Get out and Paddle...
The circumnavigation of Anglesey is a rewarding challenge that benefits from detailed planning. It is viewed as a classic UK trip, paddling a lap is quite an achievement, a single-day one especiially so. The wide variety of start locations when combined with the tidal phases gives many different options and opinions of when and where to go from. Good planning is required for a fast lap, but for a more relaxed outlook then 3-4 days is the norm - weather allowing! With impressive scenery, exposed coastline, tide races, wildlife, open crossings, the fast-flowing Menai Strait and of course the tides. This is the ultimate one-day circumnavigation, a sea kayaking challenge that should be on everyone's list.
If you solo a lap of Anglesey in 2022 you earn yourself a rather exclusive PSK mug!
Posn. | K1W | Cat | Paddler | Elapsed | Date | Boat | Tide | Dir | Note | Verified | Link1 |
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1 | K1M | John Willacy | 09:24:04 | 11-Sep-14 | Rockpool Taran 18 | 9.9 | CW | Yes | |||
2 | K1M | John Willacy | 09:54:48 | 18-Apr-11 | Rockpool Taran 18 | 9.9 | CW | Yes | |||
3 | (1) | K1W | Justine Curgenven | 10:08:47 | 22-Jul-13 | Valley Rapier 18 | 9.7 | CW | Yes | Blog | |
4 | K1M | John Willacy | 10:12:15 | 31-Mar-21 | Rockpool Taran 18 | 10.0 | CW | Yes | |||
5 | K1M | John Willacy | 10:24:54 | 22-Aug-09 | RockpoolTaran(P'type) | 9.8 | CW | Yes | |||
6 | K1M | John Willacy | 10:28:38 | 14-Oct-12 | Rockpool Taran 18 | 9.3 | CW | Yes | |||
7 | K1M | John Willacy | 10:45:40 | 10-Sep-06 | Nelo Inuk | CW | Yes | Article | |||
8 | K1M | John Willacy | 11:10:55 | 28-Mar-22 | Rockpool Taran 18 | 8.0 | CW | Yes | |||
9 | K1M | John Willacy | 11:12:41 | 17-Oct-20 | Rockpool Taran 18 | 10.0 | CCW | Yes | |||
10 | K1M | Dan McGonigle | 11:20:18 | 20-Sep-16 | Rockpool Taran 16 | 9.6 | CW | Yes | |||
11 | K1M | John Willacy | 11:30:00 | 20-Sep-05 | Nelo Inuk | 10.4 | CW | Yes | Article | ||
12 | (2) | K1W | Eila Wilkinson | 12:18:41 | 18-Sep-16 | SKUK Pulse | 9.8 | CW | Yes | ||
13 | K1M | John Willacy | 12:19:38 | 17-Aug-20 | Rockpool Taran 16 | 8.4 | CCW | Yes | Article | ||
14 | K1M | Steve Miles | 12:23:00 | 11-Sep-14 | Rockpool Taran 16 | 9.9 | CW | -- | |||
15 | (3) | K1W | Eila Wilkinson | 12:24:00 | 09-Sep-10 | SKUK Pilgrim Expedition | 9.9 | CW | -- | ||
16 | K1M | Nick Arding | 12:30:30 | 17-Jul-14 | Rockpool Taran 18 | 9.0 | CW | -- | |||
17 | K1M | Elliot Goddard | 12:46:53 | 16-Jul-21 | Rockpool Taran 16 | 8.3 | CW | Yes | |||
18 | (4) | K1W | Kate Duffus | 13:08:00 | 15-Apr-10 | P+H Cetus LV | 9.0 | CW | -- | Blog | |
19 | K1M | James Stevenson | 13:25:00 | 02-Jun-11 | SKUK Explorer | 8.7 | CW | -- | Link1 | ||
20 | K1M | Barry Shaw | 13:36:00 | 12-Aug-03 | SKUK Explorer | CW | -- | Report | |||
21 | K1M | Guy Slater | 13:58:00 | 04-Jun-12 | Rockpool Taran 18 | 9.4 | CW | -- | Blog | ||
22 | K1M | Bryan Dickinson | 14:32:00 | 06-Jun-16 | Rockpool Alaw Bach | 9.6 | CW | Yes | |||
23 | (5) | K1W | Eila Wilkinson | 14:40:00 | 16-Sep-08 | SKUK Explorer LV | CW | -- | |||
24 | K1M | Axel Schoevers | 15:10:00 | 28-Sep-14 | SKUK Explorer | 9.0 | CW | Yes | Blog | ||
25 | K1M | Guy Slater | 16:09:00 | 06-May-12 | Valley Nordkapp RM | 9.7 | CW | -- | Blog | ||
26 | K1M | Mike Conroy | 18:53:21 | 02-May-22 | Tiderace Pace 17 Tour | 9.1 | CW | Yes | |||
27 | K1M | Paul Griffiths | 3yrs 355 days | 18-Aug-12 | / | CW | -- | Blog |
Posn. | Cat | Paddler | Elapsed | Date | Boat | Tide | Dir | Note | Verified | Link1 |
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1 | Team | Nick Arding Petr Major Norbert Ziober | 12:57:37 | 03-Aug-19 | Rockpool Taran? SKUK Quantum | 9.7 | CW | Yes | ||
2 | Team | Elan Winter Stuart Yendle | 13:05:35 | 09-Sep-13 | P+H Cetus | 9.2 | CW | -- | Blog | |
3 | Team | Dan McGonigle Jonny Eldridge | 13:14:00 | 23-Jun-16 | Rockpool Taran 16 | 8.8 | CW | -- | ||
4 | K2 | Jim Krawiecki / Peter Roscoe | 13:30:00 | ?-May-4 | CW | -- | Link1 | |||
5 | Team | Justine Curgenven Fiona Whitehead | 14:30:00 | ?-Mar-02 | SKUK Romany | CW | -- | |||
6 | Team | Matt Hawkins Mark_'Baggy' Richards | 16:30:00 | 08-Sep-14 | P+H Cetus MV | 9.4 | CW | -- | ||
7 | Team | Edward Doherty James Doherty | 17:09:20 | 20-Sep-21 | Cape Falcon F1 Cape Falcon F1 | 9.1 | CW | Yes | ||
8 | Team | George Bazeley John Chamberlin Ian Tatam | 18:00:00 | 17/18-Aug-73 | Slalom_K1 Swift Slalom_K1 Swift | / | CW | -- | ||
9 | Team_Mx | Bryan Dickinson Jenny Wong | 35:00:00 | 24-Jun-18 | Rockpool Alaw Bach | 8.3 | CCW | -- | ||
10 | Team_C2 | Colin Skeath Katrina Skeath | ~39:00:00 | 06-Jun-15 | Old Town Penobscot | 8.9 | CW | -- | ||
11 | Team | Mike Chandler John Willacy | 2 days | 30-Jul-04 | P+H Quest P+H Quest | 8.8 | CW | Yes | ||
12 | Team_Mx | Sarah Horton Geth Roberts | 3yrs 187 days | 02-Dec-19 | SKUK Romany | / | CW | -- | ||
13 | Team | Alan Hughes Don Roscoe Ken Rudram | ? | 71/72? | CW | -- |