Tag Archives: Port Askaig

Fleur de Lampaul and a sailing yacht approaching in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of the ketch Fleur de Lampaul and a modern sailing yacht on a flat sea with clouds above
Fleur de Lampaul and a sailing yacht approaching in the Sound of Islay

Seen from Port Askaig, the ketch Fleur de Lampaul and a sailing yacht approaching in what looks like the open sea, but is actually in the Sound of Islay. Soon after we watched them passing the small Jura lighthouse Carragh an t-Sruith.

MV Finlaggan arriving in Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of the Calmac ferry MV Finlaggan slowly arriving at the pier in Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay
MV Finlaggan arriving in Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

Taken on a June 2025 afternoon, the MV Finlaggan arriving in Port Askaig at the Sound of Islay (with my sister Imke on board)

MV James and the MV Isle of Islay in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a small local ferry (MV James) and a large ferry (MV Isle of Islay) in a sound between two islands
MV James and the MV Isle of Islay in the Sound of Islay

Seen from the MV Finlaggan getting ready to depart Port Askaig in late April 2026: The temporary Jura ferry MV James approaching from Feolin, behind it the new Islay ferry MV Isle of Islay arriving form Kennacraig.