{"id":5681,"date":"2022-04-13T15:01:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/?p=5681"},"modified":"2022-04-27T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:57:39","slug":"holy-island-circumnav-2021-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/holy-island-circumnav-2021-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Island Circumnav 2021 – Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Holy Island Lap<\/p>\n

The circumnav of Holy Island (Anglesey, UK) demands the usual tidal planning required of a short circ, but here the 32 km lap also brings a few added challenges:
\nAccurate timing is needed to enter and leave the Inland Sea, the tidal window is only a few minutes wide. Get it wrong and you may get in, but not out!<\/p>\n

Then you need to paddle across the entrance of the busy port of Holyhead, timing to dodge ferries on your way.<\/p>\n

This leads to the mile-long Breakwater – a blessing in south winds but a clapotis-ridden curse in northerlies.<\/p>\n

The boisterous North Stack tide race soon follows as it pre-empts the cliffs of Gogarth Bay. And in turn is followed by the short but splashy South Stack race a few minutes later.<\/p>\n

Turn the corner and now there is a bit of a respite, as you paddle the no-drama 6 mile leg to Rhoscolyn. Here you try to eke out the last of the tidal assistance along the way.<\/p>\n

Turn another corner and now you work in and out of the small reefs to bring you to the mouth of the Cymyran Strait. This is a scenic but shallow estuary where you wind your way through the sandbanks (in inches deep water at times) to take you back to the Inland Sea.<\/p>\n

Not a bad day out…<\/p>\n

On The Day<\/h5>\n

This was a team run of the Holy Island Lap, paddling the usual counter-clockwise direction. We had sunshine with a bit of a N breeze and as you can see some clapotis from Holyhead Breakwater.
\nThe lap took us just under 3 hrs 30 mins<\/p>\n

https:\/\/performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Pages\/Records\/Circumnavs\/circumnavsHolyIsland.php<\/a><\/p>\n

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4 Mile Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Stanley Embankment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Stanley Embankment how it should look, close to slack water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Approaching Holyhead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Holyhead Breakwater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Breakwater Clapotis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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More from the Breakwater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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South Stack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking back at South Stack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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(This is a photo blog of the trip, for more detail on the Holy Island lap:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/holy-island-circumnav-2021-clockwise-solo\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/holy-island-circumnav-2021\/<\/a> )<\/p>\n

by John Willacy<\/p>\n

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The Holy Island Lap The circumnav of Holy Island (Anglesey, UK) demands the usual tidal planning required of a short circ, but here the 32 km lap also brings a few added challenges: Accurate timing is needed to enter and leave the Inland Sea, the tidal window is only a few minutes wide. Get it … <\/p>\n

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