West coast of scotland

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Just thinking of taking the boat up to the west coast of scotland and wondering if anyone has any knowledge / comments?

Mooring availability? Petrol availability? Places to go / avoid?
 
It's by far the best cruising ground in the UK and you can spend atleast 2 weeks just pottering about on the Clyde.
3 or 4 big marinas on the E. side so fuel probably readily available. Not so accessible elsewhere on the Clyde and gets very limited the further W. and N. you go on the West Coast proper.
Get yourself an up to date copy of the Yachtsman's Pilot or Clyde Cruising Club's Guide - essential reading.
Take plenty of midge repellant.
Quite a lot of Vis. moorings and safe anchorages dotted about - details in the above publications.

I'm envious.
 
go further north - mull, round ardnamurchan and the small isles, plenty safe anchorages, plenty visitor moorings & good marinas and the best scenery scotland has to offer IMHO

we spend a few weeks up there every year, never tire of it. you could spend a month cruising from oban to the kyle and still not have enough time
 
monkey_trousers said:
go further north - mull, round ardnamurchan and the small isles, plenty safe anchorages, plenty visitor moorings & good marinas and the best scenery scotland has to offer IMHO

we spend a few weeks up there every year, never tire of it. you could spend a month cruising from oban to the kyle and still not have enough time
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Thats the sort of area i've got in mind.

Have to get hold of the guides to find decent slipway, moorings, fuel etc
 
After you have had an explore around the coast, what about a couple days on Loch Lomond before heading home to give the trailer and engine a good fresh water flush?

I'm sure the local Lomond guys could advise where to go.
 
alanrob said:
might help you

http://www.bluemoment.com/marinasscotland.html

I presume you are trailing your boat- so Troon, Largs & Ardrossan Marinas are good for major road access (dont think ardrossan has slip though)
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But if you're heading to the Firth of Lorne to explore Oban, Sound of Mull, Ardnamurchan etc you would be better to trail to somewhere like Dunstaffnage (several Staffnies on here who would be able to tell you where you could get fuel)
 
We were up there a couple weeks ago for the first time. One thing that really surprised me was how busy it was on the water. Although there are plenty of moorings and berthing available many were full. In fact we arrived at Tobermory and got the last mooring there in the middle of a Wednesday afternoon. We stayed 4 nights and it was full all that time. If you even walked to the bow, you'd have several wandering skippers rushing up to see if I was leaving. I must admit that really surprised. We also took 3 attempts to get a berth at Dunstaffnage as it was full. Kererra was full and boats were being turned away. The Oban moorings were also full. thinking about it - Port Ellan was also full and on our last stop before going around the Mull, Gigha was full so anchring was required there. By comparison a pal who decided to stay in the Clyde for his cruise said it was really quiet. The West Coast is stunning so I guess it's no surprise it's so popular. We encountered loads of boats from Scandanavia, several from France and even one from the USA. Nearly everyone I heard or spoke to was English so you southerners obviously know a good thing!
 
I'll look forward to the story....

The forum ref. thingy you put in previously, wow there was some bitch slapping going on!!!

Nearly as volitile as a petrol safety debate....
 
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