4 Kidneys and a Wonky Leg

Up at 0600 today, a crisp bright morning, the boat all wet with morning dew. A quick breakfast and we were off on a smooth flat sea. Just a few fishing boats here and there re-laying their lobster pots.

The first three hours are a doddle, just staying staying on a line between Strumble head and St Davids Head. Its as we turn south the fun begins, the speed over the ground increasing steadily with more and more tide rushing through the gap between the mainland and Ramsey Island. It’s a reasonably wide Sound but even on this very calm day the water is churning violently in places as it swirls round the various hidden rocks. We pick our way through encouraged by the fact the lifeboat station is very close at hand should we need it!

Then all of a sudden you are out the other end, the sea calms and we set course across St Brides Bay for the gap between Skomer and the Mainland, Jack sound. It’s a similar story to Ramsey Sound, as we accelerate toward the gap between the rocks this time only 150 metres wide. To add to the mix theres a dive boat in the way, hard core divers on an extreme drift dive. The photo’s don’t give a realistic view of the water, but there were some serious whirlpools going on in and after this short stretch of the passage. After Jack Sound it’s another hour or so before we enter Milford Haven and find the quiet, Castlebeach Bay to anchor in for lunch and as it turns out the night.

We’re here in Milford Haven for a few days before our passage to Padstow.

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