All the charts, apps and books we used for sailing Scotland - how we planned our cruising season

Here are all the tools that we used to plan our Scottish sailing season and 5 steps to work through if you're planning a similar adventure.

Links to everything mentioned:

Overall planning:
Cruising Scotland guidebook - https://amzn.to/3xlSY1N
Notion - http://www.notion.so
Navionics Web Viewer - https://webapp.navionics.com/#boating...

Preparing the baot:
Nigel Calder’s Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual - https://amzn.to/43D7KgR
Attainable Adventure Cruising - https://www.morganscloud.com/
ChatGPT - https://chat.openai.com/auth/login

Charts, Pilot Books and Tidal information:
Clyde Cruising Club Sailing directions:
Firth of Clyde - https://amzn.to/4cvvozT
Kintyre to Ardnamurchan - https://amzn.to/4cqoax0
Ardnamurchan to Cape Wrath - https://amzn.to/3TSte67
Outer Hebrides - https://amzn.to/3U2qQKk
Navily - https://www.navily.com/
Savvy Navvy - https://www.savvy-navvy.com/
Antares Charts - https://www.antarescharts.co.uk/
Reeds Almanac - https://amzn.to/4a8TKxX
Tidal Atlas - https://shorturl.at/ijRSU

Weather:
Windy - https://www.windy.com
Predict Wind - https://www.predictwind.com/

Hiking:
Walk Highlands - https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/
OS Maps - https://explore.osmaps.com/

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