Feeling completely relaxed after our leisure experience at Portavadie Marina we were ready to start making our way back to our home berth in Northern Ireland. Our cruising season this year has been much shorter than the last two years but as the weather this ‘summer’ hasn’t been great we… Read More »Bye Bye Scotland – For Now!
Just 3nm across the loch from Tarbert is Portavadie Marina, a Five Gold Anchor award winning marina set in a man made lagoon on Loch Fyne with what is claimed to be the largest heated outdoor infinity pool in Scotland. We just had to check it out! After a few… Read More »Portavadie Marina & Spa
After spending a few nights anchored in Black Farland Bay in the West Kyles we had a somewhat drizzly sail/motor/sail/motor around to Tarbert, a distance of 14nm when you take into account our tacks! Tarbert is a beautiful village located on the shores of Loch Fyne and it is a… Read More »User Friendly Mooring Buoy at Tarbert!
The Kyles of Bute are some of the most protected and beautiful sailing waters in the Clyde. A narrow passage between Bute and the beautiful Cowal peninsula, the Kyles are divided into East and West by the Burnt Isles. It was an area we had been particularly looking forward to… Read More »Sailing the Kyles of Bute
After a pleasant sail from Loch Goil, with stops on mooring buoys at Carrick Castle and Ardentinny, we anchored in Rothesay Bay for the night, a popular Victorian seaside resort on the Isle of Bute. Lochgoilhead to Carrick Castle Leaving Lochgoilhead we enjoyed a short sail to Carrick Castle on… Read More »Anchoring at Rothesay, Isle of Bute
After two nights at Holy Loch Marina waiting for some strong winds to pass, the time had come for us to cast off our lines once more and head further north. Our destination was Lochgoilhead, at the head of Loch Goil, which branches off from Loch Long. Our first challenge… Read More »Sailing from Holy Loch to Loch Goil
After enjoying three free nights on a mooring buoy in Millport it was time to head further up the Clyde. Our destination for the next couple of nights would be Holy Loch Marina, close to Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula. With the forecast predicting some stronger westerly winds for the… Read More »Sailing from Millport to Holy Loch Marina
Unfortunately, because of a north westerly wind which barrelled down from Goat Fell into Brodick Bay, we had endured a horrible night on one of the free mooring buoys on the Isle of Arran. As the wind was not due to ease or change direction for a few days we… Read More »Sailing from Brodick, Isle of Arran to Millport, Great Cumbrae
After a few days on a mooring in Lamlash we were keen to see more of Arran, and Brodick seemed like the next obvious stop. Located just 5 nautical miles from Lamlash, Brodick is often referred to as ‘the island’s unofficial capital” and is approximately halfway along the east coast… Read More »A Rolly, but FREE, Night on a Mooring Buoy in Brodick!
Holy Island, located off the coast of the Isle of Arran in the Forth of Clyde, offers a stunning backdrop to those anchored or on a mooring buoy in Lamlash Bay. The island is aproximately 3 kilometres long and approximately 1 kilometre wide and its highest point is the hill Mullach… Read More »A 1030ft hike up Mullach Mòr on Holy Isle