Welcome to Sail Caledonia

“The Great Glen Raids - which later became Sail Caledonia - were wonderful intense experiences. They seemed like a season’s worth of sailing crammed in to a week.” Iain Oughtred, boat designer (Water Craft magazine no. 111).

Attention all Past & Potential Sail Caledonia Participants!

Those of you who follow our Facebook posts may have seen the staff and committee recently got together in Fort Augustus to discuss the event’s future. No one has yet stepped up to the challenge of helping take the event forward after the current organisers retire, so we decided to look at doing a mini Sail Caledonia in 2025!

We looked at a few options and the one that topped the list was this:

• A static event, based at Foyers, running from a Thursday to Monday.
• All racing on Loch Ness, which gives huge scope for varied races.
• Accommodation would be camping, glamping and B&Bs.
• Support boats would be:

• Loch Ness barge (providing breakfasts, packed lunches and evening music venue)
• Emu with Rooster rib for safety cover
• Possibly Lochnagar providing race logistics

• Evening meals TBD (possibly hotel restaurant and barbeque or an outside caterer)

The owners of Foyers pier are currently installing a pontoon which may be available for us to use and there is a new slipway at the campsite.

We have yet to cost any of this or set a date but would like you to let us know if you may be interested in joining Sail Caledonia 2025.

Interested? Get in touch to find out more: info@sailcaledonia.org