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There are no photographs of our final leg of passage making to Conwy, this sunset over the Irish Sea being the start of a period of concern about Tramontana's engine. It had been running continuously for three days and nights. Essentially, the clutch was slipping and on full ahead we could only make 2 knots through the water. A couple of hours before high water, we were passing through many boats dotted about the Conwy Bay. Once in the Conwy estuary a five knot flood current grabbed us. We were on a one way ticket now. Off the marina, I had to dodge both moving and moored boats. This tense situation lasted for 45 minutes with Tramontana going in big circles using a large back eddy to go one way, then the main flow to go the other. As slack water arrived I seized the moment to get into Conwy Marina. We had successfully limped home.
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