West Coast Moorings Updates 2011

[Nick]

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As with the WiFI thread, please use this thread to add any new moorings info you come across.

[Nick]

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Yellow, with pickups. 6 for up to 15 tonnes, 6 for heavier boats. All £12 per night, pay at Plockton Hotel.

Showers £3.50 at Plockton Hotel, everythi9ng (towels, unguents etc) provided.

Still plenty of room to anchor.

[Nick]

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4 blue moorings SE of new pier, no pickups. Don't know who is maintaining or servicing if anyone, so use at own risk until further info available.

Plenty of room to anchor inside of moorings in 2-3m - sand and weed.

[Nick]

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One trot of yellow moorings across the middle of the harbour, with pickups.

Another six blue moorings on the far side off sailing club slipway - some with pickups. Have been assured they are serviced annually.

£10 per night, pay at RNLI at pierhead.

[Aja]

Portree

The moorings are very close together - especially the yellow ones. If two >32' boats are moored together it would make sense to have fenders at the ready.

Donald

[Clyde_Wanderer]

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Yellow, with pickups. 6 for up to 15 tonnes, 6 for heavier boats. All £12 per night, pay at Plockton Hotel.

Showers £3.50 at Plockton Hotel, everythi9ng (towels, unguents etc) provided.

Still plenty of room to anchor.

Never tried anchoring in the showers, they must be big ones!!!

[Booby Trapper]

Lochranza

I don't quite understand why Lochranza and Catacol Sea Society are asking for donations of £12 per night for use of the mooring bouys which are laid and have been laid for many years by North Ayrshire Council.

[little boy blue]

well, they have laid a few more and installed a pontoon for starters

[Nick]

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Recently received info:

Position: Single mooring off Catacol Bay Hotel, Catacol, Isle of Arran,
KA27 8HN. 55degrees 41' 49"N 5degrees 19' 42"W

Identification: A4
white buoy with red pickup

Details of shelter: Sheltered from south
and east but exposed from south-west through to north.

Capacity of
mooring in tonnes: Mooring rated as being suitable for a boat of up to
20tonnes displacement in weather of up to force 9.

Charges: Donations
appreciated towards maintenance costs.

Dinghy landing place: Concrete
slip 150 degrees magnetic, 150 metres from mooring. Accessible at all
but lowest tide. Pebble/shingle beach either side.

Info on facilities
available ashore: Licensed hotel open all day. 100m north of slip.
Good food served 12noon - 10pm daily. Shower facilities etc available
for mooring users.

Hotel website: www.catacol.co.uk

[Booby Trapper]

well, they have laid a few more and installed a pontoon for starters

Yes I've used the pontoon and left a donation each time I didn't know that the Sea Society had laid moorings I thought they were asking for money for use of the council laid moorings.
The council also lay moorings at Brodick and Millport and are all free to use.

Sorry if I have misled anyone.

[little boy blue]

[quote Sorry if I have misled anyone. [/quote]

while not wishing to mislead either - my understanding is that the society have taken over the maintenance of the existing 5 buoys and laid 7 new ones.

[ash]

while not wishing to mislead either - my understanding is that the society have taken over the maintenance of the existing 5 buoys and laid 7 new ones.

Ash

[ash]

Lamlash

Young guy in a dinghy will visit your boat at about 1700hrs and collect your £10.



Ash

[ash]

Creggans Inn, Strachur, Loch Fyne

There are only 2 moorings, one of which is occupied by this small fishing boat, but it belongs to the Hotel, and they will move it if necessary.





Ash

[lady_stormrider]

That does look like a decent strop with a good yellow grab bouy though.