The BluePages Guide to Ardfern

The Galley of Lorne Inn, an historic hotel near Oban is the perfect location for exploring Argyll and the Western Isles.
Whisk yourself away to our award winning 17th Century Drovers Inn and one of the highest rated Oban & Argyll hotels on Tripadvisor nestled on the lochside in the picturesque village of Ardfern, on Scotland’s dramatic west coast.

Located towards the head of Loch Craignish at the Northern end of the Sound of Jura Ardfern Yacht Centre sits within an idyllic natural harbour. Whether on a pontoon berth or swinging mooring you will find the area sheltered from the worst of the weather no matter what the wind direction.
We have fully-serviced pontoon berths with water, electricity, lighting and free Wi-Fi access for vessels up to 70’ and a maximum draught of 3.5m. Ardfern Yacht Centre has around 80 pontoon berths with visitors pontoon berthing being provided on both sides of the pontoon systems outer walkways.

The Cuilfail Hotel Bar interior is considered of national importance.
As a result of CAMRA's ( CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE ) pioneering efforts to identify and help protect our countries historic pub interiors, we have the honour of being awarded a place in the Historic Pub Guide.
The Bar, featuring an open fire, and the original stone walls and floor, stocks a wide range of ales, liqueurs, Scottish Gins and malt whiskies, naturally specialising in those originating from the west coast of Scotland and the Western Isles.

The British Register in Jersey is authorised to register both pleasure and commercial vessels up to 399GT.
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British Registry of Ships forms
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Amending or obtaining copies of full ship registration
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You can apply online for Marine Finance with Lombard. Simply complete the application with your personal details and the details of the boat and submit the form. Should you wish to discuss this please contact our marine finance specialists on 02380 242171

TeemSurveys are a team of small craft Marine Surveyors based in Scotland specialising in Pre-Purchase, Damage and Insurance Condition Surveys. We focus on power and sailing boats of all types up to 30m in length and have full PI insurance.

Welcome to Ink It On, your source of truly personalised merchandise. We help you take the gamble out of stocking up. Use our short run, fast response service to test the market before placing large orders. If you need a design, we have an in-house design service to make your vision a reality.

Xtreme Boat Sales are official dealers for Glastron Sports Boats and Cruisers. Based in Coleraine we are available for water tests inland on the River Bann and at sea on the beautiful North Coast. Tony and the team have over 30 years experience in the marine trade. Our aim as a company is to ensure that you, the customer, get the best deal, customer service and product available.

We also offer a complete after-sales service inclusive of warranty, service and routine maintenance. Various other services are available such as chandlery sales, storage and ski and wakeboard tuition.

Menai Boats
Menai Marine build a range of Ribs, sports and fishing boats with hulls designed for sea keeping comfort and security.
Our rib range are second to none and built to last, GRP structural chassis, moulded hulls and decks mean that with a Menai Rib you know your hull interior is not degrading from the first time you put it in the water.

Menai also build the Sea Ranger Rigid tubed boat. Extremely stylish and purpose full. It is a positive buoyancy boat that is equal to any rib, but the solid tubes do not puncture, and contain storage hatches. The benefits to this boat are numerous and we have yet to find a down side.
Menai Marine are also builders of modern fishing and sports boats. Continuously developing but all in keeping with the same philosophy, 4x4’s for the sea. With comfort and style.
As a company we are approachable and keen to discuss aspects of boat design with our customers to provide the boat they want. We are British and have a reputation for looking after our customers.

At GRM Rigging Services we believe in providing our clients a high quality, prompt service at reasonable cost.

We have been in business for over 134 years and draw on years of experience to provide the best quality of service available, whilst also embrassing new technology to provide the most up to date solution.

GRM Rigging Services supplies Masts, Booms & Spinnaker Poles from various suppliers (Selden, Sparcraft, Z-Spars) to ensure the correct mast is fitted to your yacht and personal requirements including Carbon Fibre Spars for Racing and Large cruising yachts. Including onsite manufacture of Custom Carbon Fibre Spinnaker Poles.

Our production facility is based in Gourock only 10mins drive from Inverkip. Onsite we Roll swage terminals to wire diameters from 2.5 to 12mm and 16mm through our suppliers, Talurit swage up to 24mm diameter, and supply rod rigging.

We supply and service headsail furling gears (Harken, Furlex, Pro-furl, Schaefer, Facnor, Plastimo).

UK designed and manufactured by a team who live and breath evaporative cooling technology. The Totalcool 3000 is the very latest in ergonomic design and evaporative cooling technology. Designed to be as simple and easy to use as possible, it really is plug and play!
Robust and solidly manufactured from special bacteria resistant plastic with a bio-degradable filter the Totalcool has been designed with green credentials in mind. Blowing 45% cooler air from normal tap water the Totalcool can be used as easily in remote locations as at home or work bringing you cool air whenever you need it as long as you can open a door, window or vent to allow some fresh air in to supply the Totalcool.
Lightweight and highly energy efficient the Totalcool can be used anywhere you have 12 or 24 volt DC power or 100 – 240 AC mains power. The Totalcool has 4 speed settings from low through to BOOST for an extra cooling blast in the hottest climates. The low setting is designed to run as quietly as possible to allow you to sleep on those humid nights while experiencing a cooling gentle breeze.

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Callaghan Insurance have been providing marine insurance services for over 20 years and it remains a core part of our business. We seek to develop long-standing relationships with our clients and offer services and solutions from ship-owner liability to income protection, and nearly every risk solution in between.

We are a long-established family run smokehouse. We take great pride in our smoked products, for example smoked salmon, trout and mackerel which are all hand sliced, interleaved and vacuum packed to the customer’s requirements. We are based at the south end of Loch Awe in the small village of Ford on the West coast of Scotland. You are more than welcome to come and visit us.

Stingray Sportsboats UK was formed in 2010 by Mark Rowley when the trade opportunity arose to start a marine company offering a performance and quality brand of sports boats. Having researched the brands and markets around the world it became clear that Stingray Sports boats was the brand that offered this and were as dedicated to building boats as he was. Mark has over 30 years experience in the marine industry and is passionate about boats. His love of the water and boating began when he was very young, to this day you can still find him on a sunny day on the sea either in his boat waterskiing or jetskiing
Stingray Boats are manufactured in South Carolina, USA and in just a few short years have emerged as one of the leading independent boat builders in the nation.

Our Restaurant and Function Room with its massive picture window gives all diners unparalleled, breathtaking views across Loch Craignish. It is bright, friendly and unusually spacious, capable of seating 120 guests for events.
With a menu to rival any restaurant in Oban, the Galley of Lorne offers delicious and stylish dining. Enjoy pre or post dinner or dram of whisky drinks on our comfy sofas, alternatively stroll a few steps directly into the Lounge Bar in the company of our spectacular carved oak lions.

Nestling at the foot of rolling hills, Cuilfail Hotel is a splendid former drovers inn and one of the oldest purpose built hotels on the west coast. The hotel was originally built as a drovers’ inn, however the majority of the hotel was built during the Victorian era and many features of that period have been preserved. The name Cuilfail (pronounced “cool-fail”) in Gaelic appropriately means “Sheltered Corner”.
The main part of the hotel was built in the 1883, the drovers inn is much older and part of it is now our cosy and unique bar. The hotel was built to provide for the fishing in the many hill lochs of the area.

For the last 30 years, Nick has been supporting Windy Boat owners during his role as UK Service Support Manager for Windy Boats in the UK and Europe.