On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:09:43 +0000, Alan White
wrote:

It could be caused by eddies formed when the wind divides either side of
the point between Lochs Long and Goil.

Apologies for replying to my own post, but with a westerly wind that's a
nonsense.

A more likely explanation is eddies caused by the wind *rounding* the
point between Lochs Long and Goil.

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Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
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