Isle of Man to Holyhead

I really didn't want to leave Peel but the weather was forecast to get worse and although I had originally intended to go north and down the east coast I though getting home was the safer thing to do.
So off I went back down the West coast. I had a hard initially start as I was under prepared on leaving in my haste to get out of the gate and it was quite rough as I exited the harbour. After a bit of a bashing I got the sails up and set off all ship shape. I left around 0850.

The sail down the coast was fairly uneventful but the wind was almost directly behind the boat so I tried goosewinging it.
As I reached the end of the island I had to decide was really whether to go through the sound or between the lighthouse and the calf of man.
The advice was to avoid the sound but also there was a trawler in the entrance and that clinched my decision. Between the lighthouse and the Calf it was.

After seeing a few tankers and having lunch there was only the traffic separation scheme to negotiate. I crossed scheme watching nervously as a large tanker loomed on the horizon. It passed behind me as I was into the other lane as it drew near.
When I came out of the scheme there was a hell of a rip taking me onto the skerries but after battling with it for some time I managed to miss the skerries and get into Holyhead bay. I got back from my adventure at 1910 60.1 nm. What a great trip.

Skerries getting too close!

Safely home at Holyhead D18