

Due to tie constraints for crew members we were limited to an afternoon cruise around Holyhead bay. 
With the rain dying away during the morning I went up to the boat for midday to sort out some of the small jobs and prepare the boat for when the crew arrived at 13:45. By the time the crew, Richie, Tess and Harrie, were onboard the wind had filled in to a steady 9 to 10kt from the south so we set off from the mooring under the full main. Approaching the end of the breakwater we could see the Irish Ferries ship leaving her berth so we checked for traffic with Port Control, circled round and put in a reef as the winds had increased significantly, before resuming our heading across to Clippera passing astern of the ferry. 
We sailed towards Chruch bay and went in close to shore for the crew to have a good look at where we used to anchor up when doing the HSC 2 peaks race.
As it was just a day since the spring tide I suggested we should go towards The Skerries, knowing the we would see wind over tide, so that we would see the buildup of the waves! 
Having gybed after passing ynys y fydlyn, to see through the arch under the elephant's head, we headed out into the tide race from Carmel Head. We bounced for a short distance before turning to the SE to get out of the challenging choppy waters and headed back to Bolivar with Harrie now getting experience on the helm.
She continued to helm all the way beck into the harbour when, due to the high winds we dropped the sails and motored onto the mooring. 



Sunday afternoon cruise in Holyhead Bay

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