The Inner Hebrides

Eda Frandsen is a beautifully restored 75-year old Gaff Cutter. She is extremely graceful and her rails and spars gleam with varnish. The rig is entirely traditional showing incredible workmanship. Down below, she is comfortable and well equipped, but please understand that personal space is still limited. There is a comfortable saloon and 4 cabins’ with twin sleeping berths in a bunk arrangement. The cabins are separated from the saloon by privacy curtains. Each berth has its own locker storage. Please ensure that you bring your personal belongings in a soft holdall that can be compressed to fit into the locker. There are 2 “heads” or bathrooms including one with a shower facility. Download our dossier to see the layout of the boat.

Although we may be at sea, the food is a real highlight and we can expect creative and wholesome meals often prepared with fresh local produce, such as seafood or venison. Included dinners are two courses as standard.

Special dietary requirements

Due to the small size of the galley and being at sea, we are not able to accommodate as wide a range of diets on this trip. If you have any dietary requirements please discuss this with us before you book so we can check with the skipper to see if this can be accommodated. If we are not aware of your dietary needs at the time of booking we cannot guarantee we will be able to cater for them. Please note – Unfortunately we’re not able to accommodate people with nut allergies on any of our sailing trips.

• 6 nights accommodation on the traditional sailing yacht Eda Frandsen.’
• All meals during the trip, starting with an evening meal on Day 1 and finishing with breakfast on the final day. (Meals included indicated as B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
• All specialist group sailing equipment.
• The services of a highly experienced skipper, first mate and cook.

Green Graded 3

This Sailing Journey is suitable for people with no previous sailing experience however a reasonable level of fitness is required.

We are based aboard Eda Frandsen – a beautiful 70 year old traditional yacht. Sailing aboard Eda is a hands-on experience as there are no winches on board to help raise the sail, so everyone is needed to help out on deck. You will be asked to help hoist sails and help sail the yacht, which is fun but can be challenging so you must be physically able to cope with this.

The areas below deck for sleeping/eating etc are compact but functional so you should also be comfortable with the idea of having limited personal space for the duration of the trip, as expected when living on a boat.

The trip begins in Mallaig harbour at 3:00pm on Day 1. Mallaig is a small village and the harbour is right in the centre, just yards from the railway station. Please make your own way to the harbour. We aim to have you at Oban Harbour for 9:00am in the morning on the last day. Eda Frandsen is easy to find – she has the highest mast in the harbour! The crew will be on board so just say hello and they will welcome you aboard.

IMPORTANT – Some dates will be run in reverse, sailing Oban to Mallaig. Please refer to the trip description at the top of the page to check which direction your trip will be operating. The start/finish times remain the same for both directions.

For advice on getting to and from Scotland please our travel advice page on our website:

www.wildernessscotland.com/faq/travel-to-scotland/