kcrane
Well-Known Member
This is Intraventure sitting on the new berth in St Helier marina.
There was a gap in the weather yesterday which we grabbed to make the run from Swanwick to the CI's. We had hoped to meander down over the course of a week, calling in at Alderney, Guernsey etc. on the way but the windy and wet weather blew a hole through that notion.
I had second thoughts about setting off and checked with Swanwick that they hadn't re-allocated our berth. They've been accommodating. My contract ran out at the end of May but they offered not to charge for the days in June that I'd be using - had we stayed more than 4 or 5 days they may have re-visited the offer, but still, they could have asked for a day rate.
The decison to go was helped by dabsolute470 setting off from Brighton ahead of us, he was able to let us know the Channel had a fair swell but no waves as such.
The trip thankfully turned out to be an anti-climax, I managed the 125 miles in pretty much exactly 5 hours, with several opportunities to be running at over 30knts, which shows the sea state wasn't too bad. I had a boost from the tide the whole way which was welcome.
The new berth is one pontoon back from the entrance (B). There is plenty of room to turn so long as they don't raft up the alongside boats in front of us. After the luxury of Swanwick the short, narrow wobbly pontoons mean we have to back in and SWMBO is working out how she'll sort out lines when there is only two of us.
Weather when we arrived was lovely, we had a good meal and States of Jersey laid on some very splendid fireworks to welcome us, so a good start to a new home.
Today is grey miserable and wet - SoF has its attractions after all
There was a gap in the weather yesterday which we grabbed to make the run from Swanwick to the CI's. We had hoped to meander down over the course of a week, calling in at Alderney, Guernsey etc. on the way but the windy and wet weather blew a hole through that notion.
I had second thoughts about setting off and checked with Swanwick that they hadn't re-allocated our berth. They've been accommodating. My contract ran out at the end of May but they offered not to charge for the days in June that I'd be using - had we stayed more than 4 or 5 days they may have re-visited the offer, but still, they could have asked for a day rate.
The decison to go was helped by dabsolute470 setting off from Brighton ahead of us, he was able to let us know the Channel had a fair swell but no waves as such.
The trip thankfully turned out to be an anti-climax, I managed the 125 miles in pretty much exactly 5 hours, with several opportunities to be running at over 30knts, which shows the sea state wasn't too bad. I had a boost from the tide the whole way which was welcome.
The new berth is one pontoon back from the entrance (B). There is plenty of room to turn so long as they don't raft up the alongside boats in front of us. After the luxury of Swanwick the short, narrow wobbly pontoons mean we have to back in and SWMBO is working out how she'll sort out lines when there is only two of us.
Weather when we arrived was lovely, we had a good meal and States of Jersey laid on some very splendid fireworks to welcome us, so a good start to a new home.
Today is grey miserable and wet - SoF has its attractions after all
