Sunday, 20 June 2010

Menai straits

We went through the menai straits without incident. We did a bit of rowing but there was a fair amount of light wind sailing to break up the hard work. One boat was not so lucky and grounded on the swellies. They were trying to get off by taking a line to the shore to heel the boat and thence hopefully get her keel off the rocks. We don't know how successful they were.
After the swellies we navigated carefully between the buoys out into the irish sea. The wind has built and we are now sailing quite nicely towards whitehaven. Anglesey is receding into the distance. The welsh mountains are poking out of the clouds in the distance.
We are going to be out of mobile coverage for a while now and the phone battery is running low. Piers is going to rewire eads innovation works so my phone will be useable in the future. The phone is really useful both for the blog and for communicating with the crew towards the end of a run. We need to wake them up at the end of a run so they will have the boat ready to set off as soon as we get back.
Next stop whitehaven in maybe 12 hours time.
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  1. Anonymous20 June 2010 at 14:32

    It's good to read your blog- must be a pain to write on your mobile. There are some great pictures of some of the yachts going through Menai Straits on sleepmonsters. You seem to be having really good weather - looks a bit Caribbean in places!

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  2. Tom Brunt20 June 2010 at 20:50

    Looking good - basking in the Sun reminds me of the Scotttish Islands Peaks race. Have a good run on Scafell Pike. Go Tactix!

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