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What's the latest I can get out of Loch Creran with the tide this Friday afternoon, 11 Apr ? ( Max speed through water 4.5 to 5 knots)

Me in Edinburgh, pilot books etc in Argyll

Thanks

The tide begins to flood at about HW Oban +6 so will be increasingly against you from about 1604 DST. On the other hand it apparently only reaches 4 knots at springs and Friday will be about halfway between springs and neaps but only you can decide how slowly you're prepared to go.

Perhaps cpedw will advise.

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Silkie wrote:
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See above

I don't reckon the tide will start to be adverse before about 4.30 in spite of what Martin Lawrence says. If it was me, I would aim to be out before 6pm. We can make 6 knots through the water if we can stand the noise.
Judiciously sneeking into the corners, especially by South Shian and again at the NW corner of Eriska, can produce surprising favourable boosts but watch the depth; there are also some shallow patches there. But I haven't found a way to avoid the two strongest patches of tide, off the the two lights.

Derek

Thanks for the information.

Hopefully I'll get up there in time to escape.

but I was already on the sauce with Bob before he arrived so we didn't meet up 'til Saturday (Now that I come to think of it, I was on the sauce with Bob before OP even left his house!) when we spent a pleasant couple of hours boat visiting. Nice boat OP - that's surely quite a large diseasel to judge from your acceleration away from the fuel pontoon.

Glad you were impressed. 20hp Beta driving a 2 blade prop, it would be better with 3 blades but maybe not so good for the sailing.

Thanks for your help with the strings, always get a bit tense getting off a pontoon with the wind putting me on, thus the macho revs: the rest of the trip was much more sedate, and quiet.

Such a shame having to leave on Saturday, sitting in the cockpit drinking beer in the sun, thats living. Lets hope the rest of the summer is the same.

I thought the famous vessel Silkie was looking pretty smart before you started the great clean. She'll be gleaming now.

Cheers

Paul