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Penrhyn, North Wales |
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This trip happened about 1984 and has been repeated
several times. It can be a pleasant trip around the L:iverpool bay and Puffin
Island or through the Menai straights. Its normally a weekend trip because it
takes about 10 hours of motoring or sailing to get there and some points are
strongly tidal. One of the better reasons for the occasional trip to Penrhyn is
because the mooring dries out and so allows access to the hull for maintenace
and painting, unlike the Liverpool docks.
This particular trip we learnt a valuable lesson about
tying up and walking off to the pub.
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Arriving at Penrhyn, coming
up through the particualrly tidal Menai Straights. You can see the Menai bridge
in the background and the Mizzen is up for extra steerage. On board are John,
the cameraman, Alma, the eponymous, and an unidentified helmsman. |
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The Man - its colin the
Skipper. |
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Tied up safe and sound on
the visiting wharf |
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Hmm, we went out for a
drink, the tide went out and then so did the boat, keel sliding away from the
wharf. Note the top stay to attempt to prevent it slipping further away from
the quay. |
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Its getting dark and everyone is
pretty worried about how the boat would refloat off the mud. Would the water
flood in before the hull rose off the mud?
In the end, overnight, the tide
came back in and the hull rose gently off the mud before the water got too high
above the gunwhales. Important lesson learnt : You cannot guarantee how the
boat will sit when the tide goes out. |
Follow this link
to see the history of the building of the boat in pictures. |
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