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If it is this Saturday, not the weekend just gone, that you are arriving it may be worth seeing if you can set off an hour earlier? High water slacks are about 1600 and that makes for an easier end to the passage.

Most definitely not! :)

Aside from last weekend, which was the finale of the annual festival, the harbour has had plenty of room on buoys. As said though, the anchorage is excellent in any case. Let me know if you fancy meeting for a beer! :) We have some handy info on our site: www.alderneymarine.com

Linky: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-18811158 £4.4 million, seems like a bargain. Only £1.5 here!... http://www.firstpeninsulamarine.co.uk/charlestownharbour/

Well said John.

It looks like a good system, after all the broker puts in a similar effort regardless of the value. The point about all their boats being genuinely for sale is a good one too.

Sailing single handed, in an unknown boat, in unknown waters? Sounds like your pursuing a Darwin Award. :( Not to mention the piracy you are concerned about! Can you get it transported? Or hire a delivery skipper who knows the water and the current pirate situation?

"Let some more line out, it will catch" A lesson some people never learn, no matter how many times they try. :(

You may well think it is claptrap, but you can't opt out of it (and still fly). If it any consolation they have reviewed the ban on liquids several times and are doing so again, it seems likely that it will be lifted or removed all together. As for whether it is political, it matters not...

It may have been the pointedness of its fork characteristics that got it binned :( Knives under 6cm with no point, i.e. comparable to a knitting needle, could be allowed under the right circumstances.

I absolutely agree with that statement, especially when you consider AIS is available for 100 pounds and up.

Brokers really need to charge at least 6% in order to have a chance of making a living, it is a far from a perfect system for all concerned. A good broker will offer value for money:- Survey and photograph your boat, Offer a well educated vacation based on an intimate understanding of the...

Liquids have been banned from hand luggage for many years now, after the threat of two-part liquid explosives was identified. You should be reminded of this long standing regulation when you check in. Likewise the checkin staff should have asked if you have any sharp objects in your carry-on...

The entrance to the harbour is seriously deep, even the Victorians had to think twice about attempting a NW-SE wall. That said, they did start on it but then steam became popular and tiding over was not such a priority. More practical (cheaper) would be a wall running W, protecting the eastern...

Here is a larger version of the plan, it is worth noting that I believe the photo used was taken before the commercial quay was enlarged and extended.