Skye
From Mallaig we started at 07:00 a.m. down the Sound of Sleat towards the narrows of Kyle Rhea, two hours after highwater Dover, as we would then have a favourable tide. There is a warning in every mariners handbook about the dangers of tidal turbulenzes when passing through this chasm between Skye and the mainland, in strong winds. As there was no wind at all, we were quite relaxed motoring through the narrows, but still we could strongly feel the…