After a cracking 5 hour sail on Tuesday 12 July from Morfa Nefyn, Geoff Holt arrived at Holyhead at about 19:30 hours. He had a steady 15 knots of breeze from the SW which gave great sailing conditions. However, when he reached Holy Island lighthouse, the skies darkened, the cloud level lowered, the wind disappeared and he rounded the point with minimal visibility, the only hint of the headland being a ghostly grey silhouette through the cloud and the deep boom of the fog horn, even the light from the lighthouse was obscured.
Geoff Holt’s entry was delayed slightly by the arrival of a huge ferry, one of many that use the port, then he made his way around the breakwater, apparently the longest in Europe. Late Saturday evening in Holyhead and much to the teams surprise, a potential window was opening up for early Sunday. Weather proved even better than they could have hoped and so Geoff Holt arrived at the Isle of Man quicker than expected. The original plan was to sail to Port St. Mary on day 1, Peel on day 2 then up to Scotland, Port Logan on day 3. Sail was another long one taking almost 7 hours but Geoff Holt covered another 40 miles arriving Campbeltown about 19:30.
