We have never had 3 cancellations in 3 weeks before!!! Due to serious injury a week is available on our lovely 8 berth Dufour 36 – ‘Shadowfax’ – 3rd – 10th May. Email or phone 01631 565630.

Another cancellation bargain !!! Due to a very unfortunate circumstance we have had a cancellation of one of our most popular yachts in peak season. We would really like to resell this week so we can offer the original client his money back. Its our Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 43 – ‘Chantilly’ 10 berth yacht for the week 14th – 21st June – we must have turned away dozens of enquiries for this boat in this week. To enquire please telephone 01631 565630 or Email us.

Cancellation Bargain !!!! Due to personal circumstances a week aboard on one of our most popular yachts in a prime peak season week has become available. Stunning Dufour 523 Grand Large – ‘Pollyanna‘ – 18th – 25th May 2019. Call +44 (0)1631 565630 or email charter@alba-sailing.co.uk to bag a bargain.

Over the winter we decided to refurbish Oceanlord. Every single panel of the interior headlining has been removed – the insides of the hull sanded flat, every panel replaced and reupholstered and refitted. Whilst she was disassembled we replaced most of the wiring and updated the lighting to modern LED lighting. Every hatch and window was removed and either refurbished or replaced and then re-bedded to ensure a leak free boat before reinstalling all the new panels and new fabric upholstery.  If you have booked a week on Oceanlord this year we are sure you will be absolutely delighted with her. If you haven’t booked a week yet then there are one or two early and late season weeks still available.

DURING REFURBISHMENT PHOTOGRAPHS ARE HERE

POST REFURBISHMENT PHOTOGRAPHS ARE HERE 

Well this one did !!!

This is a lovely story from one of our clients who chartered our Westerly OceanRanger ‘Clear Blue’ from us in the Summer of 2018. Its a great adventure and the illustrations are superb.  Click here to read about their adventures round the top of Scotland.

The new Marks and Spencer Food Hall in Oban is now open! For provisioning your boat you now have a choice in Oban of Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Lidl and Aldi as well as a top quality butchers – Jacksons of Oban. Details of the new M&S are here.

The new transit Marina in Oban Bay is now open for business – a great place to stop off for a spot of shopping or a meal ashore. It also makesd an ideal place to stop the night before returning here as its just a short hop away. Full details here.

We completed one of our more unusual requests today! There is a prototype tidal power electricity generating platform being tested in the Falls of Lora and we were asked to make guard wires and safety lines for it to prevent visitors falling in the drink. The quote was submitted on Weds, order placed for all the swaged fittings on Thursday – parts arrived Friday (Big Thank You to the boys at Sta-Lok rigging!) – Tim and I made all the parts on Friday from our detailed measurements and on Saturday we fitted all the wires. We were VERY pleased that every wire was the right length – first time ! It looks great and we were very pleased to be able to help out the company behind the project – the whole setup will eventually be dismantled after testing and shipped out to South East Asia where it will be permanently installed. More information about this interesting project is here.

I have shared a video (that I really made for fun !) with a few friends, and they have all said I should show it to a wider audience! So here you are !