Sea Safety

Locals know that that there are rafts permanently sited in the Conwy Estuary in case anyone gets cut-off by the incoming tide. Advice from NCI Great Orme (National Coastwatch Institution Great Orme) states: “Four YELLOW Rescue Rafts are situated at strategic points on the sand banks, if you are cut off you should make your way to one of these and await rescue ….”. See their website for more advice.

One of the Yellow Rescue Rafts

News from Councillor Rooney

Councillor Rooney, Deganwy Ward, has provided updated information about the provision of the next skip in Deganwy in November 2021. The date of the next skip will be Tuesday 16th November 2021. Please Click Here for more detailed information.

Naughty

If you recall our Occasional Series of Official Rules on this website, #2 on our list referred to Rule 5.3 where the foot must be kept on the footer (mat). As you see in this photo, Dave H demonstrates how to break that rule and gain a few inches of advantage.

(Official Rules courtesy BCGBA).

Spotting the Space Ship

If you would like to get a glimpse of the International Space Station (ISS) as it flies over the Llandudno area, the following table shows the few minutes of the day when you may be able to spot it. Because it needs the sunshine to reflect off the ISS with a dark background so that you can see it, although it may be flying over during the day at other times, the only time it will be visible from the ground is within a few hours of sunrise or sunset:

The following ISS sightings are possible from tomorrow Saturday Nov 6, 2021 through Tuesday Nov 9, 2021

DateVisibleMax Height*AppearsDisappearsShare Event
Thu Nov 4,
4:30 AM		2 min25°25° above ESE10° above ESE   
Thu Nov 4,
6:03 AM		5 min32°19° above WSW10° above SE   
Fri Nov 5,
5:17 AM		3 min40°40° above SSW10° above SE   
Sat Nov 6,
4:32 AM		1 min21°21° above SE10° above ESE   
Sat Nov 6,
6:05 AM		4 min18°15° above WSW10° above S   
Sun Nov 7,
5:20 AM		2 min22°22° above S10° above SSE   
Mon Nov 8, 4:35 AM< 1 min12°12° above SE10° above SE   
Tue Nov 9,
5:22 AM		< 1 min10°10° above S10° above S   
Information courtesy of spotthestation.nasa.gov website
Visit their website to check for yourself and to find out what the above information means

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov