Northern Jura and Scarba from a RIB en route to the Corryvreckan (Excursion from Islay)

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Picture of two larger islands with some smaller islands in front seen across a sound between the islands and the mainland
Northern Jura and Scarba from a RIB en route to the Corryvreckan (Excursion from Islay)

A view from a Venture West RIB leaving from Crinan on the way to the famous Corryvreckan whirlpool on a sunny April afternoon. On the left the northern end of Jura, on the right Scarba, the Gulf of Corryvreckan between them. The smaller islands in the foreground are Eilean na h-Eairne, Eilean na Cille and Garbh Rèisa.

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.