not on the agenda but my suggestion would be brittany, so we will go for 3 weeks in may 4th. however, wuold love to do the caledonian canal sometime in Aug/sept? failing that will will try to catch the late venue wherever that may be?

an anside, been reading all the old magazines, great reading and am impressed at the jaunts a lot of people have been on (thumbup!)

Hi, yes, the 4th is kind of confirmed. I want to tick the brittant box anyway although channel islands sounds good too. Yes, I hope to sail to brittany one day, and many others too. six month sabbatical might be on the cards!

regards

TOny

I am working on a passage plan based on tides for the late May bank holiday week centred on the Channel Isles. Will post some ideas on the forum soon. If this however clashes with another plan then it will not be difficult to change the dates. The end of May is generally a good time for the area as statistically there is less chance of fog at this time of year. I am suggesting Carteret for those who would prefer to come by ferry to Cherbourg as it seems to have plenty of parking and a good concrete launching ramp.i sailed there last September and although it is only a small place it has a choice of places to eat and 2 chandlers. If sailing across the Channel arriving at the start of the Alderney Race (HW Dover) will see an entrance into Carteret on a rising tide. My suggestion is for a circular route taking in Sark, Guernsey, Jersey, and one other French port St Malo ? Or perhaps Granville finishing up at Carteret.

Sark has some good anchorages but they are not all that comfortable in a south westerly. The Macgregors could however dry out in the harbour subject to space. If the weather does not suit then Guernsey is only an hour away in a MacGregor or Jersey not much more under power or 4 - 5 hours sailing. Nice cheap duty free petrol in Jersey for boats - about 80p a litre last time I bought some.

Suggestion for Summer cruise

Up the Seine to Paris.

Leave the mast at home and cruise on the canalised section of the River Seine from above Rouen hopefully to Paris.
No dates yet decided, although sometime between 11th & 20th June would suit some owners.

Ferry crossing of the channel . Caen, Le Havre or Dieppe probably the nearest ports. We have considered launching at Le Havre and boating upstream, but it’s a voyage of 110 km to Rouen on a boring bit of river with nowhere to stop on the way and has to be done on the incoming tide and in daylight. The return is even more problematic with tide. All difficult to plan date-wise and very expensive in terms of fuel.

Therefore we propose to launch at Muids, 60km on the river above Rouen and 184km from Paris. This site has yet to be checked for suitability, but appears to be satisfactory. Speed limit on this section is 20km/hr and whist we might not cruise at this speed it should be possible to reach Paris in 2-3 days (there appear to be only 3 big locks to negotiate on the way). A day or two in Gay Paree should be enjoyable before the return to Muids, all depending on time available.

Bill & Jean
Avocet 26X

We would be interested in the Kennet and Avon trip - perhaps discuss at AGM?