Rushing tidal waters between Lunga and Scarba (Corryvreckan trip, excursion from Islay)

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Picture of tidal waters rushing over a rocky narrow between two islands
Rushing tidal waters between Lunga and Scarba (Corryvreckan trip, excursion from Islay)

Tidal waters rushing over and between some low rocks between Lunga and Scarba. Eilean a’ Bhealaich on the left, Scarba on the right, mainland Argyll in the distance. The much smaller sibling of the famous Corryvreckan whirlpool on the other side of Scarba.

Nice old boat below the Crinan Hotel (Excursion from Islay)

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Picture of a beautiful wooden old boat below a whitewashed coastal hotel
Nice old boat below the Crinan Hotel (Excursion from Islay)

A view from a RIB on the way to the Corryvreckan whirlpool: A beautiful old wooden boat moored below the Crinan Hotel at the western end of the Crinan Canal. I’m not entirely sure, but I believe it’s the same as this one I photographed many years earlier.

Two puffers at Crinan boatyard (Excursion from Islay)

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Picture of two puffer ships at a small boatyard, one in the water, the other up on land
Two puffers at Crinan boatyard (Excursion from Islay)

Spotted from a RIB on the way to the famous Corryvreckan whirlpool, two puffers at the Crinan boatyard. On the right the VIC 27, Auld Reekie. On the left the VIC 32, which on her trips can occasionally be seen on Islay and Jura.