As my grandkids would say, "NEAT!" That goes back to my original question, which all have answered well. The water looks quite calm and smooth there. So apprently even 200 years ago small boats would have no problem making the trip. At least in good weather. Ludie From: Mark Thompson To: Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 4:57 PM Subject: [Sc-Ir] Irish Sea Channel Crossing To pick up on Edward's point, the sea crossing is very short. I live near one of the wee harbours he refers to, and I know local people who jetski across to Scotland. A local guy has a RIB boat and he can get from Ballywalter harbour in Ulster to Portpatrick harbour in Scotland in 25 minutes! (lots of fuel and horse power!) If you have a look at this link you can see a photo I took up near Torr Head in County Antrim this summer. The Mull of Kintyre is amazingly close. http://www.lowcountryboys.com/hismap6.html Regards, Mark