SaltDog Marine

SaltDog Marine Dundee Boat Trips. Join us to experience amazing sights🦭🐬Regular seafari trips from Broughty Ferry.
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04/09/2026

Just me and the GPS avenger out in the water this morning. Windy like 💨 gusting 50mph plus on the Road Bridge. Think we deserve a wee Indian Summer ♥️

A closer look aboard the Georg Stage for you 🫶⚓️Pretty confined below decks, with every bit of space put to use. What re...
02/09/2026

A closer look aboard the Georg Stage for you 🫶⚓️

Pretty confined below decks, with every bit of space put to use. What really struck me was that this is very much a working ship — everyone has a purpose and everyone has a job to do.

There’s some high-tech modern navigation equipment onboard and, of course, a diesel engine for manoeuvring in port, but many aspects of life and work aboard have remained largely unchanged for well over 100 years.

I was chatting to one young trainee who was learning traditional steel pipe repairs. He told me there’s a saying on the ship:

“It’s worked for 140 years, we’ll keep doing it this way.” ⚓️

The galley is only around 4m², yet they prepare food for around 75 people every day, with three catering students working in there.

They’re also one of the last training ships where the trainees still sleep in hammocks. Each morning they have just 15 minutes to get dressed, pack them away and report for duty. Fresh-water showers are limited to one every three days.

Then there’s actually sailing her. Georg Stage carries 20 sails, with the trainees climbing the masts and heading out onto the yards to unfurl them — proper traditional seamanship still being taught and practised every day.

I spoke to them about the wildlife they might encounter around here too. While anchored off Barry Buddon they’d already seen our 🐬 and 🦭 and absolutely loved the experience.

This five-month adventure gives the students the experience and qualifications they need to begin a career in merchant shipping.

But there’s clearly much more to it than that.

Living and working together in such close quarters, relying on each other and learning that level of discipline, camaraderie and teamwork will set these young people up for far more than just a career at sea. 🫶

Georg Stage departs Dundee tomorrow at 8am, heading for Oban and then onwards to Dublin.

And it seems The Phoenix has been the bar of choice for the young crew during their stay 🍺😁
They’ve enjoyed Dundee and we’ve certainly enjoyed having them as guests. ♥️⚓️

📸 By us today — possibly some film to follow 🙂

Excited to have been invited aboard the Georg Stage along side in Dundee harbour tomorrow 😲Hopefully be able to give you...
01/09/2026

Excited to have been invited aboard the Georg Stage along side in Dundee harbour tomorrow 😲

Hopefully be able to give you an insight into what life is like on her for the 63 students and 12 permanent crew. The students do 5 months and leave qualified to join the Merchant Navy. What I find particularly fascinating and hope to see is the mix of heritage skills and modern technology that prepare these young people for the future.

The life skills acquired would be worth it alone🫶
More to follow ♥️

Huge interest in this visitor to Dundee. A very special visitor for Forth Ports and a compliment to what Dundee Harbour ...
31/08/2026

Huge interest in this visitor to Dundee. A very special visitor for Forth Ports and a compliment to what Dundee Harbour can offer these special vessels.
The Georg Stage will be leaving this Thursday for Oban before heading to Dublin then Vigo in Spain then to France. What a journey for the 63 students aboard 😲

Pilot will be boarding 0800 on Thursday then she’ll be heading out shortly after.

I was really struck by her seeing a representation of the past in these waters. Dundee had an incredible maritime past. It was founded because of the natural resource of having that connection to the seas several hundred years ago. We’re very proud that we can get you locals out on the water and show you the foundations of a city. What a coastline it is ♥️

📸 by us when she was at anchor at Barry Buddon on Saturday. Compression of the zoom makes her look closer 🫶

Pilots aboard and she’s on her way in. She’ll be doing about 8mph and approx 3.5 miles from BF atm. There was a time the...
30/08/2026

Pilots aboard and she’s on her way in. She’ll be doing about 8mph and approx 3.5 miles from BF atm.
There was a time these were 3 deep on the wall at Dundee harbour. A view from the past today 🫶

Operating remotely as trips cancelled today due to the weather warnings. I’ll update as she comes in ♥️

Edit: 16:59 passing Tentsmuir Point

Edit: 17:08 approaching Broughty Ferry and Tayport

Edit: past Broughty Ferry at the Newcomb boy and heading into Dundee Harbour

📸 yesterday by us

Have you seen the distant shape of a Tall Ship out towards Buddon? I went out to see her sitting at anchorage today to t...
29/08/2026

Have you seen the distant shape of a Tall Ship out towards Buddon? I went out to see her sitting at anchorage today to take a few photies and she’s coming into Dundee tomorrow. Looks like the washings been done ready to look their best ♥️

I’m told Pilot Boarding 16:30 and suggest looking out from 16:45 ish. Take the time to enjoy her this is a rarity 🫶

🇩🇰⚓️ Now this is a proper ship…

Meet Georg Stage, Denmark’s magnificent 42-metre, fully rigged training ship, built way back in 1934 and still doing the job she was designed for more than 90 years later.

She sails with 63 young trainees, learning practical seamanship and gaining the qualifications needed to begin careers in the merchant navy.

But the Georg Stage story goes back even further — to 1882.

The original ship was funded by Danish shipowner Frederik Stage and his wife Thea in memory of their son Georg, who died from tuberculosis aged just 22. When the current ship was built, the original figurehead depicting young Georg was transferred across — and remains with her today.

Women have trained aboard since 1981 and, after five months at sea, trainees can step ashore ready to start their maritime careers.

⚓ 42m long
⛵ Full-rigged ship
🇩🇰 Home port: Copenhagen
👨‍✈️ 63 trainees
📅 Built: 1934

There aren’t many classrooms quite like this one.

And she certainly makes for an impressive sight on the water! 👌⚓️

📸 by us today

Today in Broughty Ferry 😲Some incredible experiences today. Last pic first then the sequence from the start. After 10 ye...
27/08/2026

Today in Broughty Ferry 😲
Some incredible experiences today. Last pic first then the sequence from the start. After 10 years my jaw still drops sometimes ♥️

Some beautiful film for the morning with a tribute to a very special passenger today who made me cry last year 🥹 and a wee tribute to Dolly 🥰

📸 by us today. Strong 9.3/10 for this 😏🫶

27/08/2026

NOW is a good time to visit the waterfront at The Ferry or Tayport 🐬🐬🐬♥️

📸 11:55 am

Started with a beautiful glassy Tay this morning and finished with some quite spicy wind and waves 🌊 🚤No 🐬 today so seve...
24/08/2026

Started with a beautiful glassy Tay this morning and finished with some quite spicy wind and waves 🌊 🚤
No 🐬 today so several visits to Tentsmuir and the V&A and waterfront. What does this mean for those wanting to see our aquatic pals tomorrow? Nothing really. They shall be there or they shall not, that’s the beauty of free and wild animals. Come for the boat trip, 🐬are always an incredible bonus ♥️

📸 By us today. No rating it’s a grab from my phone, looks good to me 🤘🏻😀

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