Day 9 to Lay Day Neyland
On Friday we woke up to strong winds and decided to go to the yacht club for lunch. I looked through the glasses at the pontoon and said that we had better call the club to check for water as it looks like the pontoon might be high and dry at lunch time, it was, we had to eat on board. That evening Graham and Alastair went ashore to eat but as I had a killer headache I didn't go.
On Saturday we headed off the forecast was 2-4 with seas slight to moderate. What we got was 5-6 and seas moderate to rough. The combination spring tides, wind over tide and winds directly on the nose was simply too much. After about 6 hours we had no choice but to return to Milford Haven. We arrived back at about 4am on Sunday morning and boy were we all glad to get the anchor down.
When we got up we discussed what we think went wrong not least the forecast and decided that there was no point in trying again until the winds either abate to change to a favourable direction.
We decided to leave the anchorage and go to a marina. There was no room for us at Milford Haven Marina so we went to Neyland Marina which was further up stream and I am jolly pleased we did. It was charming and the staff so helpful. The only downer is the awful restaurant which does not serve food on a Sunday evening, is closed all day on Mondays (their little day off) and fully booked on Tuesday.
Note to any marina owners, if you grant leases to restaurant operators make it part of the lease that they must offer good food all day from April to the end of September. It is horrid experience to arrive in a marina and find that there is no foods to be had and you have to cook for yourself.
On Saturday we headed off the forecast was 2-4 with seas slight to moderate. What we got was 5-6 and seas moderate to rough. The combination spring tides, wind over tide and winds directly on the nose was simply too much. After about 6 hours we had no choice but to return to Milford Haven. We arrived back at about 4am on Sunday morning and boy were we all glad to get the anchor down.
When we got up we discussed what we think went wrong not least the forecast and decided that there was no point in trying again until the winds either abate to change to a favourable direction.
We decided to leave the anchorage and go to a marina. There was no room for us at Milford Haven Marina so we went to Neyland Marina which was further up stream and I am jolly pleased we did. It was charming and the staff so helpful. The only downer is the awful restaurant which does not serve food on a Sunday evening, is closed all day on Mondays (their little day off) and fully booked on Tuesday.
Note to any marina owners, if you grant leases to restaurant operators make it part of the lease that they must offer good food all day from April to the end of September. It is horrid experience to arrive in a marina and find that there is no foods to be had and you have to cook for yourself.