Ross Sailing
Ross Sailing provides free access to Loch Carron’s foreshore with its road leading to a slipway and natural slab for dinghy sailors, kayakers and shore divers. The former Ross Sailing is being re-developed into a centre where you have seashore accommodation with panoramic views across the loch and beyond and use of the foreshore to access the beautiful and peaceful north coast of Loch Carron. Ross Sailing was chosen by sailors in the 1970’s because of its unique location giving access to the sea at all tide times or wind direction and the relative shelter along its shoreline from the narrows of Strome. Located between Slumbay and Strome castle, Ross Sailing has road access to the shoreline where a slipway leads to a natural slab enabling access to the sea.
History of the site as we know it
The Ross Sailing site is below the old township of Stromemeanach (the middle stream) which was depopulated in the late 19th century and the remains of twenty-eight buildings once thatched “black houses” and a circular foundation of a water mill can be visited via a footpath near to Lochcarron Weavers shop. The burn that runs through the township is one and the same as the water that supplies Ross Sailing. Ross Sailing was built as a luxury site for sailing trips around the waters of western Scotland and received a grant from the Highland council to set up the business. It seems this became a “White Elephant” of a business and folded. The buildings were also used by the local fish farm and as premises to build a hovercraft.
