A recent addition to the Lady Ash crew list is Zoe. She is a day skipper who hadn't been
sailing for a while and wanted to rectify the position. Looking at the tides we decided to go round to Moelfre. I hadn't been that far before in Lady Ash but decided to give it a go. First leg went swimmingly cruising along past the skerries, mice and Lynas point to finally anchor at Molfre and have a well earned break and something to eat while watching fishing Kayakers in front of the lifeboat station. The plan was to use the dinghy and go ashore but as yet I don't have an outboard and the wind was a bit strong for a long row. About 6.30 we set off back, a great sail until w
e got towards Carmel head and then the wind was on the nose.While Zoe helmed I had a few ventures onto deck to play with the reefing to give interest along with an impromtu lesson in toilet habit trigger mechanisms!. A seal popped up in front of the boat with a great big fish in his mouth! I decided to go on the engine and head straight back. It was pretty rough motoring against the waves and very wet from spray (no pics of this, must get a wet bag for the camera!). Eventually got in to Holyhead after dark. Just in time of course to grab a Guinness in the sailing club to get rid of the salty taste (apart from the crisps). Well done Zoe, well done Lady Ash, great day 29NM through the water 40NM over land!
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