Skye blender ("smugglers den by the Sound of Sleat"), based at . These are marketed using predominantly Gaelic-language labels. The blended whisky branded as "Isle of Skye" is produced not on the island but by the Glengoyne Distillery at Killearn north of Glasgow, though the website of the owners, Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd., boasts a "high proportion of Island malts" and contains advertisements for tourist businesses in the island. There is also an established software presence on Skye, with Portree-based Sitekit having expanded in recent years. Crofting is still important, but although there are about 2,000 crofts on Skye only 100
MV Isle of Cumbrae Troon. A crew mess room was added aft of the passenger saloon in early 1994, with the upper deck extended over it. In early 2002, she was re-engining with Scania diesels. "Isle of Cumbrae"'s design is a scaled-down version of the Skye ferries and . She has three lanes on her car deck, with ramps at either end which fold in two sections, like those on the Island Class ferries. Passenger accommodation is down the starboard side, with a small wheelhouse above. Voith Schneider units at diagonally opposite corners of her hull provide propulsion. MV "Isle of Cumbrae" took up