Circumnavigations: Isle of Anglesey

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.

Anglesey Circumnav Mug

If you solo a lap of Anglesey in 2022 you earn yourself a rather exclusive PSK mug!

Isle of Anglesey

Route Distance: ~65 nm / 120 km
Prevailing direction: CW

Solo

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Posn.	K1W	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Boat	Tide	Dir	Note	Verified	Link1
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

27 solo paddlers.
CW = clockwise, CCW = counter-clockwise
Tide = height at Liverpool (m)

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Teams

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Boat	Tide	Dir	Note	Verified	Link1
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		--

29 team paddlers in 13 teams

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Notes

George Bazeley / John Chamberlin et al. (17/18-Aug-73)
From John Chamberlain: "This was the first non-stop kayak circumnavigation of Anglesey. (NB A year or two previously, Alan Hughes, Don Roscoe and Ken Rudram had circumnavigated the island, but had taken a 2-hour beach break on the way round.)"

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Edward Doherty / James Doherty et al. (20-Sep-21)
Edward and James completed this lap of Anglesey in SOF kayaks they built themselves.

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Paul Griffiths : (18-Aug-12)
Paul set out to complete the Anglesey Circumnav as an ongoing project in stages, as and when he could.

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Alan Hughes / Don Roscoe et al. (71/72?)
Thought to be the first kayak circumnavigation of Anglesey.

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Guy Slater : (06-May-12)
This was Guy's second attempt at the Anglesey Circumnavigation, his first attempt took 48 hours with two overnight camps. Quote: "...some more careful planning was clearly needed!"

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Guy Slater : (04-Jun-12)
Armed with a new plan and a new boat, Guy returned to knock a further 2 hours off his PB.

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Isle of Anglesey
40 completions -- 27 solo + 13 team + 0 escorted
56 paddlers in total (27 solo / 29 team / 0 escorted

Route Distance: ~65 nm / 120 km
Prevailing direction: CW
Recorded Start Points:

• Beaumaris (1)
• Borthwen (5)
• Cable Bay (3)
• Caernarfon (3)
• Cemlyn Bay (3)
• Llanddwyn (4)
• Menai Bridge (2)
• Newborough (1)
• Penmon (1)
• Penmon? (1)
• Plas Menai (1)
• Porth Dafarch (3)
• Porth Nobla (1)
• Porth Trecastell (1)
• Puffin Sound (1)
• Rhoscolyn (4)
• Soldier's Point (1)
• xxx (4)




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