As we approached the tidal narrows at the mouth of Loch Eil...
...the summit of Ben Nevis was still lost in the clouds.
In the narrows, the west going flood starts at -0435 HW Oban (+0220 HW Dover) and the east going ebb starts at +0130 HW Oban (-0400 HW Dover). The spring rate in both directions is 5 knots. We were in the narrows an hour before the end of the ebb and were surprised to be