Mooring Porth Dinllaen

[alla_breve]

Stay in Caernarfon 2 nights and go to the Black Boy Saturday?!. Move the boat to the river if you want a change of scenery from the dock. Only other place I can think is Menai Bridge- pick up a mooring near pier. Means going thro Swellies, probably easier than Bardsey sound if you use the plan from Caernarfon Harbour office, and certainly closer to home.

 

[Searush]

Stay in Caernarfon 2 nights and go to the Black Boy Saturday?!. Move the boat to the river if you want a change of scenery from the dock. Only other place I can think is Menai Bridge- pick up a mooring near pier. Means going thro Swellies, probably easier than Bardsey sound if you use the plan from Caernarfon Harbour office, and certainly closer to home.

The dock is a marina & will charge for overnight stays, but does at least have a cill to retain water (if it is working again after the silting issues).

There are CHT moorings in Rowen bay (just south of Port Dinorwic/ Felin Helli). They are strong, sheltered & free but have no pick up strops, perfectly strong & safe enough to be lassoed though.

 

[MarcJ]

The dock is a marina & will charge for overnight stays, but does at least have a cill to retain water (if it is working again after the silting issues).

There are CHT moorings in Rowen bay (just south of Port Dinorwic/ Felin Helli). They are strong, sheltered & free but have no pick up strops, perfectly strong & safe enough to be lassoed though.

Thanks! All good suggestions! We made it through Bardsey sound ....... eventually. Now at Porth Dillaen all quiet now the do at the pub has finished.
What are CHT moorings? Think we may try them if we stay in the Straits after Caernarfon. Thanks again !

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Thanks! All good suggestions! We made it through Bardsey sound ....... eventually. Now at Porth Dillaen all quiet now the do at the pub has finished.
What are CHT moorings? Think we may try them if we stay in the Straits after Caernarfon. Thanks again !

CHT=Caernarvon Harbour Trust

£15.50 per day for a mooring, if there's anyone to collect the money or you volunteer to pay...

http://www.caernarfon-hbr.demon.co.uk/charg_e.htm

 

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What are CHT moorings? Think we may try them if we stay in the Straits after Caernarfon. Thanks again !

Caernarfon Harbour Trust. Orange cylidrical buoys. There are 2 marked as courtesy buoys off Caernarfon as well but quite exposed to the tide. Didn't realise the ones near PD were free.

 

[Searush]

Caernarfon Harbour Trust. Orange cylidrical buoys. There are 2 marked as courtesy buoys off Caernarfon as well but quite exposed to the tide. Didn't realise the ones near PD were free.

Well, no-one ever collects the money. Same as in the river, no-one to collect the fees.

The ones off the river are to allow visitors to await sufficient depth in the river or for the Dock cill to be dropped. Many of the PD ones are privately rented/owned, but there are a couple of CHT ones (orange cylinders without strop) close to the half tide dock entrance.

The ones I referred to are about 1/2 mile towards the Plas Menai centre in a tree lined "bay". There is a row of about 8 or so and there is an eddy there that makes it very sheltered & calm there most nights.

 

[MarcJ]

Ahh ok, thanks! Had a great meal at the Black Boy last night. Heading to Llanwyn tomorrow, either stay there the night or head a bit further round to Holy Island. Lovely spot here in the Victoria Dock. Hope the weather is better than forecast over the next week!

 

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For anyone still interested in this ancient thread:
I went into Porth Dinllaen a few weeks ago. There appeared to be two visitors moorings but I arrived late in the day and they were both taken. I anchored in 5m to the East of all the moorings. My Manson Supreme took a few metres of slow motoring astern to bite (which suggests that the mud is hard - as reported) but once in was rock solid. Enjoyed a very warm welcome at Ty Coch Inn (which has unique WC for the gents: no roof)! The Shipyard Ale is very good: caution advised...

 

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For anyone still interested in this ancient thread:
I went into Porth Dinllaen a few weeks ago. There appeared to be two visitors moorings but I arrived late in the day and they were both taken. I anchored in 5m to the East of all the moorings. My Manson Supreme took a few metres of slow motoring astern to bite (which suggests that the mud is hard - as reported) but once in was rock solid. Enjoyed a very warm welcome at Ty Coch Inn (which has unique WC for the gents: no roof)! The Shipyard Ale is very good: caution advised...

Thanks for your update. We have been there twice this year so far and to my knowledge there are no actual visitors moorings though it is established practice to pick up an empty one.

The RNLI mooring is clearly marked no mooring....

However. I have met the Coxwain of the Lifeboat on one of my trips at which he joined in our beach BBQ. He just also happens to be a keen yacht owner.

He is aware off the wish by many to use a mooring at Porth Dinllaen rather than anchor and could hardly refuse offering the RNLI mooring when his own boat had been tied up to it for over a week!

But be prepared to be moved off at short notice.

This also applies to any vacant mooring.

Anchoring outside the laid moorings makes for a long dinghy trip to the Pub.....

But it guarantees that you are not destroying the sea grass beds.....

No sea-neddys found yet!

Anchoring amid the moorings use a trip line...... If you want to avoid buoying and a paying for diver retrieval of your expensive new generation anchor and chain.

Beer might be good but it is very very very expensive!

Steve

 

[C08]

I am struggling deciding on where to head after Caernarfon. It will be a small group of lads in early 30's. wanting something to do in the evening. Where would be good to head for Saturday night from Caernarfon, given than we have to be back in Holyhead for late Sunday evening. I have thought about a passage through the swellies, but having only done it whilst on a comp crew course, I am a little nervous about doing it. I have read through pretty much everything available, so the transits etc do make sense but doing it in practise....well thats another thing.

I am half tempted to go around Bardsey and pick up a mooring in Abersoch, and head back to Holyhead after that.

Any suggestions?

Aberdaron is a good very sheltered anchorage with a good pub, much shorter and less hassle than Abersoch or Pweli.

 

[C08]

I agree about trip lines at PY -I got a fouled anchor and had the bow of the boat almost at water level with the windlass, waited for tide to pull us up on the tight chain and actually had the hacksaw out to cut the chain when she came up. I have never had problems setting an anchor there but there are/were extensive kelp beds that could cause problems anchoring-it would be possible to anchor to the kelp roots if not fully bedded in under engine!