South coast to Scotland – Part three Two months spent cruising around the Western Isles this past Summer has left us begging the question: Where else in the world can you enjoy unspoilt scenery, abundant wildlife, sparkling clear waters, sun bleached beaches and deserted anchorages with little semblance of commercialism? Nowhere! The Caribbean is too touristy. Likewise, much of the Pacific. The Galapagos Islands are both expensive and restrictive, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, perhaps, but too far away, and anywhere in the Mediterranean is going to be too hot.
Scotland’s west coast has so much going for it. For a start, these waters are within sailing distance from the south of England without the 90-day restrictions and other bureaucracy imposed on us by recent…
