Clyde Sea Lochs

Sailing the Clyde Sea Lochs

The Clyde’s lochs will take you deep into Scotland’s mountains. The scenery is magnificent, the sailing straightforward and, although there are thousands of boats on the Clyde, you will easily find a spot of solitude.

The last sea loch before entering the River Clyde is the Gare Loch. This was one of the first areas to embrace leisure boating in Scotland and is home to one of the oldest yacht clubs in Britain, the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, at Rhu.

• The marina at Rhu is an ideal stopover to explore Scotland’s first national park and its breathtaking scenery.
• Loch Long is exactly as it says on the chart, and strikes deep into the Arrochar Alps, the highest mountains in Argyll, so it offers a good opportunity to bag a Munro.
• Loch Goil is a branch off Loch Long to the west and has two attractive destinations: Carrick Castle, near the mouth of the loch, and Lochgoilhead, at its head.