Colin dives on the prop to free a bunch of weed & line
Coming round the Mull of Galloway, well 5 miles off, the water boiled with tidal restlessness, then a familiar laboured engine noise alerted us that something was wrong. Despite our efforts with forward & reverse there was no joy so we jogged up to Loch Ryan where Colin took a 'refreshing' dip to free the propeller of the junk which included a foil balloon.
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Peel Harbour is accessed via a flap gate that drops at high tide.
A lovely town with a traditional smoke house and a friendly pub
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On passage from Holyhead to the Isle of Man
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Douglas Promenade
A short trip home while we left the boat in Pwllheli and then we were on our way again. Abersoch made a good place to anchor off overnight, the festival on the beach added to the atmosphere, before we tackled Bardsley Sound on the way to Holyhead. Overfalls pop up on every corner of the coast around here, we were happy that it was thier day off when we passed through.
On the passage from Holyhead to Douglas on the Isle of Man we were actually able to sail, a blissful seven hours, and the sun came out, we almost believed it was summer.
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Passing Bardsley Island
Glad I packed the right clothes for a summer season sailing in the UK.
Next year we are going SOUTH...
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Not so attractive in the rain
Rained from before we arrived to when we left next morning heading for Pwllheli.
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Just a long way down to get the dinghy
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Very pretty and great ice-creams
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23/06/2012, Aberystwyth
Colin cleaning the engine
Weather bound sailors will do anything to entertain themselves after a couple of days.
A trip up the mountain to see a waterfall by steam train was yesterday's distraction.
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21/06/2012, West Wales
Aberystwyth seafront on a wild day. The marina is much more sheltered
Arrived after dark through the twisty entrance at high water, it was raining. Good to tie up to the fuel berth for a quiet night after motoring 85 miles and 16 hours from Milford Haven.
This year the weather has gone bonkers. Either no wind to sail or gales. Because we have had four gales so far we have seen a lot of the country. One of the reasons we choose to circumnavigate the UK was to get to know Britain better and there is no doubt that we are.
The marina is sheltered, the best we have experienced this year and in the centre of town. Taransay draws 1.8m, depth on the pontoon is nominally 1.7m.
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