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Friday, November 20, 2009

Menace hung in the windless air, even for the most daring and venturesome.

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Common sense would suggest that we should have relaxed on the beach on Scarba's NW coast until near slack water in the Corryvreckan. ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Free fall on Scarba

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Tony and Phil carried the boats well above the tide line as we know that there is the possibility of tidal surges here . A tourist RIB roare...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Friends to watch over you

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Looking back at the Grey Dogs, from a distance of over 2km, it all seemed so calm and innocent. To the north the mountains of Mull dominated...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Sleeping Grey Dogs

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Leaving the Pool of the Song, we felt another pull. This time it was the pull of the Grey Dogs tidal race. It was spring tides maximum flow ...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Pool of the Song in the Sound of Luing

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We broke out of the tide towards the Corryvreckan and entered the Sound of Luing between Scarba and Luing. Kilmory Lodge, which is one of th...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

A whiter shade of pale in the Sound of Jura

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Once ejected from the Dorus Mor, we had to avoid the eddy, which at the the beginning of the flood runs south down the west side of Garbh Re...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Crossing the Rubicon in the Dorus Mor

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We paddled out of the shady confines of the hills surrounding Loch Crinan and emerged into a sunlit Sound of Jura. The unmistakable outline ...