A BOAT tour and marine training company based at Rhu Marina has submitted plans to expand by setting up a new portable cabin at the site.

You and Sea has asked Argyll and Bute Council for permission for the new structure next to its existing building at the marina.

The proposed cabin would be located on the shore side of the building and thus would not be fully visible to traffic passing by on nearby Gareloch Road.

Documents lodged with the local authority just before Christmas state: “The building and curtilage where the cabin is proposed sit within Rhu Marina.

“The existing building, next to the proposed siting of the portable cabin, is used for training courses, and the cabin is also to be used for training courses.”

You and Sea runs a range of courses providing theoretical and practical training in motor cruising, powerboat use, sailing boat navigation, radar and more, with many of its courses certified by the Royal Yachting Association and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

The firm has also been running sightseeing trips around the Firth of Clyde and the Gare Loch on board its passenger vessel Jola Too since April 2022.