Round Anglesey cruise - Saturday 27 April 2013

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by SteveHall

I quite fancy this, my 1st real rib.net meeting...

welcome aboard and come and join in on cruise, should be a good day out

[SteveHall]

Rather than ploughing though all the pages of posts, is there a plan?

Meet here? Launch here? Etc?

The Evinrude isn't the most frugal - so can see this becoming expensive.

[HUMBER P4VWL]

Just read the opening post or my signature.

A 6m with a 175 etec will use between 1.2-1.6L per mile roughly. It is about 80 mile round, so you can do the math. Take some passengers and split the cost!

High tide Menai is around 1pm BST. Its a big 7.8 so it'll be fun and its best to run with it clockwise. I will head through the bridges at just before 1/2 Water, 9.30 am. Will pass Caernarfon Ty Coch where all the dry suit brigade launch at Chris's slip with his tractor (10 ish) and then head round for picnic lunch in Holyhead marina hopefully. Onwards then right round for a charge up the Strait for a beer or two at the Gazelle around 3pm.

There's a meal in Mr Fu's chinese in the evening in Caernarfon, money needs to go to Chris Ty Calch

[SteveHall]

Cheers HUMBER P4VWL - Didnt have your signature on my mobile app thing.

I am well up for this, will be launching from Beaumaris.

Anyone know if petrol is available from Holyhead Marina?

[HUMBER P4VWL]

Excellent. Not sure re Holyhead. TT and Deano know I think. Most people just take enough to get round. Internal tanks and a couple of loose ones. We take 2x 70L internal and 2x 25L drums and ours is a 6.3 deep V with 175 two stroke!!

Hp 6.3 Humber 175 opti
Mr smooth 7m Revenger 150 Honda
BS TT 6.3 Ribquest 140 Sooz
Pow2Gran Menai 4.8 Tohatsu 60hp
cookie 5.5 Humber 115 opti
Whisper hitching or 5.85m Ribcraft 585 140 Sooz
Peterm hitching/whisper
Festinghouse 6m Tornado 75 Mariner
Neil Mc 7.2m aluminium 140 Twatsoo
Hadd 5.5m Ribcraft 130 etec
Telcowilliam 6m tornado 130 Honda
Maximus ribcraft 6.8 250 sooz
Mick 6m Redbay 2x 90 Honda
Rocknrolla 7m Osprey 225 etec
Yoyo 5.5m Menai
Bradosh 6.5m Ribeye 150 Yam
M Thornton 7m vipermax 250 etec
Ppenman 7m Ribeye 300 Yam
AJ 5.85m Ribcraft 140 Sooz
Clamchowder Humber 85 Yam
tiger. 5.5 zodiac 115 suki
asswakur 6.5m ribeye 150 yam
Clamdiver1 7.5m Scorpion 200
IndyR1
Ribeye Mick 7m Ribeye 200 yam
RMS Ribquest.
Stevehall 6m Ballistic 175 etec

[mick]

Originally Posted by SteveHall

Cheers HUMBER P4VWL - Didnt have your signature on my mobile app thing.

I am well up for this, will be launching from Beaumaris.

Anyone know if petrol is available from Holyhead Marina?

No petrol

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by SteveHall

Cheers HUMBER P4VWL - Didnt have your signature on my mobile app thing.

I am well up for this, will be launching from Beaumaris.

Anyone know if petrol is available from Holyhead Marina?

how much do you carry? I p155 it round on 180l with twin 115s & some leftover. Your 175 should do it on 100l easy.

[rocknrolla]

Originally Posted by SteveHall

Cheers HUMBER P4VWL - Didnt have your signature on my mobile app thing.

I am well up for this, will be launching from Beaumaris.

Anyone know if petrol is available from Holyhead Marina?

150 l tank on that son thats plenty

[SteveHall]

Yeah I carry 150, and a small spare can, but would rather be safe than sorry, and keep them topped up if we were stopping for lunch.

I will rig up a 25ltr spare.

[HUMBER P4VWL]

Originally Posted by SteveHall

Yeah I carry 150, and a small spare can, but would rather be safe than sorry, and keep them topped up if we were stopping for lunch.

I will rig up a 25ltr spare.

Agreed. From Bangor you could travel 50 -60 miles round the island, then find its too rough on the NE side and have to head back around. That would be 100 -120 miles and likely through some rougher weather using potentially 2L per mile in some parts. I like to take 190L to be safe. But that's just me, it does add a lot of weight though!!!

[SteveHall]

Well I will launch at Beaumaris (like normal) and I have done Beaumaris to Rhosneigr and used about 80l-90l, 4 up and mostly at WOT, and lots of turning around to go back and meet a slower RIB that was out with us.

I dont remember the mileage but i am sure it did work out at about 1 - 2 miles a ltr.

For this trip will be only 2 up, 150ltr internal tank, 25ltr & 15ltr backup.

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL

then find its too rough

No sea too rough or muff too tough

[hadd]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

No sea too rough or muff too tough

Are you doing
the Anglesey cruise Dave ?

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL

But that's just me, it does add a lot of weight though!!!

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by hadd

Are you doing
the Anglesey cruise Dave ?

Hopefully. Can we go the other way round this time for a change?

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Hopefully. Can we go the other way round this time for a change?

no chance, HP needs the island on his right shoulder to find the pubs

[HUMBER P4VWL]

Originally Posted by Chris Caton

Lol, very good!

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by SteveHall

Well I will launch at Beaumaris (like normal) and I have done Beaumaris to Rhosneigr and used about 80l-90l, 4 up and mostly at WOT, and lots of turning around to go back and meet a slower RIB that was out with us.

I dont remember the mileage but i am sure it did work out at about 1 - 2 miles a ltr.

For this trip will be only 2 up, 150ltr internal tank, 25ltr & 15ltr backup.

It's about 60nm round trip ish. I used about 100l last time. We did the Dun Loaghaire cruise on about 140l. Depending on how much dicking around we do on the way. I probably blew more fuel in the last 1/2 hour in the straight on our way back to Ty Calch last year, than the rest of the trip. Good fun though, I just about heard some yottie shouting WAKE! WAKE! as we passed through the low speed zone (at low speed I may add) before we let rip just after the buoy. That's the problem (for some)with planing hulls, they throw a steeper wake at low speed than at planing speed.

[tony t]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

It's about 60nm round trip ish. I used about 100l last time. We did the Dun Loaghaire cruise on about 140l. Depending on how much dicking around we do on the way. I probably blew more fuel in the last 1/2 hour in the straight on our way back to Ty Calch last year, than the rest of the trip. Good fun though, I just about heard some yottie shouting WAKE! WAKE! as we passed through the low speed zone (at low speed I may add) before we let rip just after the buoy. That's the problem (for some)with planing hulls, they throw a steeper wake at low speed than at planing speed.

He was could of been shouting CAKE! CAKE! we all know Mrs Pikey makes a great cakes maybe the word is spreading Dave

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by tony t

He was could of been shouting CAKE! CAKE! we all know Mrs Pikey makes a great cakes maybe the word is spreading Dave

Ahh! I hadn't thought of that. That's my conscience soothed then