Sunny sea kayaking & sparkling seas!

What a super sunny weekend, with temperatures well into the 20c for our Improve sea kayaking course, also known as an Intro-mediate.  With winds forecast f4-6 East, Y Felinheli on the Straits provided enough shelter plus exciting conditions, when we wanted them.   We had wind against tide, and as we crossed to Anglesey the rougher it got, while closer to the main land the calmer it was, so perfect conditions to work with. Turning in swell, use of skeg and stern rudders was the main emphasis of the day ...

Ewan on an early down wind run ...

Bill moving out into the bigger stuff and choosing his moment to turn ...

Dave feeling the force of the wind ... and as the current slowed down we worked on ferry glides, using transits, to provide a visual on our track.

Sunday morning after a short session on tidal planning it was off from Trearddur Bay to Rhoscolyn and then back.

On the way out we looked for channels to paddle through, working edge and leaned turns ...

Lesley with Ewan in the back ground

Anita on a narrower gully ...

 Then at Rhoscolyn head, enjoying the coolness of a cave!

Frank joined us for today in his nice new kayak ...

Took lunch opposite the Beacon, and talked through a plan for after lunch.  The plan was to cross to the islands on a ferry glide and then look for some channels of water to work on eddy turns ...

Here we have Dave coming in ... in his new kayak and Frank in the back ground ... we did a couple of circuits and then paddled towards the main island and worked our way through the channels, spotted a lone grey seal sunning its self and then Ewan led us back across the open water to Rhoscolyn headland.

As we were now close to high water slack more channels and arches were possible, which we made the most of.  Back close to our starting point a couple more rolls were attempted and were successful!

Great sea kayaking weekend and I wish you all well with continued paddling & adventures.  Be safe & have fun.

roger chandler
www.coastalspirit.com
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