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Taking a yacht out of Largs for a week late summer. As we're new to the area we'd welcome recomended cruising areas and good spots to stop for a dram.
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Peppermint
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Go to Lochranza super little harbour with moorings maintained by the pub which is OK. But! They have a distillery and the blend is well worth the walk up the hill.
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webcraft
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Tarbert Loch Fyne is a must-visit for a civilised night out - pontoon, pubs, pretty.
A trip through the Kyles of Bute is also highly recommended.
Re. Lochranza - lovely place, but in a Southerly of any force you can get horrendous squalls and downdraughts from the hills which can make for a disturbed night - so have an extra dram for that sound sleep!
- Nick
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A trip through the Kyles of Bute is also highly recommended.
Re. Lochranza - lovely place, but in a Southerly of any force you can get horrendous squalls and downdraughts from the hills which can make for a disturbed night - so have an extra dram for that sound sleep!
- Nick
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1114C
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Peaceful mooring with buoys available at Oystercatcher on Loch Fyne behind the spit - do not be tempted to go over the spit though obviously!
An Caladh for an anchorage in the Kyles of pick up a buoy at either the Royal or Kames Hotels in Tighnabruaich although they can get a bit lumpy in a southerly (as we find out yet again weekend before last!) There is a bay off Bute which is more sheltered whose name escapes me.
Try also further up to Ardentinny (for a game of Boules if that appeals) or up to Carrick Castle
Have fun wherever you go, but do go to Tarbert
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An Caladh for an anchorage in the Kyles of pick up a buoy at either the Royal or Kames Hotels in Tighnabruaich although they can get a bit lumpy in a southerly (as we find out yet again weekend before last!) There is a bay off Bute which is more sheltered whose name escapes me.
Try also further up to Ardentinny (for a game of Boules if that appeals) or up to Carrick Castle
Have fun wherever you go, but do go to Tarbert
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Aja
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'Twill either be Blackfarland Bay or round the corner in Wreck Bay
Both excellent anchorages.
Donald
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Both excellent anchorages.
Donald
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Aja
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Sorry Peppermint. Last time I was in Lochranza felt that the pub was run down, midges bit like crazy - and I've never been happy anchored there.
Donald
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Gordonmc
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Agreed.
Staff in the pub are grumpy and resent taking money off customers. The pub can't take credit for the visitor moorings... they are local authority.
Its a spectacular place for a night or two with the castle on the foreshore and delights of the distillery, but is subject to a swell with anything blowing from the north and fierce katabatics off the hills.
Lots of places near Largs. Turn right, Rothesay has limited space on a visitor pontoon. Keep going North to the Kyles and round the top. Agreed Tighnabruach is good value with hotel moorings. Down to Inchamrnock Water and hook round West Kyle to Tarbert. Excellent facilities on the North harbour pontoons and good hospitality a short walk into town. Further up Loch Fyne ... Ardrishaig and Otter Ferry have pub/hotel moorings. The Oyster Bar at the very end of the loch has four moorings for customers, but its a long haul.
More hotel moorings at Kilchattan bay on the SW tip of Bute.
Have a good time... and don't be put off by the weather... it will change in an hour or so.
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Staff in the pub are grumpy and resent taking money off customers. The pub can't take credit for the visitor moorings... they are local authority.
Its a spectacular place for a night or two with the castle on the foreshore and delights of the distillery, but is subject to a swell with anything blowing from the north and fierce katabatics off the hills.
Lots of places near Largs. Turn right, Rothesay has limited space on a visitor pontoon. Keep going North to the Kyles and round the top. Agreed Tighnabruach is good value with hotel moorings. Down to Inchamrnock Water and hook round West Kyle to Tarbert. Excellent facilities on the North harbour pontoons and good hospitality a short walk into town. Further up Loch Fyne ... Ardrishaig and Otter Ferry have pub/hotel moorings. The Oyster Bar at the very end of the loch has four moorings for customers, but its a long haul.
More hotel moorings at Kilchattan bay on the SW tip of Bute.
Have a good time... and don't be put off by the weather... it will change in an hour or so.
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jimi
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Whats the Pier Head Tavern in Lamlash like these days? Does it still exist?
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Aja
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Sorry Jimi. Havn't been ashore in Lamlash for a number of years. Have anchored overnight going to Belfast but not been ashore.
Brodick is quite nice - but beware of the swell!
Donald
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Brodick is quite nice - but beware of the swell!
Donald
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1114C
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one bad thing about Rothesay pontoon is the deflected ferry wash - blew all chance of a lie in that did
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ParaHandy
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It was there in 2001 but no sae shure aboot Donald's Brodick swell(!) There is now a brewery in Brodick - called the Arran, very original. Years ago there was in Inverness a small brewery producing a small amount of "sweet" heavy and that was the only "independent" (that I knew of) but now there are more breweries than fishfarms on the west coast .... thirsty work, this sailing?!
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jimi
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Used to be a favourite hount of mine in the ... ahem ... 70's, Used to get a bus from Kilmarnock to Ardrossan, commence drinking in the pub there, roll onto the Ferry, continue drinking, round to the PHT .. more of the same .. and then try and erect a tent in farmer MacDonald's field.
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Gordonmc
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PHT still ruining livers. The Drift Inn is more of a "family" pub... the other side of the sailing club with frontage to the shore. Easy enough to paddle the tender onto the premises.
If you are in Brodick I can recommend what was the old Back Bar near the co-op. Its been turned into a v. good restaurant. Can't remember the name but worth a diversion from the stagger to the Ormidale.
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If you are in Brodick I can recommend what was the old Back Bar near the co-op. Its been turned into a v. good restaurant. Can't remember the name but worth a diversion from the stagger to the Ormidale.
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Budgie
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As other posts have suggested, The Kyles of Bute with anchorages at Caladh or Wreck Bay are a must. Moorings at Kames are great except in a S or SE wind. Tarbet is also a must. Just north of Tarbet are moorings at Stonefield Castle hotel, useful if Tarbet is full up, and with a great restaurant. Lamlash on Arran now has plenty of new moorings.
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Aja
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Arran Blond is the stuff! Have it all over the place now - get mine in the Black Bull in Rothesay
Have tried Pipers Gold - excellent - from a brewery at Cairndow at the head of Loch Fyne just before the Oyster Bar
Cant beat Deuchars IPA IMHO
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Have tried Pipers Gold - excellent - from a brewery at Cairndow at the head of Loch Fyne just before the Oyster Bar
Cant beat Deuchars IPA IMHO
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dougiemcg
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The Anchorage in Tarbert serves one of the best steaks I've had in a long
time and beats queing for a table in the Victoria...
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time and beats queing for a table in the Victoria...
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PeteMcK
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Lamlash's PHT is still the PHT and hardly changed. Being based there, I split my custom 50-50 (or more like 100-100) with the Drift which is much improved from what it once was. The Drift has a wider view of the moorings, the Holy Isle and the bay. You can see just the one yacht (plus a stinkie) from a stool at the bar in the PHT but as it's mine, that's OK.
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Peppermint
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Re: Oh and!
Loch Gair was a top place up past Otter Spit.
An interesting place was the Ardentinney Hotel good food and beer. It offers a fine view of our nukes being armed. Quite chilling.
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Loch Gair was a top place up past Otter Spit.
An interesting place was the Ardentinney Hotel good food and beer. It offers a fine view of our nukes being armed. Quite chilling.
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Aja
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Re: Oh and!
No! I thought Loch Gair was our little secret place! Best anchorage in Loch Fyne
Lovely walks and a lovely little hotel.
Donald
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No! I thought Loch Gair was our little secret place! Best anchorage in Loch Fyne
Lovely walks and a lovely little hotel.
Donald
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claymore
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I fell out with the bloke who had the pub at Ardentinny a few years ago - arsey sort of prat who was going upmarket. Bats for the other team I suspect.
If you are in the Victoria in Tarbert, please pass on my fondest to the drop dead gorgeous Miss McKenzie and tell her it won't be long and I've upped the arsenic in Dear Hearts tea.
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If you are in the Victoria in Tarbert, please pass on my fondest to the drop dead gorgeous Miss McKenzie and tell her it won't be long and I've upped the arsenic in Dear Hearts tea.
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