Book List - Advance reading

An eye on the Hebrides

Illustrated Journey

Mairi Hedderwick

An Island Odyssey

Among the Scottish Isles in the wake of Martin Martin

Illustrated quick tour to several islands including the Shiants, St Kilda, the Small Isles and Staffa

Hamish Haswell-Smith

Clyde Cruising Club’s Sailing Directions also Digital Versions in PDF

            Firth of Clyde

            Kintyre to Ardnamurchan

            Ardnamurchan to cape Wrath

            Outer Hebrides

            Orkney and Shetland (including NE Scotland)

Since 2011 these have been merged with Martin Lawrence’s Yachtsman’s Pilot Series with editorial control by CCC. 

New Chart Packs

https://clydecruisingclub.org/sailing-directions/sailing-directions

Cruising Scotland The Clyde to Cape Wrath

Each chapter devoted to one of the CCC’s Sailing Directions for the west coast

Publish by Imray

Scottish Island Hopping

H Andrews and others

Sea Room

Owning and caring for the uninhabited Shiant Island in the Minch

Adam Nicolson

The Seabirds Cry

Profile of ten seabirds, their travels and fight for survival

Adam Nicolson

The Brendan Voyage

In a leather Boat from Ireland to North America via Iona, Faroes and Iceland

Tim Severin

The Hebrides 

A guide to the islands of Western Scotland

Martin Coventry

The Island on the Edge of the World 

The Story of St Kilda

Charles MacLean

Many more on line

The Lighthouse Stevensons

Four Generations built lighthouses all around Scotland

Bella Bathurst

The Road to Mingulay

A view of the Western Isles

Derek Cooper

The Scottish Islands

Large illustrated volume with a guide to every island

Hamish Haswell-Smith