Hebrides & St. Kilda Sailing Adventure

• Start date:
  Jul 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm
• End date:
  Jul 13, 2025 at 12:00 pm
• Crew Capacity
  6
• Skill Level Required
  No Requirement
• Language
  English
• Vessel Type
  Sail, Monohull

This trip is truly not for the faint-hearted. Some sailors attempt for years to reach St. Kilda before finally getting an appropriate weather window to make the crossing. Our Chief Instructor has sailed to St. Kilda many times, with various levels of crew, in a variety of ‘Scottish’ weather!

The trip will start from either Largs or Oban and is likely to return to the other harbour. All of the yachts that we use for our adventures are 42ft or larger and all boast 4 or 5 cabins – the yacht will become your home for the adventure. They are all great boats, perfect for offshore sailing, which makes even a choppy passage bearable. Our adventure sails are perfect for practising sailing skills and getting the necessary miles or night sailing hours for your logbook, which can be especially welcome for those who are aspiring for the Coastal Skipper or Yachtmaster licence or even consolidating Competent Crew or Day Skipper licences.

The archipelago of islands that make up St. Kilda are simply breath-taking. Lying 60NM from the Outer Hebrides, it is simply a magical place. St. Kilda is the biggest island in the cluster with Boreray and Soy to the north and Levenish to the south. It sits proudly out of the Atlantic Ocean and its striking cliffs and sea stacks are alive with the cries of a million seabirds. However, it is not only famous for its sea birds, but also for the fact that people survived there for over 4000 years. Although now uninhabited, the main settlement was in Village Bay, and even nowadays you can still visit the houses and cemetery and get a feel for how hard life on the island was.

Sailing in Scotland can be the most challenging and rewarding in the world, with so many magical places to visit and locals to meet – and this is before we mention the Scottish fair and whisky distilleries.

Included in the price

• 7 nights accommodation on a 4 or 5 cabin yacht;
• All onboard meals and snacks;
• Fuel and gas;
• Skipper services;
• Bedding;
• All marina and harbour fees (but see the Crinan Canal transit fee).

Optional – not included in the price

• Oilskins hire – £3.50 per item per day;
• Final cleaning service at £12.50 per person;
• Eating in restaurants ashore;
• Visitors fees to whisky distillery or museum;
• Transit fee for Crinan Canal.  This is optional and needs to be agreed by all crew, typical cost is £30 per person.

Categories

• Adventure Sails

Regions

• Europe

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