Porth Dinllaen

Trip to Porth Dinllaen (PY), race from Bar to PY!

Date	Saturday 30th August Sunday 31st August
Time	0900 Leave mooring 0955 Swellies 1100 Caernarfon Bar 1600 Porth Dinllaen Sunday 31st August 0545 De-anchorisation 0820 Caernarfon Bar 0920 Swellies 1000 Mooring
Tide UTC
Crew list	Carolyn and Glen Llew
Distance	Leg 1: Beaumaris to Cemaes 37 miles; 7hrs 26min; 5 mph Leg 2: Cemaes to Beaumaris 32 miles; 4hrs 10mins; 8 mph

Route

Weather

St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head including St Georges Channel

Inshore waters forecast

24 hour forecast:

0700 Sat 30 Aug

0700 Sun 31 Aug

Wind	Variable 3 or 4.
Sea state	Smooth or slight.
Weather	Fog patches, showers later.
Visibility	Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.

Outlook:

0700 Sun 31 Aug

0700 Mon 01 Sep

Wind	Southwest 3 or 4 increasing 4 or 5, veering west or northwest for a time.
Sea state	Slight.
Weather	Thundery rain, then showers, fog patches at first.
Visibility	Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first.

Notes

This was a race from Caernarfon Bar buoys to PY, so we had to high tail it to the bar to make the start. Racing was slow as very little wind was encountered.

On the way over we were ambushed by Trigger and Plas Menai students:

Genesis did not like the low winds! We virtually drifted and managed to extract 3-4 knots at most. Whispered Secret managed much better, and Dansa finished very early.

In PY, we settled down to a barbeque and some drinks outside the Ty Coch:

Later that evening, we carried on in the same theme:

We left very early and took an early passage through the Swellies:

Lessons Learned

Very light winds do not favour Genesis