Sailing directions

No, you can't get by with your iphone and Google maps, well not quite yet. You have to have one or other or both of the two sailing directions on board:

Clyde Cruising Club Sailing Directions and Anchorages, published by Clyde Cruising Club Publications Ltd. These are based on the original Clyde Cruising Club Directions which go back decades, they are regularly updated, and are published in a very handy ring binder these days. The ones relevant to this area are: Kintyre to Ardnamurchan (2007), and Ardnamurchan to Cape Wrath (2006). You can download the amendments from the Clyde Cruising Club website.

Martin Lawrence Sailing Directions (the Yachtsman's Pilot). Martin Lawrence started publishing these in the late 1980s, really as a one man band, so I don't know how long they will go on being updated. They overlap quite considerably with the Clyde Cruising Club Sailing Directions, but it is still worth having both. For this area you need: Clyde to Colonsay, the Isle of Mull and adjacent coasts, and Skye and Northwest Scotland.