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change. To re-vitalise the area, he created a yacht centre at
Ardfern to attract the ever-increasing numbers of cruising yachtsmen on the west coast, re-opened and developed the old Inn (the Galley of Lorne), sold housing plots to attract people to the area, encouraged artists of all sorts and the trades-people necessary for a thriving community, to stay on his estate.
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been raised to begin the project. Due to the delay between 1997 and the completion of fundraising, the cost had risen from £471,000 to £600,000. Fortunately, enough additional money was raised during the construction to finish the project to full specifications, and in 2005, Craignish
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