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Day 103 Aug 9th Fishguard.

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To go to Milford Haven from Fishguard safely you have to have good weather and get the timing of the tides right. We were given this information by the harbourmaster who gave us a detailed route map describing the whole journey and just about every rock to avoid. It seems that you should leave at HW Fishguard, and maintain a boatspeed of 5knts all the way. Tomorrow HW is 0630, which is not too early, and the weather is just right.

Watanga
The quay
Steep climb
Inner harbour
St George’s Fort
Sunset

So it was a rest day in Fishguard, the town itself is up on the top of the hill and was quite a climb. We had a coffee and grabbed some supplies from the Co-op. In the afternoon we had a quick lunch in the Fishguard Bay Yacht club, before visiting St George’s Fort up on the headland.

Then a quiet evening on the boat and an early night ready for tomorrows passage.

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Day 102. Aberdaron to Fishguard.

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Nothing much to say about today, weigh anchor, set a course of 190° Motor for 8 hrs, anchor. Job done.

Not quite that simple but essentially a quite boring passage, (all open sea for almost 60 miles and at midway you are at least 30 miles from land in any direction).

Wales being quite mountainous and it being a clear day was visible through about 200 degrees at one point.

One highlight just before entering Fishguard was a pod of dolphins (Short beaked Commons I think ) that swam past and around the boat. On entering Fishguard it was much larger than I remembered, (It was about 45 years ago I last came). We found the southern anchorage and decided to use one of the mooring bouys.

Off for a paddle
Southern Anchorage
Inner Harbour
Fishguard Quay
Skipper off Watch
Dolphins Coming
Wales Pennant.

We shall stay for two nights here as the weather is settled and I want to find out some local knowledge about the trip round to Milford Haven, which after reading the Almanac, makes Pentland Firth look like a walk in the Park!

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