Including North & Northeast Scotland
Sailing Directions and Anchorages
This third edition of the Clyde Cruising Club’s respected guide to
Orkney and Shetland
has been fully updated throughout, offering authoritative and practical sailing directions for these remarkable waters.
Written and edited by experienced local sailors, this is an essential companion for anyone planning to cruise these dramatic and rewarding seascapes.
From tidal sounds and remote anchorages to challenging passages and sheltered harbours, the guide provides clear, detailed pilotage and navigation advice to help you plan and sail safely.
Sailing Orkney and Shetland
offers encounters with Neolithic stone circles, Viking settlements, historic naval sites like Scapa Flow, and some of the richest wildlife and most striking landscapes in northern Europe.
Inside you’ll find:
- Comprehensive sailing directions and anchorages, fully updated
- Written and edited by experienced local sailors
- Coverage of Orkney, Shetland and Fair Isle, plus the key ‘jumping-off’ harbours on the Scottish mainland coast south from Inverness to Cape Wrath
- Places of interest, history and welcoming harbours ashore
- Familiar Imray cartography throughout
- Full-colour photography, including aerial and drone images
- Presented in the familiar style of other Clyde Cruising Club Sailing Directions published under the Imray imprint
With this book as a companion, these islands open up an unforgettable cruising ground.
