DALE ANCHORAGE TO PWLLHELI
After a great time in Milford Haven it was time to get moving again. We push of from Dale anchorage and aim for Fishguard. So first real thing to look out for is when you start aiming for jack sound the water from saint Ann’s across to jack sound can get messy and dangerous in the wrong conditions so look at the tides well and the weather conditions. This jack sound is nothing to worry about in settled conditions the route navionics gives you is pretty spot on but still keep your eyes peeled and keep a little caution. There is a lot of pots around this place so I would strongly advise only doing this in daylight hours...once you commit that’s you no turning back. Anyway we go through the sound just fine and on across to Ramsey sound another stretch that needs treated with caution and done in settled conditions. I didn’t see as many pots here but I would stick to daylight hours again the navionics route was spot on going through here(I’m using an iPad Air 2 with active gps) So the secret for the two sounds is decent weather and in daylight due to pots and just stay tuned in. I have another video called the day of two sounds from a few years back so you can get lots of eyes on the two sounds. The run on up to Fishguard was uneventful and straight forward. Fishguard well first things first don’t anchor in the harbour area the recommend anchorage has decent holding but beware to the starboard as there is lots of markers and could be easily caught up if coming in at night .just follow what the almanac says and you will be fine. Just watch the sea and wind direction because in the wrong angle she will get up and down. When we anchored it actually look pretty beautiful...but it was only for the night. We weren’t long lighting the stove and getting fed and making plans to head for Aberystwyth. Next morning and we were off again on the run up to Aberystwyth we got a call from the range asking our intentions as there was live firing. Really a very uneventful sail/motor up. We had to wait outside on the tide as this entrance can be a bollocks ..advice is make sure you have plenty of water under you and don’t be looking round you going in here caution required. Aberystwyth itself is a beautiful place and I can tell you this the showers here are top class best marina showers about if I’m honest. We get a quick look about and stock up with food again and make new plans... so next stop Pwllheli. Leaving Aberystwyth again keep alert and get the tides right. I always like doing dodgy places on a rising tide especially if your new to the areas.heading up to Pwllheli no great hazards just watch for Saint Patrick’s causeway a long prong that comes out and you will hit the bottom it’s well marked tho on charts. On the way up the boat slowed down and started to heat up I knew there was something wrong. Weed on my prop ..it tangled all round my folding prop and was hard on the engine. So we stopped and got Dangerous Darren ready for a dip to clean the prop and a fine job he done. Arriving at Pwllheli we were a little early so it was anchor up and chill. We didn’t really chill we got in the water and cleaned the hull of the boat ..awk it was fun tho and killed some time. The entrance to this place is a bollocks I wouldn’t do anything only 2hrs each side of high water. I watched so many smart me hit the bottom that day and came back out. The tide is strong so stay on the tiller and on the ball the first bend the tide has a habit of pushing you of course just be aware of that. Nice marina friendly staff and decent people about ..we met some great folk that follow the adventures and it was a great pleasure for me to get chatting with them...it was funny coming in as someone shouted out our name and hello and Darren was like how the 🤬do they know us...very funny he still didn’t realise that so many followed the adventures. Anyway I hope you are all keeping well in these crazy times. Hope you enjoy the video
ANCHORAGES Milford Haven 1, Entry and Passage Anchorages
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