ circumnavigation of the world in his 40ft yacht Barrabas. It took him 405 days and he travelled almost 31,000 miles in total. His route involved sailing down past the Falklands, then west around Cape Horn. He then headed to Hawaii before turning northeast and sailing onto Nome, Alaska where he spent the winter. From there he sailed over the top of Russia through the North Sea route avoiding icebergs to Norway, before making the last leg of his journey south towards England. His journey was not without danger the currents and sailing into prevailing winds around Cape Horn saw him capsize twice. Add in being washed overboard without a safety line and being stalked by pirates for two days off the coast of Brazil it’s easy to see he’ll have plenty of stories to tell and we are delighted to have him with us for the day.

MRI 42 at the 2007 Harbour Festival MRI has lined up another festival full of demonstrations throughout the day including a seafood cookery demonstration from Robert Cleaver the owner of the Carron Restaurant and displays from the Trossachs Search and Rescue dogs, HM Coastguard, the Stonehaven Pipeband and many more…

Entertainment will include traditional music, plenty of stalls to browse, games to play, and lots of entertainment for children including a climbing wall, a giant inflatable slide, a puppet theatre, story tellers and the usual lucky dip, face painting, scoop a duck and tombola. At the Tolbooth Museum children can have fun learning how to weave, on top of all this the HM Coastguard also have fun and games in store for the youngsters.

Stonehaven Yacht Club will ensure everyone has their fill of teas & coffees, plus strawberries, while the Lions Club will provide the burgers. The Stonehaven Allotment Society will be offering a selection of vegetarian barbeque goodies.

As usual, Ian Watson will be providing boat trips on the Lady Gail.

All of this in the picturesque setting of Stonehaven Harbour - all we need now is the weather.

A good family day out is in prospect and we look forward to welcoming friends, old and new, on Sunday, August 17th, from 12 noon to 4.

All funds raised on the day go to support the work of Stonehaven’s lifeboats.

Harbour Festival 2007

*Related Links:
Trossachs Search & Rescue Dogs

Adrian Flanagan and the Alpha Global Expedition 2005-2008

Press - you are welcome to attend these events. If you wish to visit the lifeboat station or take a trip on one of the vessels before the weekend please contact Ann Laing on 01569 765768 and she will organise a press outing.

Updated: 4 August, 2008

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Vikings at Harbour Festival 2007