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Successful Pillage
The forecast was accurate for the final of the Pillages and with relief Kevin Ca
mpbell and the Pillagers set of 12 hours earlier than planned. The Valkyrie Craft Skerries Yawl sponsored by Iain Smith set off from Bowmore on time and headed for Bruichladdich. Within minutes two of the oars snapped, fortunately on this short leg of the voyage this caused little problem and new oars were picked up at Bruichladdich.
Three teams of four rowers and a helmsman were escorted and supported by James Brown in the ‘Maggie B’, and His son Jim Brown in the ‘Highlander’, Ellen provided catering at each port for the famished crews. Meanwhile the land based team were rumbling a barrel from Ardbeg the Cighouse - an impressive 54 miles, the teams arriving in Craighouse within minutes of each other.
At Craighouse the whiskey was decanted into a barrel to marry for the next 6 months. The proceeds of the auction
will be distributed to local charities on the basis of a nomination from each of the distilleries.
Bids for the 250 bottles will be accepted until the end of January 2008
Bid reserve price is £150
Payment for the successful bids must be received by the end of February 2008
Bottling will be in March 2008
Delivery by the end of July 2008
If you would like to bid for one fo these unique bottles please lick on this link Bid form
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Change of timetable
The Pillage is now planning to leave Bowmore Harbour at 1300hrs today, Friday, 29th June, 2007
Anticipation
The team are looking forwards to the event despite the poor forecast for Saturday.
The Pillage
Following a meeting with the support boat skippers the proposed date for out final pillage is:
Saturday 30th June 2007
We are looking for a donation of 24 litres of 14 year old malt from each distillery. This will give us 250 bottles for auction.
Each distillery will pick one or more local charities to give their share raised.
The boat, the pillaging -
The boat will pick up a token 1 litre of whisky at each distillery which will be decanted into a small cask on board.
The row will be with 3 teams of 5 rowers.
We will start at Bowmore at midnight, arriving at Bruichladdich at 01.15, Laphroaig at 07.45, Lagavulin at 8.45, Ardbeg at 09.45, Caol-ila at 16.15, Bunnahabhain at 17.00, and Jura at 20.30
The barrel, the plundering -
The barrel will have 1 litre of whisky poured into it at each distillery. The remaining 22 litres will be carried in a support vehicle. We will roll the barrel to the distilleries.
Volunteers from the distilleries will be picked to roll the barrel.
We will start at Ardbeg at midnight. arriving in Lagavulin at 00.30, Laphroaig at 01.30, Bowmore at 06.30, Bruichladdich at at 9.30, Bunnahabhain at 14.30, Caol-ila at 17.00 and Jura at 20.00
The finish -
On the finish line at Craighouse the whisky collected from the distilleries and the 1 litre samples from the boat will be decanted into the cask to marry.