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United Kingdom - Scotland
Scotland
One of the features of Scotland is the number of wonderful anchorages. In many places public mooring buoys have been laid, some by a local hotel for use by visitors to their establishment, others by various local organisations. Not all these buoys, however, have been recently maintained and it is always worth taking local advice before trusting your boat to them.
Edinburgh & the Firth of Forth
* indicates port of entry
IMPORTANT INFO. FOR YACHTS VISITING THE UK
It is important to remember that the UK is not part of the Schengen Area Agreement, so it is necessary for any boat with non-EU nationals on board to clear with UK Immigration (many non-EU visitors would be granted a 6 month visitor's visa).
Failure to report means you are illegal immigrants!
EU citizens automatically have the right to stay (at the moment). The UK leaving the EU will change many regulations.
Non-EU citizens can only freely move within the Schengen Area (for 90 days in any 180 day period) once cleared into their first designated Schengen country. EU countries outside Schengen must be cleared into in the usual way.
It is not unusual for those from outside Europe to not understand the difference between the Schengen Area and the EU. For a full explanation see noonsite's EU page - http://www.noonsite.com/General/EuropeanUnion