Activity
St Peter Port to SYC
Sailing
4 Jun 2016
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84.6 nm
Distance
16h 19m
Moving time
5.2 kn
Average speed
6.9 kn
Max speed
- Description
- Up at the hideously early hour of 03:00 to catch the first of the tidal flow up the Little Russel at 04:00. A lovely clear night at 4am with all the navigation lights clearly visible. After Platte Fougere we "turned left a bit" to allow for the strong Spring tides. For much of the time the weather forecast was correct and what little wind there was was on the nose. However, the visibility was good making crossing the shipping lanes a lot easier than on the way out. The photos of the Channel Light Vessel show an absolutely flat sea. The wind did pick up for a bit after this which made for a lovely sail with flat seas. A while north of the shipping lanes we were joined by about 6 to 8 dolphins for about 20 minutes. An hour or so later a much smaller porpoise made an appearance. Amelie's engine held up well and we were back on the mooring at SYC by about 19:30.
- Start
- 4 Jun 2016 at 03:35:12
- End
- 4 Jun 2016 at 20:16:53
- Participants
- Aidan and Liz
- Tags
- CI & France 2016 Dolphins Exe Estuary Sadler St Peter Port SYC