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Does anyone know the story behind this tiny harbour in Airds Bay, east of Port Appin and west of the entrance to Loch Creran? The harbour is the little notch in the coast on the east side of Airds Bay, close east of the 0.9m spot depth and west of the Tree symbol. It must have taken quite a bit of e...

BlowingOldBoots wrote: ↑Thu Sep 04, 2025 3:18 pm Going for Gold Anchor Accreditation

It sounds good generally but I wouldn't set much store by this award; Dunstaffnage got theirs at the height (depth?) of their incompetence.

Well there's another Pre application consultation for something very similar in the same place, 0.5 mile east of Dunstaffnage. In outline, it comprises: "Marina; boatyard including ancillary offices (Class 4) and store (Class 6); leisure resort including buildings for offices (Class 4), leisure...

I've noticed a lot more gannets than I think of as normal in the Firth of Lorne. Dolphins,, which usually avoid me, have been abundant too.

Given the state of many highland and island roads, there's little point in making any improvement in the links to/between the islands.

I note the the recent royal visit to Campbeltown avoided the Rest and be thankful in a way that's not available to many locals or visitors.

There used to be a website, https://www.scottishanchorages.co.uk/, one man's view of places between Kintyre and Ardnamurchan. It seems to have disappeared. Does anyone know if it's final?

There's concern on TOP, where I have offered my copies of the pdfs from early this year.

There's a vacancy in West Connel Mooring Owners' Association. Would suit a boat less than about 35ft. Annual fee is only£45 (less than the current Crown Estate charge) and one-off joining fee of £10. The location is close southwest of Connel Bridge and the Falls of Lora. There are no shore facilitie...

Lifted from Facebook, Sailing Cruising Scotland group: "I am writing to update you on Stuart McMillan’s MSP’s Debate regarding Peel Ports’ proposed conservancy fee, which he has secured for this Tuesday 25 March after voting: https://www.parliament.scot/.../votes-and-motions/S6M-16854 Please no...

I'm still, after 45 years since MT got control, trying to understand how capitalism operates to the benefit of society in a monopoly.

Peel Ports are harbour authority for Sheerness and Medway. I'm not sure for which bits of those waters these charges apply but for leisure vessels conservancy in 2023/24 the charge was £87.69 inc.VAT. By 2025/26 it has risen to £103.13 inc.VAT and on top of that there is £146.20 charge for a moorin...

There's now a petition launched by Stuart McMillan MSP opposing the conservancy fee on leisure craft.

Well that's a cheery opener to the "Festive Season"!

That's interesting. I have lately started using a different method (after plan A - avoid pontoons) with a large loop, about 1m long, knotted in the end of a line, with about 1/3 of the loop's length with stiff tube on it. The tube holds the loop open. I don't throw from a distance, rather place the ...

I * They made a profit before tax of £397m and paid corp tax of 0.06% on that. That seems unusually low, but might be offset against poor results the year before? * The UK company Peel Ports Group Ltd is owned by a Cayman Islands company Peel Ports Holdings (CI) Ltd * Turnover that year was £696.3m...

If you want to buy a chart, you'd better hurry! Imray will stop producing new paper charts at the end of 2025.