Maritime Isle of Whithorn

There is plenty of fascinating info on the Isle if Whithorn's long maritime history here

Harbour details here

Tide Tables here

See vessels in and around the port here

HM Coastguard Isle of Whithorn Facebook here

In the church at The Isle of Whithorn there are some fascinating exhibits and displays portraying the sea history of the Isles, open daily. Free entry

WIGTOWN BAY SAILING CLUB - website here

Wigtown Bay Sailing Club is based at Isle of Whithorn in the South West of Scotland and was founded in 1955. The Club was formed to promote and maintain interest in all forms of boating and seamanship, in the area.

Currently the club has around 80 members divided between dinghy, cruiser and motor boat owners, and has a fleet of 5 Laser Picos, 3 Optimists , Wayfarer and 6 sit on kayaks available for the use of members

The Solway Harvester wiki entry here

Pic above is of the bow of the Tall Ship La Malouine visiting The Isle of Whithorn in May 2018 we were invited aboard, and as it was in our first minutes of our first visit to the 'Isle', we knew we'd found somewhere so special.