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Anchorages 2012 WELCOME ANCHORAGES 2012 Din seilvenn Dein Segelfreund Compagnon de Croisière BALLYCASTLE ISIN COMPLETE FACILITIES GUIDE for mooring RU G Ferry and berthing at locations on Scotland's WEST Slip Marina Ferry Pontoon C Facilities Building Coast, NORTH EAST COAST, NORTHERN ISLES N D C Fuel FREE and Ireland's NORTHERN COAST P O I O MPAN Town Scotland MalinWaters SETSAILAD ANCHORAGE 2012 FINAL.pdf 23/11/11 15:38:02 WILLKOmmEN BIENVENUE VELKOMMEN 2012 ELCOME ANCHORAGES sets out to provide the supplementary information: www.malinwaters.com Wfacilities information to help make your Welcome Anchorages is not intended to be a pilot book or sailing cruise go smoothly and be more enjoyable. We directions, and you will find more information about these hope you will find this fifth edition as useful its essential publications on page 54. Safe navigation depends predecessors. We draw users attention to the on accurate and up to date information, and these provide it revised colour coding used to identify the pages in good measure. relevant to all five sailing sectors. Welcome Anchorages is available free at boat shows, In this edition we have once again expanded the marinas, marine trade outlets and also to download from geographical coverage. With the support and input of our website: www.welcomeanchorages.info MalinWaters and The Crown Estate, it includes the Whether you are a Scottish or Irish based cruising sailor, or a visitor north coast of Ireland from Sligo in Donegal from further afield, we hope you enjoy planning your cruise, and have Bay to Ardglass south of Strangford memorable voyaging in these waters. Lough. We are always improving the information Welcome Anchorages provides, This development recognises the and keeping it as up to date as possible, so please send increasing cruising suggestions and updates to the Editor by email to mike@ traffic that enjoys the waters of the Malin Sea Area. You clydemarinepress.co.uk, or via the website emailing can read more about the Sail West and MalinWaters facility. project on page 62 and about the Crown Estate on page 63. The MalinWaters website is a source of wide-ranging Fair winds and good sailing in 2012! Alistair Vallance Publisher Mike Balmforth Editor Main picture: Ballycastle Marina. Small left: Mallaig. Small right: Lochaline. Campbeltown Harbour he historic and completely restored Royal Hotel Toverlooking Campbeltown Harbour reopens for the 2012 sailing season, with every modern amenity and a full range of services for the sailing community. t'JOFEJOJOHJOUIF)BSCPVSWJFX(SJMMF t1VCGBSFBOEOJHIUMJGFJOUIF#MBDL4IFFQ1VC t4IPXFSBOEMBVOESZTFSWJDF t1SPWJTJPOTBOEGPPEIBNQFST t'SFF8J'J t8FBUIFSSFQPSUTBOEUJEFUBCMFT Plot your course for The Royal (55’ 25.90N, 05’ 32.56W) and receive western Scotland’s warmest welcome in an iconic boutique hotel that’s just steps from the marina. www.machdunes.com | +44 0156 810 000 WELCOME ANCHORAGES 2012 PAGE 3 The British Marine Federation (BMF) is the trade association for the leisure, superyacht and small commercial marine industry, and all kinds of marine businesses around Scotland are members. BMF demands high standards of its members, which is an assurance that when dealing with a member company you Scottish waters offer stunningly beautiful scenery, some of the best sailing in the world and a wealth More tips and advice can be will get good and fair service. You can identify BMF members found on our website of marine wildlife. or in this How To Guide for in Welcome Anchorages by the BMF symbol shown beside Follow these top tips from The Green Blue to help Scotland, available to download from the website their entry. safeguard these beautiful waters and habitats for future generations. The BMF represents the interests of marine businesses, • Keep your distance from wildlife. Use binoculars for a better view. The and brings the voice of the leisure marine industry and its Scottish Marine Wildlife Watching code - www.marinecode.org - tells customers to the attention of governments in Scotland, you all you need to know. • Be careful where you land, especially in the breeding season, taking Westminster, and the EU. The BMF also offers an extensive care not to disturb nesting birds or seal colonies. range of member services including expert advice on • Be careful not to spill oil and fuel and check your bilges before pumping exporting, environmental issues, marketing, technical out. One litre of oil or fuel can contaminate one million litres of water! • Raw sewage from boats can be a powerful pollutant. Use shore-side regulations and legal matters as well as training and industry toilet facilities wherever possible and particularly if you are anchored statistics. To learn more visit www.britishmarine.co.uk in water with restricted tidal flow or near shellfish beds. • Use only environmentally friendly cleaners below and on deck. BMF Scotland is also a member of the Scottish Boating • In the more remote parts of Scotland waste bins can be hard to find so plan to hold on to your rubbish and dispose of it properly, recycling Alliance. as much as possible. Make sure no loose waste gets blown overboard. • Minimise your use of fossil fuels, sail where possible and go with the tide. Use the free gym and row your tender rather than use the outboard! • Avoid excess noise and wash and take time to enjoy the tranquillity SUPPLIES OF WELCOME ANCHORAGES CAN BE ORDERED FROM of this beautiful coastline. BY MAIL Wheatsheaf House, • Always ‘Check, Clean, Dry” your kit and boat to help stop the spread E: [email protected] of non-native species. Montgomery St, The Village, East www.thegreenblue.org.uk Kilbride G74 4JS The Green Blue is the joint environmental initiative by the British Marine BY EMAIL [email protected] Federation and the Royal Yachting Association, supported in Scotland by: BY PHONE 01355 279077 110892yachting OTW ad 135x185 10/11/2010 life 15:28 Page 1 www.yachtinglife.co.uk © The Green Blue 2011 THE PLACE TO START TO GET YOU ON THE WATER • IDEAS TO GET YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BOATING • HELPFUL HINTS ON BUYING A BOAT • BUDGET GUIDES – WHAT YOU CAN GET FROM £500 TO £500,000 • FIND A COMPANY NEAR YOU A campaign from Everything about boating at www.onthewater.co.uk PAGE 4 WELCOME ANCHORAGES 2012 IRELAND – NORTH THE EASTERN shore of Northern Ireland has three Belfast port for leisure craft in the Abercorn Text from Cruising Ireland, large and very different loughs, and great Basin. courtesy of Irish Cruising variety of scenery. Cruising northward from North from Belfast Lough lie the beautiful Glens Club. Look out for this new Carlingford Lough, the impressive bulk of the of Antrim where the valleys which cut into the guide, which will be Cooley and Mourne Mountains dominate the basalt escarpments terminate in relatively published during 2012 view to the west. The highest peak of the Mourne sheltered bays. As one sails north, the Mountains is Slieve Donard at 850m (2,789ft). headlands become more dominant and the tides Carlingford Lough provides a potential stopping stronger until one turns the corner at Fair Head, place, though with a difficult entrance if tide an unmistakable 180m (600ft) promontory and wind are not co-operating. It also forms the overlooking the Mull of Kintyre and Rathlin Donegal’s west coast with Donegal Bay is a boundary between the Republic of Ireland and Island. superb and unspoiled cruising area. The area Northern Ireland. Heading west from Fair Head to Bloody Foreland, south of Bloody Foreland is known as ‘The Carlingford is the only fjord-like feature on this this part of the North Channel, as one rounds Rosses’, and its islands and channels are a coast; of the other two loughs, Strangford Lough Fair Head, is known as the Sea of Moyle, whereas fascinating playground. is a submerged drumlin filled basin, and Belfast west of Malin Head one is definitely sailing on The coastal scenery from here around to Donegal Lough is more like a ria, a drowned river valley. the Atlantic Ocean. Bay is remarkable, and can be best seen from Ireland's east coast is sheltered from the The transition from the relatively sheltered the sea. Glen Head and Rossan Point are well prevailing westerlies, although the direct course North Channel waters to the open ocean as one known headlands, and once into Donegal Bay from the Irish Sea to South Rock is more than progresses westward, together with vigorous Slieve League dominates the northern shore. 20 miles from the coast in places, so any shelter tidal streams as far west as Inishtrahull, Killybegs and Sligo are both excellent harbours is more theoretical than actual. requires careful passage planning, along with a and pleasant towns for yachts to visit. North of Strangford entrance, which leads to a degree of opportunism, to make a comfortable small cruising paradise, the east Down coast passage to Bloody Foreland. between there and Belfast Lough is a regular This section of the Irish Coast may be only 80 route for many Ulster sailors re-locating their miles long, but it offers some spectacular yachts. It does not offer much in the way of coastal scenery, the opportunity for very fast yachting orientated harbours, as Portavogie is or very slow passages depending on conditions, dominated by its fishing fleet. Donaghadee, and a mixture of convenient stopping points and virtually in Belfast Lough, has a good visitor's sheltered inland havens. berth beside the lighthouse. Belfast Lough is a fine stretch of open water, Top: Westward Ho! Bengore Head from Ballintoy. and a very busy sea-route. There are excellent marinas on either shore at Bangor and Right: Portmore and the old lighthouse, Inishtrahull. Carrickfergus, and there are now 40 berths in Below: St John�s Point and the Mountains of Mourne.
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