Menai Strait Advice

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by kawasaki

Roughly an Hour and a half before HW Menai Bridge the Swellies' slows down'
Most Almanacs and Pilot books refer to the 'Standard Port' of Holyhead for passage plans for the area
There are only two Standard Ports for Wales tother is Milford Haven
Menai tides are earlier than Holyhead
Sunday HW Menai Bridge is 27 mins before Holyhead
So according to Secondary Port calculations slack water at Menai will be 10.51 hours
The reason 'slack' occurs around about an hour or so before the HW is the way the tidal streams flow in in Liverpool Bay and St George's Channel
The 'Nothern Flood' , Liverpool bay becomes stronger towards HW and 'stops' the flow from the Southern end of the Strait
It just happens that about an hour before HW its 'stopped' at Menai then the flood continues towards Caernarfon
So effectivly it floods and ebbs in the same direction!!!!
Good innit

kawasaki, that's a brilliant description, well done all I know is it's a great spot to have a brew n watch the world go by

[Silverfox]

Originally Posted by Clamchowder

I read something on one of the pilotage guides about HW slack being an hour before HW. Which doesn't really make sense. And evidently my tide predictor doesn't adjustt thw time (though the instructions suggest that it does).

Go to this linky Caernarfon Harbour Trust and then click The Swellies and/or Bar Buoy Positions.

[AJ.]

Also if you go screaming down the Straits through Y Felinheli and don't notice the ridiculously small out of view yellow buoys there is a very polite chap who puts his blue light on his rib and give you a nice green brochure that includes some charts and speed limits for the Straits

[Jeff Hutcheon]

Originally Posted by Chris Caton

kawasaki, that's a brilliant description, well done all I know is it's a great spot to have a brew n watch the world go by

Ehh!! Not one mention of sand banks, were is the fun in that, lol.
Nice one Kawasaki!!

[Silverfox]

Originally Posted by AJ.

Also if you go screaming down the Straits through Y Felinheli and don't notice the ridiculously small out of view yellow buoys there is a very polite chap who puts his blue light on his rib and give you a nice green brochure that includes some charts and speed limits for the Straits

That wins, very good!

[tony t]

Originally Posted by AJ.

Also if you go screaming down the Straits through Y Felinheli and don't notice the ridiculously small out of view yellow buoys there is a very polite chap who puts his blue light on his rib and give you a nice green brochure that includes some charts and speed limits for the Straits

Not the 1st time you been chased by a blue light being a brummie I bet

[AJ.]

Originally Posted by tony t

Not the 1st time you been chased by a blue light being a brummie I bet

Actually it was Greater Manchester Police during my younger years on that darn A6 to Stockport stupid bus lanes .

Since moving to Warwickshire which is NOT Birmingham unlike yourself I have become much more civilised

[kerny]

Originally Posted by AJ.

Actually it was Greater Manchester Police during my younger years on that darn A6 to Stockport stupid bus lanes .

Since moving to Warwickshire which is NOT Birmingham unlike yourself I have become much more civilised

[Jeff Hutcheon]

Out on the Menai today with mr smooth, great day!!!

[Silverfox]

Will be out tomorrow. Puffin then llanddwyn island, Ty coch maybe for a cheeky one! ;0)

[pow2gran]

Had a quick blast this afternoon and went from Chris's up the straits. Hit a sand bank! Pit of a panic but eventually got off. Went through the swellies up to Bangor pier and back down. I can't believe I did that. Just shows you what happens when you are not paying attention - fortunately I was only doing 15 knots.

Off to pilot cove tomorrow with Cookie all being well. Hope to see some of you tomorrow

[tony t]

Originally Posted by AJ.

Actually it was Greater Manchester Police during my younger years on that darn A6 to Stockport stupid bus lanes .

Since moving to Warwickshire which is NOT Birmingham unlike yourself I have become much more civilised

That explains it then

[Dan Gurney]

Cracking day yesterday. Many thanks to Chris Caton for his guidance, and to Chris at Ty Calch for first class service (he's a diamond that fella).

First time through the strait and we couldn't have had much better weather! Fantastic scenery. Anchored at puffin for lunch then back through the Strait and home for tea after a bit of playing in the waves off Ty Calch. Hope everyone else has had as good a weekend!

[Jeff Hutcheon]

Originally Posted by Clamchowder

Cracking day yesterday. Many thanks to Chris Caton for his guidance, and to Chris at Ty Calch for first class service (he's a diamond that fella).

First time through the strait and we couldn't have had much better weather! Fantastic scenery. Anchored at puffin for lunch then back through the Strait and home for tea after a bit of playing in the waves off Ty Calch. Hope everyone else has had as good a weekend!

Glad you had a good time,you looked like you was having fun opposite Chris's slip, p s that was hard work cranking your boat onto the trailer lol.

[Dan Gurney]

Haha. Was that you? I felt a right plum stood in the boat watching you and Tom struggling. I think the problem is that the keel rollers aren't rolling any more. That and the trailer needed angling up more. I need to replace the rollers but for that I need to get the boat off the trailer.

'twas nice running through the strait with you and Chris (that was you in the 4.8 Tornado?), this was my ribbing high point so far. Will be back as soon as poss.

[tony t]

Originally Posted by Clamchowder

Haha. Was that you? I felt a right plum stood in the boat watching you and Tom struggling. I think the problem is that the keel rollers aren't rolling any more. That and the trailer needed angling up more. I need to replace the rollers but for that I need to get the boat off the trailer.

'twas nice running through the strait with you and Chris (that was you in the 4.8 Tornado?), this was my ribbing high point so far. Will be back as soon as poss.

Stick with them 2 and you will end up in the soup

[kawasaki]

Originally Posted by pow2gran

Had a quick blast this afternoon and went from Chris's up the straits. Hit a sand bank! Pit of a panic but eventually got off. W

pow M8
When I first messed about in the Straits, I nearly killed/drowned the swmbo and kids!!
Hit all the sandbanks etc etc
Peeps ak me 'how come u know the place so well'?
My reply is
'Cos I,ve hit everythin in it
Innit'

You can't take your eye off the ball in the Strait Mate
Just for interest
Last Friday at LW
We put 2 ribs on Menai Bridge pier before the water left Dinorwic
With a Pro TV Cameraman on board we Filmed the Swellies at low water
This way and that way and around Gorad Goch (the island in the middle) plus pointing out the drying reef that lots don't notice on the Mainland side between Brittania bridge and Plas Newydd
The Plan is to film Caernarfon Bar and the Lavan sands etc at LW too
Make a CD Film thinghie
Showing all the Nav marks etc
Difference between high and low water on Springs
Bilingual as well!!!

[tony t]

Originally Posted by kawasaki

Bilingual as well!!!

Is that English and Brummie

[kerny]

Originally Posted by tony t

Is that English and Brummie

Might as well be Welsh and Brummie!! can't understand both of yer languages

[kawasaki]

Now wulverampton or brummie wus there at the ferst rushes arr
Downt wurry thow eye rekon ther will be a midlands connecshun later arr
The Dynion Foto (welsh cameraman) was a dead good Pro though
Jer wanna know what slow down yer mad bastid is in Welsh?
'Arafwch Y bastad gwyrion'