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Circumnavigation:
Holy Island
Route Distance: ~18 nm / 33.3 kmPrevailing direction: CCW
Record: 2014 - 02:55:45
Solo: 8
Team: 10
Records
| John Willacy | K1M | 02:55:45 | 2014 |
| David Attenborough | K1M | 04:18:39 | 2013 |
| John Willacy | K1M | 04:28:00 | 2005 |
There are a number of 'Holy Islands' dotted around the country - this one (Ynys Gybi) is linked to the Isle of Anglesey. While Anglesey is a popular paddling destination itself, the Holy Island cicumnav condenses the best of Anglesey into a one day adventure. This popular trip involves a wide range of the sea paddling spectrum: tideraces and overfalls, sheer cliffs, caves and coves, along with inland paddling and sandy beaches. Tidal planning is crucial here as there are two tidal sluices through the embankments to negotiate - at Stanley and Four Mile Bridge.
BEWARE: To negotiate Stanley Embankment correct tidal timing is ESSENTIAL - this sluice is LETHALLY DANGEROUS at certain points of the tide.
Circumnavigation: Holy Island
Solo
Click column header to sort.| Posn. | K1W | Cat | Paddler | Elapsed | Date | Boat | Tide | Dir | Note | Verified | Link1 | 1 | K1M | John Willacy | 02:55:45 | 13-Jun-14 | Rockpool Taran 18 | CCW | Yes | 2 | K1M | John Willacy | 03:03:20 | 14-Jul-21 | Rockpool Taran 18 | CCW | Yes | 3 | K1M | John Willacy | 03:18:37 | 22-Jul-21 | Rockpool Taran 18 | CW | Yes | 4 | K1M | John Willacy | 03:28:02 | 28-Jan-23 | Rockpool Taran 18 | CW | Yes | 5 | K1M | Richard Griffiths Hughes | 03:53:33 | 22-Jul-21 | Rockpool Taran 18 | CCW | Yes | 6 | K1M | David Attenborough | 04:18:39 | 04-Dec-13 | P+H Quest | CCW | Yes | 7 | K1M | John Willacy | 04:28:00 | 21-Nov-05 | Nelo Inuk | CCW | Yes | 8 | K1M | Phil Smith | 06:54:59 | 23-Jul-24 | CCW | All Islands | Yes |
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8 solo paddlers
Teams
Click column header to sort.10 Teams -- 21 Paddlers
Notes
David Attenborough (04-Dec-13)David set the standard for a Holy Island Circumnav. He had a 13 min wait at Stanley Embankment for the flow to ease off enough for a safe passage through. From David:" I learnt a lot on this trip, which means I should be able to beat my time in the future. The reasons I believe this record could be beaten: As I said I had to stop for 13 minutes at Stanley Embankment to wait for the speed on water to slow so I could paddle up it; I was paddling with a force 4-5 NW wind that slowed my progress on my Northward and Westward legs of the trip and made the seas north of Holyhead 'Interesting' and those around North Stack 'Very Interesting' (and Exhausting!); This trip was done on a spring tide (Liverpool 9.9m)"
Pete Evans / Steve Miles (12-Feb-13)
From Steve: "We had to wait on Stanley for half an hour and could not resist ten minutes playing on the South Stack wave,it was just perfect. And, 10 mins out of my boat at Penryn Mawr, which wasn't running (but don't ask)."
Phil Smith (23-Jul-24)
All Islands.
Phil's lap of Holy Island is unusual in that he took in most of the outlying islands along the way: Rhoscolyn Beacon, Ynys Traws, Ynys-las, Ynys Benlas, North Stack and South Stack.
Summary:
Circumnavigation: Holy IslandSolo paddlers: 8
Team paddlers: 21
Teams: 10
Recorded Start Points:
- Borthwen (4)
- Cymyran (3)
- Holyhead (1)
- Penrhos (1)
- Porth Dafarch (7)
- Rhoscolyn (1)
- Treaddur Bay (1)