Canoeing to Bardsey Island/Ynys Enlli

[@brianj9635]

beautiful (but big!!) waters Ray - thanks for including your thought processes on currents / winds - I enjoyed your narration along with the scenery. thank you again for sharing bits of your paddling world with us.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

My pleasure! Glad you appreciated it.

[@KartsHuseonica]

Thank you for sharing this incredible adventure 👌🙏

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

only a little adventure Karts. I am still full of admiration for you Yukon trip. Keep well.

[@Igorfun]

Hi Ray, great trip as usual ... you really inspire me to get in my canoe ! Thanks and greetings from Belgium , Igor

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you so much. 😁

[@dan001427]

On a very low tide, we can see light from that lighthouse from Aberporth in West Wales. Thank you for the fun video.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Glad you enjoyed it. Yep good that you can see the flash on the right day.

[@chelbeli]

We are Luke’s family out here in Birko. Spread the love, spread the macaroons. Ones enough. One love. One macaroon. One island. Love, Chazza B, Jeffers, Seren, Batty! All watching. All loving. Full power of the paddle!!!!!!!! Bendigedig, da iawn boio! Let’s av it. All day. All tides. Ride it out. Senegal sunset strip.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

😁

[@WhenNaturePauls]

Brilliant video Ray, great you included all the planning and thought processes that went into the trip. Infotainment at its best.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you for you comments. Appreciated.

[@mountainpaddler2242]

Love the canoe on the ocean videos. Nice!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Glad you like them! Thank you.

[@68Bards]

As engaging and informative as your book is. Great resource- thanks

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you so much. Kind words indeed

[@vincentscannell5027]

love it . brave men to do it in a canoe

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Certainly choosy on what day to do it on. Not a place to get it wrong. Thank you.

[@jamessadler5073]

Thank you. I've been looking at this trip for a while but have been put off by the currents. I use reasonably quick SOT kayaks ("quick" compared to most SOT kayaks) about 15 to 17 feet long, so can be slightly braver than if I'm in a canoe. I followed your puffin island trip. Launched from the beach next to the light house and added in Tan Dinas quarry. It will take some planning, I think I will take my VHF and tell the coast guard, but that vid has given me the confidence to start planning. Thanks again.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

I am glad that the Puffin Island account was useful. Bardsey is a very different kettle of fish. It feels far more remote and there is a lot less boat traffic. Yep the VHF is a good idea but I carry a PLB (Personal Location Beacon) at all times on the sea: one of the best bits of kit out there. Choose your day well with a neap tide and low winds and it is a joy. Have fun and thanks very much for commenting.

[@redcanoe14]

Greetings Ray, this was a splendid trip that was organised very well. The only experience I had of sea canoeing was off the coast of the Mull of Kintyre and Isle of Arran...it was a totally different experience.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Yep it can kick off around the Mull or Kintyre and Arran but on a bad/big day Bardsey can be far bigger and rougher. On a Spring tide it can reach 8 knots and that coupled with a storm makes it hell on water. We waited a long time for the right day. It is a wonder place.

[@paulburland2260]

Brilliant,well planned and a great watch,thanks Ray

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you Paul, appreciated

[@akcarlos]

very well done, so many people neglect the planning when going out too sea so I'm glad to see you reminding people of all the variables you need to plan for and take into account.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you Carlos. Yep understanding and planning are the key. My understanding largely comes from my sea kayaking days which is safer craft on the sea, or at least has a greater margin to cope with error and difficult conditions

[@richardmoses2105]

Great video Ray; very enjoyable - thank you!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@grahamrowe6278]

Shows it can be done Ray... 'On a very, very easy day'. Never in the canadian for me, but once in a Dancer. Many occations in the sea kayak of course. Great trip!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

As ever it's waiting for that opportunity. I have been there on a spring tide when it was kicking off and it's very impressive! Yep a Dancer would have been a hard slog. Keep well fella.

[@grahamrowe6278]

Naaaaa, no slog. We did what you did. We had the conditions and tide in our pocket and executed the plan. (I have turned and ran a couple of times mind!)@@RayGoodwinCanoe

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Always great when the plan works. I had to turn back once when thick fog enveloped the island. It was clear on the Llyn but as we moved into the sound the fog came down. It was a spring tide and my first attempt to go to Bardsey so really did need the visibility.

[@grahamrowe6278]

Your wisdom is an example to us all. You have made it to be being 'relatively' old and yet still bold! (with a few near misses mind.)@@RayGoodwinCanoe

[@martinoutdoors6941]

Fantastic Ray, a lot of planning for a great paddle. Ray when you’re kneeling are you sitting on the thwart or resting on it with weight on your knees or 50/50 bum to knees ratio.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

In easy conditions trying to get as much weight on my bum as possible. I put much more pressure on my knees in rough conditions as it lowered the body weight and makes a better connection with the canoe. Yep it was a great paddle.

[@Cezve_340ml]

We sat along with my daughter (7) to watch your trip. Thoughtful planning and the beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing! One question my daughter was asking again and again though: why Luke was always paddling ahead of you, Ray?

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you. Part was me playing with camera gear. The other bit is that Luke is 29 years old, I am 70: slowing down a bit. Plus Luke was worried that if I caught up I would ask for more macaroons

[@annaelinska2431]

super ( Poland)

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you.Dziękuję

[@BuckMckawtheotherone]

Getting ballsey near Bardsey Island, eh.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Not too brave, we chose our day carefully

[@canajian]

🖐😎👍🛶

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you

[@welshpaddler]

arbennig.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

yn wir arbennig