The positives…
Great to have a marina here at last…
Small Cafe on site…
Very friendly staff…
Excellent on-line booking facility…

What’s needing some attention…
No diesel…
Facilities quite restricted… one male toilet and two showers…
Shower length too short…. we’re not all lithe youngsters who can hop in and out… with one failed (but charged) attempt to get the shower working, and two successful payments, my shower cost £9!
Electricity seems to be very expensive but I didn’t take notes so can’t confirm the figures

Remember to check all your emails after booking to find your PIN number in the event that you arrive out of hours. Also, the marina staff will arrange electricity out of hours if contacted…

Fort William car hire gives an excellent service delivering and collecting the car at the marina…

There is a new Marina outside the lock at Corpach - that's the good news, the bad news is that the little waiting pontoon outside the sea lock has been removed and the Marina will charge you for a "short visit up to four hours" - £12

Never known a chandlery in Fort William. Fingers crossed when the new marina at Corpach is finished they will have one.

I reviewed these notes in June2022. As Eileen has said below the canal was closed earlier this summer but is now back in coast to coast order. I've linked to the new Skippers Handbook (you can get a paper copy at the sea locks). I've also linked to the booking and paying webpage. If you have trouble with that don't attempt to do it again - just resort to the old fashioned way and pay at the sea lock on arrival.
Otherwise the only major change is at Tomnahurick where they built a double bridge complex last year.

The canal is now open for coast to coast transit.

Canal is closed at Cullochy Lock. Due to open 20th May which should allow for coast to coast transit. Presently Gairlochy swing Bridge however is closed due to fault. All updates will be on the Scottish Canals site. Either side of Cullochy is navigable and the hire boat traffic is building up with the beautiful Loch Ness being used by sail and motor boats alike.

I reviewed these notes in May 2021. They are open - hooray. I can't find their ready reckoner for licence prices but you can find their basics on their website.

As of late April 2019 the canal has re-opened for coast to coast transits

Nothing to report. The hyperlinks have been updated for this year and the charts remain the same. The observant among you will notice a red paragraph re single handing; this has been copied and pasted from the Crinan (where you have to wind the gates yourself) and has very little relevance for the fit under seventies sailor with a smallish boat!! We haven't changed the chart 'cos the chart hasn't changed.

These notes were reviewed by Don in April 2016. No major dramas over this winter so all remains pretty much the same. I've given links to the new prices for this year

Just seen a report that they are well ahead of schedule and intend reopening Thursday 30th April 2015

Those of you who have heard rumours re the closure of the Caledonian Canal can find information by going to the Canal website (there's a link to it in the General Description above) and follow the links Home/Customer Hub/Canal Works and Updates/Caledonian Canal Works and Boaters Updates/Stoppage at Cullochy Weir. It looks as though it's all going to plan and they are hoping to open the Canal for sea to sea transits from the beginning of May

What a brilliant trip. We spent our ten day pass and then added another three. The staff were excellent, the facilities were top notch too. There was wind aplenty in Loch Ness but thirteen days without rain must surely have been a record. Fort William and the Harry Potter Train and plenty of shops and hostelries. Inverness is a fine town with plenty to make one's stay a happy one. Have a look round if you have time, the ten day pass is no more expensive than ten nights in a marina I thought.