Half Day Trips

3 hrs, £460 private hire (subject to availability of skipper & crew)

This boat trip will take you from Rhu Marina across to the south shore of the Clyde Estuary and then to the Cloch Lighthouse opposite Dunoon. As the water is very deep here we can take you in close to the Lighthouse, providing wonderful photo opportunities, and the chance to see this building, now a private home, from the sea. Then we will motor across towards Dunoon, to the Gantock rocks, where seals and seabirds can usually be spotted, and we will fill you in on the history of both the Cloch and the Gantocks. Here you will be able to look northwards, right up Loch Long, and southwards right down the Clyde Estuary, and savour the magnificent scenery on all sides.

Picture: Cloch Lighthouse

3 hrs, £380 private hire (subject to availability of skipper & crew)

This trip takes you westwards past Kilcreggan and across Loch Long to the sheltered waters of the beautiful Holy Loch, which was used as a British submarine base during World War 2. From 1961-92 it was a US Navy submarine base, and at that time there were Chevrolets and Cadillacs driving around Dunoon!

You will have about an hour ashore when you could walk to the war memorial at Lazaretto Point, visit the marina cafe, or just sit on the benches next to the marina office, absorb the beautiful scenery, and watch all the boat activity.

Picture: Holy Loch Marina

4 hrs, £460 private hire (subject to availability of skipper & crew)

A lovely scenic boat trip, passing close by Gourock and the Cloch Lighthouse, then continuing south to the bustling marina at Kip, Scotland’s first marina, now with over 600 berths, and an attached marina village. You will have about an hour and a half ashore when you can visit Kip’s Chartroom Restaurant or the marina coffee shop, or just wander around, soak up the atmosphere, and watch all the activity.

Picture: Kip Marina & Marina village from Chartroom Restaurant

4 hrs, £495 private hire (subject to availability of skipper & crew)

This boat trip takes you through some stunning scenery as you loop around the Rosneath Peninsula, passing Kilcreggan, and then head north up Loch Long. Coulport RNAD Depot comes up shortly on our right-hand side – the storage & loading facility for Trident nuclear warheads, and one of the most sensitive, hidden, and well-guarded defence facilities in the UK.  Just beyond that, opposite the entrance to Loch Goil, we come to Finnart Oil Terminal.  Crude oil travels from here by pipeline across Scotland to Grangemouth. Heading further north, we reach Glen Mallan jetty, where the loch is deep enough to allow aircraft carriers to berth against the shore. The new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier docked here twice in 2023. We will return by the same route, giving you the opportunity to appreciate more fully the impressive scenery surrounding you on all sides.

Picture: Ark Royal in Loch Long

4 hrs, £495 private hire (subject to availability of skipper & crew)

This boat trip with a difference tracks the links between this area and America. We look at what was happening in World War 2, and visit Rosneath, which was a US Naval Base from 1942 to 1945, with 6000 US troops living in the surrounding woods and a US Naval Hospital just over the hill behind.

Then we voyage across to the Holy Loch – a US Navy submarine base from 1961-1992 during the Cold War, and learn about the huge floating dry dock in the centre of the loch, and the Cadillacs and Chevrolets in the nearby town.

We return via Greenock, which at its peak had 14 sugar refineries operating, with around 400 ships arriving annually from Brazil and the Caribbean. Then finally, before returning to Rhu we get up close and personal with the wreck of the Sugar Boat, an iconic local feature which even has a local restaurant named after it.

Picture: US Navy Submarine base in the Holy Loch in the 1960s

4 hour £495 private hire (subject to availability of skipper & crew, and suitability of tides)

We don’t operate this fascinating trip very often, partly because timing is restricted by tide times. An amazing opportunity to view the River Clyde and the approaches to Glasgow from the sea. Your boat will motor from Rhu Marina across the Clyde towards Greenock, and then follow the narrow dredged channel of the Clyde eastwards, past Dumbarton Rock, under the Erskine Bridge and up to the Titan Crane before returning. There is a wealth of history to discover, in this small area, and our crew will happily fill you in on all the details.

Picture: Erskine Bridge