Stornoway to Wick sailing holiday, Scotland
Price
£2495 excluding flights
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Duration
10 Days
Type
Small group
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This is leg 2 of our full NC500 sailing tour.
You can book each leg separately or join us for the whole route.
You can book each leg separately or join us for the whole route.
Description of Stornoway to Wick sailing holiday, Scotland
Price information
£2495 excluding flights
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This is leg 2 of our full NC500 sailing tour.
You can book each leg separately or join us for the whole route.
You can book each leg separately or join us for the whole route.
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OUR SKIPPERS:
Your skipper on this trip will be world-leading, there to provide expert instruction and support, helping you actively participate and grow your sailing skills. From a world record-breaking skipper, a Golden Globe entrant or a multi-time circumnavigator - our Skippers have over 1.5 million ocean miles between them.
LIFE ON BOARD:
This is an adventure, and it should be fun! Our skippers are patient, passionate about ocean life, and dedicated to ensuring you feel relaxed and enjoy the entire experience. With small group sizes, you will quickly get to know your crewmates—many of whom remain friends long after the trip ends.
DO I NEED SAILING EXPERIENCE:
We design our trips for a wide range of experience which means that even if you’ve not sailed, our experienced Skippers will ensure you have a fantastic time. Before you join, we’ll ask about your previous sailing experience and what you want to get out of the trip. That way, we’ll tailor the tour to your specific needs.
KIT LIST:
We provide a recommended kit list well in advance of your adventure, ensuring you're fully prepared. Life-jackets and all safety equipment are supplied, and we also offer 'foul weather gear' available to borrow if needed.
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) holiday so that you can travel knowing we've worked to maximise the benefits of your holiday to local people and places, and minimise any negative impacts.
Planet
CARBON REDUCTIONWe are passionate about exploring the ocean in the most sustainable way possible. With this in mind, in 2023 we developed a tool to measure the Co2 footprint of all our trips. We are the first sailing operator in the world to do this. We have now made the tool available to other sailing operators to encourage them to also measure their impact so we know where to focus to make change. We measure the Co2 footprint of each trip we run. The Scottish adventure has a Co2 emission of 1,051KG per leg, or 131KG per person per leg. 64% of this is fossil fuel consumption (Diesel and gas) since the variable weather conditions and fast tides increase use of the engine compared to long ocean trips. We are tackling this by exploring use of bio-fuel as an alternative to diesel and, later in 2025 we will be commencing sea trials of a brand new yacht, which is 100% electric and fossil fuel free in operation.
As part of our sustainability initiatives we commit to sourcing all the food for the Scottish trip from local producers where possible.
ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
We aim to reduce our environmental impact by over 90% within the next 18months - largely thanks to the new yacht that we are building, to our own design, but also due to continuous monitoring of our Co2 impact through the entire life cycle of the yacht.
In 2024 we were proud recipients of the Luxlife, Marine Tourism award for "Global sustainability champion 2024"
People
LOCAL ECONOMYAlso important is our support for local communities - in Scotland, many of the places we visit are small communities - we buy locally and encourage our crews to go ashore, ensuring they get the most from their trip as well as supporting local businesses.
EMPLOYMENT, INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY
A big component of our business model is encouraging more people into sailing. We will be offering fully funded places on all our trips to those without the means or confidence to otherwise sail. These places will be offered via our award-winning "Open Oceans" programme. This programme was set up in 2023, with the first recipient joining our Scottish sailing adventure in that year. In 2025, we will have 3 Open Oceans recipients, one per leg, on the Scottish trip.
Finally, our award-winning trips are tailored around each person on the trip - we start early by finding out exactly what your expectations are. We then build the trip around those - this makes a very tailor-made experience and is one of the reasons we were awarded "Best adventure sailing operator - UK" in 2023 and were shortlisted for a prestigious Highlands & Islands Tourism Award in 2024, specificalyl for our Scottish adventures.
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