Crossings: Isle of Man / Wales

Situated in the centre of the Irish Sea the Isle of Man is a perfect draw for many a sea kayaker. It's positioning means it can often be seen from many places on the surrounding mainland on a clear day. It also means that the tidal flows from both north and south meet around the island, requiring some good planning to make the trip. The island also provides fantastic coastline, demanding tide races and plenty of wildlife, including Basking Sharks.
The route from Wales is usually started from Anglesey on the North Wales coast.

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Isle of Man - Wales

Route Distance: ~40 nm / 74 km
Prevailing direction: S >> N

Solo

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Posn.	K1W	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
1		K1M	John Willacy	08:21:12	23-Apr-10	Cemlyn Bay	Scarlett Point	Rockpool Taran	Yes		Article
2		K1M	George Shaw	08:24:00	11-Jul-14	?	?	SKUK Cadence	--
3		K1M	John Willacy	10:48:00	13-Apr-12	Cemlyn Bay	Port St Mary	Rockpool Taran	Yes
4		K1M	Olly Sanders	~12:00:00	Apr-2003	Cemaes Bay	Port St Mary	P+H Capella	--
5		K1M	Keirron Tastagh	14:00:00	30-Aug-01	Porth Dafarch	Port St Mary	SKUK Explorer	--
6		K1M	Keirron Tastagh	?	2002			SKUK Explorer	--
6		K1M	Joe Leach	?	14-May-12	Cemlyn Bay	Port St Mary	Rockpool Taran	--

7 solo paddlers.
CW = clockwise, CCW = counter-clockwise

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Teams

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
1	K2	Justine Curgenven / Barry Shaw	10:01:00	2007	Bull Bay	?		--
2	Team	Phil Clegg Barry Shaw Harry Whelan	11:20:00	2004	?	Cemaes Bay	SKUK Explorer SKUK Explorer	--
3	Team	Jonny Eldridge Chris Withers	12:18:00	15-Aug-16	Bull Bay	Port St Mary	Rockpool GT Valley Nordkapp LV	--
4	Team	Barry Shaw Harry Whelan	13:10:00	2004	Cemaes Bay	?	SKUK Explorer SKUK Explorer	--
5	Team	Phil Clegg Barry Shaw Harry Whelan	14:30:00	2005	Cemaes Bay	?	SKUK Explorer SKUK Explorer	--
6	Team	Natalie Maderova Michal Madera	14:55:00	26-May-12	Bull Bay	Port St Mary	Tiderace Xplore Tiderace Xplore	--
7	Team	Katie Ellis Lee Taylor	15:08:00	04-May-15	Amlwch	Derby Haven	Rockpool Taran 16 Rockpool Taran	--		Katie Blog
8	Team	Arthur Clark Nick Gough Steve Farrow	19:30:00	03-Jun-74	Cemaes Bay	Port Greenaugh	Valley Anas Acuta Valley Anas Acuta	--

19 team paddlers in 8 teams

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Various

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Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
Team K2	Nick Beighton / Ian O'Grady Adam Harmer / Tori James	15:25:00*	31-May-14	Porth Dafarch	Port St Mary	Valley Aleut II Valley Aleut II	--	Escort	Link

4 paddlers in 1 teams

Notes: Various

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Comments

Nick Beighton / Ian O'Grady et al. (31-May-14)
The Beeline Team completed this crossing in double kayaks as part of an ambitous journey taking a straightline from Land's End to John O'Groats.

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Arthur Clark / Nick Gough et al. (03-Jun-74)
From Nick:" Yes, I still have a few cuttings of the Anglsey/ I.O.M. trip. Date of crossing, 3 June 1974. Overall time, approx 19.5 hrs Start time, Cemaes Bay, 04.25 hrs. Finish time.Port Greenaugh, (east of Castletown) 23.55 hrs. Craft, Valley Canoe Products, Anas Acuta. Hard chined sea kayaks. We experimented with a Seafix Direction Finder for plots, but the process was so long-winded, it was consigned to history for later trips. The trip was done ostensibly to see some motor cycle racing, it being T.T. week. We returned to Llandudno via ferry, I think it was the last season of regular ferries on the Douglas/Llandudno route. There was no sense of "record attempts", just a carefully planned day out. At that time, we felt that three was the optimum number for long trips offshore. As the Celtic name of both islands is Mona, the trip became known as the "Mona to Mona" trip.

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Katie Ellis / Lee Taylor et al. (04-May-15)
Part of GB Circumnavigation

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Joe Leach : (14-May-12)
Day 15 of GB Circumnavigation.

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Natalie Maderova / Michal Madera et al. (26-May-12)
Part of GB Circumnavigation

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Keirron Tastagh : (30-Aug-01)
Keirron's claims to be the youngest paddler to have completed this route solo (age 22).

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John Willacy : (13-Apr-12)
Day 1 of GB Circumnavigation.

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Isle of Man - Wales
16 completions -- 7 solo + 8 team + 1 escorted
30 paddlers in total (7 solo / 19 team / 4 escorted

Route Distance: ~40 nm / 74 km
Prevailing direction: S >> N
Recorded Start Points:

• ?? (1)
• ?? (2)
• Amlwch (1)
• Bull Bay (3)
• Cemaes Bay (4)
• Cemlyn Bay (3)
• Porth Dafarch (2)




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