The tide seemed to be dropping rather quickly and started to expose rocks in the entrance, so we left before breakfast to make sure we got out! This left us a bit disorganised and it took a while to complete breakfast on the move, as we tacked down Shuna Sound and then on towards the Sound of Jura. No chance of being sucked into the Gulf of Corryvreckan as the tide was running the other way. Going down the Sound of Jura the water gradually gets wider, so I assumed that we just needed to get past the first narrow bit before the tide turned against us. In the wider parts the tide would not be very strong, so it would not matter. Wrong! The tide continues to be important right down to the rock and lighthouse of Skervuile, where it seemed particularly strong and it took several tacks to get past (The tide was also a biggie, coefficient: 105). We then made one long tack across to Gigha on the other side.
Approaching Gigha we had our first rain and poor visibility of the day, which was not welcome as we needed to pick up the buoys marking the channel. It also seemed at odds with Gigha’s reputation of having a warm and dry climate compared with the rest of the region
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