Channel Islands Pilots

[Guest]

Which guide would you recommend for a Channel Islands/North Brittany Pilot? Kelvin Hughes has
- North Brittany/Channel Islands (Reeds)
- North Brittany & Channel Islands Cruising Companion 7th Ed 2001 (RCC Foundation)
- North Brittany & Channel Islands Cruising Companion 2nd Ed 2001 (Peter Cumberlidge)
I am particularly interested in good pictures/drawings of the transits. Having a map with transit lines alone is not much help as we discovered in the Scillies!

 

[Chris_Stannard]

We have both Peter Cumberlidges and the RCC Foundation. The cumberlidge has sat on the book shelf at home all year whilst the RCC Foundation version is in the boat. I know that one or two tricky inshore passages are well set out in the RCC foundation book and I believe the maps are better than Peter Cumberlidges.

Do not ingnore the Pilots in the almanac which are also useful. If you are doing a lot of sailing round Guernsey there is a useful little local book called Munsons, which is about £3 and is worth every penny.



Chris Stannard

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice Chris - online bookstores are very convenient, but not so good for browsing!

What is Munsons? is it similar to the Solent Hazards booklet?

 

[TonyMS]

If you want transits, you have to have Malcolm Robson's Channel Islands pilot.

Out of print now, but I recently got one of his French pilots from http://www.abebooks.com/

 

[DepSol]

Robsons is no good as so much has changed since then the 'sketches' are out of date.

Get the updated Admiralty one.

Munsons is a local pilot folder and very easy to follow but only covers Guernsey Herm and Sark.

Dom

I am boating again ;-)

 

[brians]

In addition to the Shell pilot and Reeds Channel Almanac I actually found the 'destination' guides published in YM over the past year to be really useful. Equally so in N Brittany. Certainly better than Shell.

 

[bedouin]

I have an RCC one that may differ from those mentioned - it is written by Nick Heath and just covers the Channel Islands. It is very good for transits and the like.