A trip to Victoria Dock with Ray Wilton as OOD, organising a race. The race was supposed to be a longer distance but was re-arranged due to the weather. The new course was a sail to Caernarfon and a sail back the next day. We won!
| Date | Saturday 5th September Sunday 6th September |
| Time | 1000 Leave mooring 1300 Arrive Victoria Dock 0920 Leave Victoria Dock 1140 Arrive Beaumaris |
| Tide UTC | 5 1059 7.29 2309 7.71 0515 0.95
1724 1.19 6 1128 7.40 2340 7.79 0546 0.86 1755 1.10 |
| Crew list | Carolyn and Glen |
| Distance | Beaumaris to Caernarfon 16 miles, 2 hours 55 minutes, 5 mph average Caernarfon to Beaumaris 12 miles, 2 hours 20 mins, 5 mph |
Route
Route
Weather
SW 3 or 4
Notes
A nice collection of boats attended this race - Sarico, Genesis and Hwyll Dda. We were also joined by Dansa, Caretta, Osprey and Abraxas.
As the wind was on the nose, we all tacked up the Strait:
Genesis arrived at Victoria Dock first. We managed a good time as we were fully reefed to No. 3 and got a good line.
That evening quite a collection of us descended on the Indian. Derek Lumb even joined us by car:
The next day very little wind was available and we more or less drifted through the Swellies with the tide. The end point was Menai Bridge so we gave up sailing at this point.
Lessons Learned
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Putting in more reefs than you might think are useful gives you a good line and little weather helm.