Sailing on the Caledonian Canal

[Nick]

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I have a web design client - West Highland Sailing - who runs a fleet of cruisers out of Laggan Locks on the Caley Canal. In addition to a large fleet of motor cruisers they also have six yachts.

The yachts are rather unique in one respect. As far as I am aware this is the only place in Scotland that you can charter a cruising yacht with no previous experience whatsoever. You are not allowed to take the yachts beyond Banavie or Dochgarroch, but there is good sailing to be had on Loch Ness, Loch Lochy and Loch Oich. The yachts are three Moody 28s, two YCA 29s and a Sigma 33. Prices for a week range from £495 for a YCA 29 low season to just under £1100 for the Sigma at the very height of the season.

No idea if anyone who reads BlueMoment would find this appealing, but as it is the holiday booking season and the new yachting site is now live I thought I would give it a punt on here. The boats are (obviously) far from new, but well kept. Here's a pic ofthe Sigma 'Lively' on Loch Ness way back in 2001, being sailed by Mark of this parish:



http://www.westhighlandyachting.co.uk

[claymore]

Well - this is just blatant advertising.
Lesser men have been catigated for less than this

[Nick]

Well - this is just blatant advertising.
Lesser men have been catigated for less than this

It is useful information for people who might wish to charter a yacht but have insufficient experience / bits of paper to do so elsewhere.

Plus it has a picture of a forumite splashily enjoying himself.

It is also blatant advertising, and in fact the original post title was 'blatant advertising' until I decided to change it as it was uninformative.

Would you like the snowflakes turned up a bit?

[claymore]

What snowflakes?

[Alan_D]

Would you like the snowflakes turned up a bit?

As it's past twelfth night, shouldn't they have been turned off by now?

[sam]

And it's so mild outside...

[claymore]

Its coming colder so maybe we will get some snowflakes - however, through nothing that I am aware that I have done, virtual snowflakes do not appear on my Ipad.

[Nick]

Its coming colder so maybe we will get some snowflakes - however, through nothing that I am aware that I have done, virtual snowflakes do not appear on my Ipad.

Odd. They appear on my iPad.

[wully]

Its coming colder so maybe we will get some snowflakes - however, through nothing that I am aware that I have done, virtual snowflakes do not appear on my Ipad.

Odd. They appear on my iPad.

They don't on mine.

Qurious, they are now appearing ?

[Nick]

Its coming colder so maybe we will get some snowflakes - however, through nothing that I am aware that I have done, virtual snowflakes do not appear on my Ipad.

Odd. They appear on my iPad.

They don't on mine.

Qurious, they are now appearing ?

Obviously by looking at them on my iPad I have made them appear on everyone elses. Truly the Jobs moves in a mysterious way.

Or perhaps you weren't looking hard enough before?

[wully]

Nah, they were just taking a minute or two loading up. You must be using cheap snow flakes this year.

[Nick]

Nah, they were just taking a minute or two loading up. You must be using cheap snow flakes this year.

They are from China - they have to come a long way down the wires.

[claymore]

They haven't got here yet....

[wully]

They haven't got here yet....

I'm surprised ye've got the electric there.

[claymore]

Had the electric for a few weeks now, do you have that glass stuff in your windae holes?