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WELCOME ANCHORAGES 2017 Din seilvenn Dein Segelfreund Compagnon de Croisière COMPLETE FACILITIES GUIDE for mooring and berthing at locations on Scotland's WEST COAST, NORTH EAST COAST, NORTHERN ISLES, EAST COAST and Ireland's NORTHERN COAST Colour coding: Green: N Ireland Black: Clyde Red: West Coast Yellow: NW Coast Lt Blue: N&E Scotland Orange: East Coast YACHTING LIFE Crinan Marina Lochgilphead Anchorage Ardrishaig Mooring Holy Loch Pontoon Portavadie Tarbert Kames Inverkip Rothesay Sound Isle of Bute of Great Bute Cumbrae Largs Millport Fairlie Lochranza Pirnmill Ayrshire Corrie Ardrossan Arran Irvine Brodick Lamlash Troon Blackwaterfoot Whiting Bay Prestwick Campbeltown Ayr Pladda Firth of Clyde Turnberry Ailsa Craig Treasured Islands This season set sail in the sheltered waters of North Ayrshire and discover the island delights of Great Cumbrae and the Isle of Arran. Situated on the Clyde Estuary, North Ayrshire is simply unrivalled as a sailing destination, with a spectacular coastline from Irvine to Largs, superb marinas and truly breathtaking sunsets. But it’s the allure of the isles, with their hidden coves, abundant wildlife and perhaps Arran’s whisky, which draws in sailors from far and wide. With new visitor moorings now located around Arran and at Millport on Cumbrae, step ashore this summer and explore these true island gems. For more information visit: www.setsail-northayrshire.co.uk Crinan Marina Lochgilphead WILLKOMMEN BIENVENUE VELKOMMEN Anchorage Ardrishaig Mooring Holy Loch Pontoon 2 017 Portavadie HOOSE your colour and go cruising! Welcome Anchorages 2017 Welcome Anchorages is the northern cruising guide, but it is Inverkip Tarbert Kames C has been disected into popular sailing sectors, each with its own not intended to be a pilot book or sailing directions, and you designated colour coding and in which, all the will find more information about these essential publications on Rothesay Sound Isle of moorings and marinas listed have facilities ashore to page 59. Safe navigation depends on accurate and up to date of Bute ensure that you will have your major requirements, information and these provide it in good measure. 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Anchorages provides, and keeping it as up to date as Colour coding: You can read more about The Crown Estate on possible, so please send suggestions and updates via our Lamlash Green: N Ireland website emailing facility. Troon page 4. Black: Clyde Blackwaterfoot Red: West Coast We wish you fair winds and good sailing in 2017 Whiting Bay The MalinWaters website is a source Yellow: NW Coast Prestwick Lt Blue: N&E Scotland and hope you will find this tenth annual edition as Campbeltown of wide ranging supplementary information: www.malinwaters.com Orange: East Coast useful as its predecessors. 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