4-601: MV Glenachulish is a ferry operating a summer service between Glenelg , on the Scottish mainland, and Kylerhea , on the Isle of Skye . Built in 1969, she is the last manually operated steel turntable ferry in the world. The route avoids the 36-mile (58 km) road journey via the Skye Bridge . Glenachulish was built at the now-defunct Ailsa Shipbuilding Company in Troon in 1969. She
8-586: A car ferry since 1934. It is one of only two remaining ferries to Skye from the mainland – the other is the Caledonian MacBrayne service between Mallaig and Armadale . Since 1982, Glenachulish has operated the Glenelg ferry across Kylerhea narrows. The 550-metre (600-yard) crossing takes five minutes and is the shortest sea crossing to Skye. The ferry runs seven days a week between Easter and October. It operates every twenty minutes (or as required, if it
12-499: A service at Stromeferry . The service crossed Loch Carron to North Strome, avoiding a 140-mile (230-kilometre) diversion by road. From 1969 to 1975, Glenachulish operated at Ballachulish . After the opening of the Ballachulish Bridge , she became the relief ferry at Corran , Kessock , and Kylesku . The latter two routes have since been replaced with bridges. There has been a ferry on this route for over 400 years, with
16-449: Is named after Glenachulish , a glen and hamlet near South Ballachulish. In 2006, Murdo Mackenzie, the owner of the ferry, was planning to retire. A community interest company was formed by local residents to buy the ferry and run the service. In 2008, the ferry was featured in the film Made of Honour . In January 2012, following a landslide blocking the A890 road , Glenachulish began
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