Crossings: St Kilda

Saint Kilda is a small and isolated group of four islands lying nearly 40 nm west of the the Outer Hebrides. The limited size and isolation meant that on St Kilda it was increasingly hard to maintain a viable living and in 1930 the final inhabitants were to evacuate to the mainland. This left the islands to be sold and later passed onto the National Trust, they are now known for their bird-life.

From the sea kayaking point of view this crossing is a committing trip, with few 'Plan B' options. St Kilda is a long way out and a small target to aim for. It has been undertaken a number of times over the years, the first crossing as far back as 1965 possibly.

St Kilda

Route Distance: ~43 nm / 80 km
Prevailing direction: E >> W

Solo

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Posn.	K1W	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
1		K1M	Adrian Tyrrell	09:30:00	27-Sep-92	Hosta Beach North Uist	Village Bay Hirta		--
2		K1M	Norbert Ziober	10:13:15	24-Aug-21	Hosta Beach North Uist	Village Bay Hirta	Rockpool Taran	Yes
3		K1M	Giles Trussell	10:33:00	07-Jun-18	Village Bay Hirta	Hougharry North Uist	P+H Cetus HV	Yes
4		K1M	Giles Trussell	2 days	05-Jun-18	Hougharry North Uist	Village Bay Hirta	P+H Cetus HV	Yes

4 solo paddlers.
CW = clockwise, CCW = counter-clockwise

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Teams

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
1	Team	Eurion Brown Alex Wainwright	11:36:00	20-Jun-14	Village Bay	Hougharry North Uist	P+H Cetus HV Tiderace Xcite S	Yes
2	Team	Eurion Brown Alex Wainwright	12:20:00	17-Jun-14	Hougharry North Uist	Village Bay Hirta	P+H Cetus HV Tiderace Xcite S	Yes
3	Team	Michal Madera Natalie Maderova	13:41:00	15-Jun-15	Hougharry	Village Bay	Tiderace Pace 17 Tour Tiderace Pace 17 Tour	--		Blog
4	K2	Anne Gow / Hamish Gow		1965				--

8 team paddlers in 4 teams

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Various

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Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
K1M	Dave Clement	?	06-Jun-12	Scolpaig, North Uist	Village Bay, Hirta		--	Escort	Article
K2	Dolina Swanson / Christine Stewart	~14:00:00	06-Jun-12	Scolpaig, North Uist	Village Bay		--	Escort	Article

3 paddlers in 2 teams

Notes: Various

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Comments

Dave Clement : (06-Jun-12)
Details taken from a news article - The Herald

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Dolina Swanson / Christine Stewart et al. (06-Jun-12)
Escort Boat

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Giles Trussell : (07-Jun-18)
A 4 day round trip - 2 days out via Monach Islands and then a single day return

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St Kilda
10 completions -- 4 solo + 4 team + 2 escorted
15 paddlers in total (4 solo / 8 team / 3 escorted

Route Distance: ~43 nm / 80 km
Prevailing direction: E >> W
Recorded Start Points:

• ?? (1)
• Hosta Beach, North Uist (2)
• Hougharry (1)
• Hougharry, North Uist (2)
• Scolpaig, North Uist (2)
• Village Bay (1)
• Village Bay, Hirta (1)




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