There's a beautifully remote sheltered, and out of the tide, anchorage, on the Jura side of the Gulf of Corryvreckan, called Bagh nam Muc or Pig Bay. We overnighted here to the annoyance of another yacht already anchored there!
Loch Tarbert is a sea loch on the west coast of Jura. It's on the west side of Jura and is one of the most beautiful, remote, yet sheltered anchorages of the Inner Hebrides.
The loch is about four miles long and almost cuts Jura in half. There are relatively exposed anchorages on its north and south shores but the place we anchored is about two miles in. If you’re approaching Loch Tarbert from the south you need to work the tides because at springs in the Sound of Islay they run at five knots.
Loch Tarbert from East
As the name Tarbert* suggests, it comes close to cutting the island in half.
*Places named Tarbert are characterised by a narrow strip of land, or
isthmus. This can be where two lochs nearly meet, or a causeway out to
an island.
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