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Old 11 July 2009, 17:46   #1
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made it around anglesey, great pics of seals and south stack

Went round anglesey in the rib on friday, great fun. Cruised at 22 mph on average and it took 3.5 hours. Roughly 90 litres of fuel. Flat calm at some points...not at others. Even hand fed a seal at puffin island. Awesome day. Myself, my dad and a friend completed the challenge.
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Old 11 July 2009, 17:54   #2
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Looks a grand time Paul!
Out of interest how many Nmiles?
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As you can see above, set off from the Gazelle/bangor pier and went clockwise setting off 2 hrs before high water. Swellies were fun at half tide!!! though very calm. Just 5 knot flow and swirly water. Coming out of caernarfon bar and round llandwyn island was fine, South Stack and Holyhead, very lumpy, see the swell in the photo!! A few good airborne moments were had.

Also saw dolphins by Rhosneigr and on the other side by moelfe. No photos as they were fleeting obs, flipper wasn't playing unfortunately.

Would recommend the trip to anyone but the stacks were bad considering the weather and also the sound by puffin island. Both had very confused sea states. wouldnt fancy it if more than a force 3 or 4.
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Not sure in NM as we had the gps on mph. (very non marinal but heh ho) So in land miles it was roughly 75 miles. Though we cut across nearly all the bays. Only went out wide to follow the transient line out to the skerrries and across to west mouse as didnt know the area. If you went in by moelfre/red wharf bay/bennllech it would add at least another 6 or 7. I'd say minimum mileage 65, in and out of bays would be over 85. only my opinion though.

Though we didnt measure the fuel exactly, i think we used 80litres, my dad 90.
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According to Mr Google 75 miles works out at around 65 Nmiles.
Got a big enough tank on the RIB now, this is defiantly on my soon to do list.
Thanks Paul, great pics BTW
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i would strongly recommend getting the admiralty "tough charts" for anglesey and the llyn peninsula. So good to use even in the rain, they are waxy waterproof thick pages and make navigation so much easier when combined with the gps. I would say essential for rounding anglesey, what with rocks everywhere. Take the long/lat from the gps and you know exactly where you are on the chart.

Jono Garton recommended them, cant thank him enough. I think they do the tough charts for the solent area and a couple of other popular cruising grounds. Designed with the open boater in mind.

If you are planning it, let me know, i may do it again if free.
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Thanks Paul, I've heard of the tough charts and will look into getting one for that area although I know my brother has a chart for that area and if worse comes to worst I'll see if a freezer bag comes in that size

I'm grounded at the moment with bad electrics but hoping that will be sorted soon . Think it will be August by the time I'm able to get down there.
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Ever since me and my mutt visited South stack to get some landscape photos' I've always wanted to go back.
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great photo. better than mine from the boat with an iphone that has no zoom. Though at the time, the swell and confused sea was crazy so focused more on keeping the old man in the boat!!!

Got to say, the hull on our new humber was just awesome in the rough stuff, the difference between the ocean pro with spray rails and wider beam to the destroyer and our old searider was amazing. So soft on landing and so dry, all the spray just pushed out and away. Obviously it is a bigger boat, but less than a metre in length. (5.4 to 6.3.) Managed 48mph with 3 up and about 90 litres still on board. 50 by end of season hopefully!
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I was going to ask you how you found it compared to your searider. Have to admit fi I had the money I'd be going for something a bit bigger
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yes i know, i couldnt have afforded it with out parental funding. We had the searider fro 12 years and then my dad hit 60 and the searider was smaller than the growing extended family. I managed to persuade him to fund a new boat that will see him to 70 that was safe enough for the grandchildren to go out. Sales pitch worked well!!
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I hate ya! You remind me of my kids!

If and when this Kellogs credit crunchies ends I'm gonna try and talk the trouble and strife into using some of the collateral in the house (if there is any anymore) so she can fulfil her dream of a happy husband
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looks like you had a great trip paul ...if ever you going round again i,l tag along ..carnt wait to get back on the water ...only 2 more weeks till new rib is here ..!!!
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...only 2 more weeks till new rib is here ..!!!

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No Jono, tony got it all wrong and went for the rib eye after trialling ians blue 6.3!!
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Nice one Paul, glad you made it. If you do want to do it again I'm up for it, just need some nice weather at the weekend
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Cant decide if thats a step up or not from the RIB Quest

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rib eye rib quest

not sure which is was actually, he went for the same make as he had owned before i think.

very happy with the humber after that trip, even my dad felt safe which is a big statement. He still goes on about the day you took us out in feb with the wind over tide out of the marina, convinced him to buy the humber though.
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Ever since me and my mutt visited South stack to get some landscape photos' I've always wanted to go back.
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each to their own jono.. i did try Ian's 6.3 and yes its a good boat but it didn't appeal to me. i must say that i,d like to thank Ian for letting me try it out he,s a real nice genuine honest bloke but in the end i decided to go with the ribquest 6.4 140 Suzuki engine. like humber Paul says.. humber has a good name and make a solid rib but in his words it has the look and feel of a defender whereas i like the look and feel of a range rover.The only bad thing about it is from what i can gather is the old ribquest company had a bad reputation but since the new owners took over they do build an excellent rib. Perhaps if they had changed the company name they might not get so much negative comments from people that have not seen their range and build of ribs.. i"m new to ribs having only owned one for the last 2 years but in those 2 years i,ve looked at more ribs then i,ve had hot dinners ...lol i may not have your expertise and knowledge when it comes to ribs but hopefully if possible id like to join your cruise on the 24th(thats if its ready) then you can give it the once over and see if you still want to compare it to ribeye..!! just dont call me ribquest tone,,, lol
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