Marinas/moorings near Edinburgh

[smonard]

Well I'm moving north. Can anyone suggest a place to keep my 27ft long keeled yacht within easy reach of Edinburgh.

 

[saltwater_gypsy]

The choice is limited for long keelers because the tidal range can be 6m but the choice is:
Port Edgar Marina at South Queensferry, pontoon berths good Club keen on racing.
Granton Harbour which is at the North of the City. Two clubs have moorings here. The Forth Corinthian Yacht Club and the Royal Forth Yacht Club.Both are very friendly clubs but as I am a member of FCYC I am biased. I kept a 2m fin keeler at both Port Edgar and Granton and had no great problems except sinking the keel into the mud at both locations on Spring lows.
Port Edgar has fairly strong tidal streams (3knts at times) and Granton has a more open cruising area with some interesting islands to visit.
All the clubs have good web sites for contacts. Good Sailing

 

[Shuggy]

It depends what you classify as 'easy'. If you don't mind driving for 2.5 hours on a Friday night, I personally would keep it on the west coast. If you want to be right on the doorstep, Port Edgar's the place for you... (edit - or Granton!).

 

[KenMcCulloch]

Port Edgar is probably the 'best' place if you value the easy access of a pontoon berth. It's also surprisingly not that much more expensive than a swinging mooring at Granton. It also has good public transport links to Edinburgh if you don't want to use a car to get to the boat.

 

[smonard]

Thanks for the info. I'll check them out. Probably get the Mrs aboard more often with a pontoon berth eh?

 

[maxi77]

Port Edgar is certainly the best for pontoon berths but if you want the boat out of the water over winter you need your own trailer or cradle. If you have a traler some of the Forth clubs have mooring areas where members can lay their own moorings. What does your boat draw?

 

[smonard]

Thanks it draws about 4 feet or so, its a Halcyon 27.

 

[saltwater_gypsy]

A further word about Granton. The Royal Forth have a ferryman to take crew to and from the boat. The Corinthians being corinthian have their own self-drive ferry called "Dumbo". The Corinthians also rent a crane for the annual lift out so if low cost mooring' cheap cranage and low cost beer are important issues..........

 

[PeteCooper]

We kept a Halcyon 27 in Dunbar for about 6 years - no pontoons though.

 

[soapbox440]

We kept a Halcyon 27 in Dunbar for about 6 years - no pontoons though.

I'm looking at moving back to east lothian and keeping a Hurley 22 nearby. How did you go about getting a spot by Dunbar? Also looked at the Edinburgh locations.

 

[Trop Cher]

I'm looking at moving back to east lothian and keeping a Hurley 22 nearby. How did you go about getting a spot by Dunbar? Also looked at the Edinburgh locations.

Might be best to start a new thread to get up tp date replies instead of using an eight year old thread.

 

[soapbox440]

Replies here are just as good as any. Keeping it all in one thread makes sense to me!