Monday the 21st of October saw the start of the winter timetable for the Calmac ferries on the Clyde and west coast of Scotland. The wintertime is always the period that ferries get their annual maintenance and are taken out of service for several weeks and/or are rescheduled on other routes, to cover for other ferries. This has an impact on the number of ferries sailing to and from Islay and also on which ferries are sailing the Islay route. The winter schedule runs until the 26th of March 2020.
Below is an overview of the ferries servicing the Islay Route during the winter schedule of 2019 - 2020
Monday 21 October to 23rd November:
One ferry service with the Finlaggan
From 24 November to 31 December:
Two ferry service with the Hebridean Isles & Finlaggan
1 Januari 2020 to 17 February:
One ferry service with the Finlaggan
From 18th February to 6th of March:
Two ferry service with the Hebridean Isles & the Isle of Arran. Continue reading...