JumbleDuck
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But back to the OP’s question, the MoK westbound: the usual advice is to be close inshore: I have never been sure how close is close
Close. Very, very close. If I'm going inshore I normally aim to be about 50 - 100' off, which means steering round individual points. It's easy to judge, though, because the boundary between the narrow smooth bit and the rough bit is very clear.
Aside: It's very interesting to visit the Mull of Galloway lighthouse and look at the sea when the tide is running, because you see exactly the same effect as at the Mull of Kintyre: a narrow strip of smooth water, a wide strip of overfalls and then relative sanity again. Perhaps you can see at at the MoK too, but I've never visited there by land.