Nice places to go in The Channel Islands

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I am planning a five day cruise to The Channel Islands leaving Dartmouth on Sunday or Monday. First port of call will be St Peter Port.

Any suggestions as to where to go from there? Looks like we will have settled weather with light westerly winds for the week. I have a long-keeled boat drawing 1.6m so won't be able to take the ground. It's a family trip, so we don't want to spend hours and hours at sea every day. A mixture of anchorages and harbours would be ideal. Not keen on sterile marinas.

Any recommendations from locals or people more familiar with this area would be appreciated... and restaurant recommendations too!

Thanks!
 
Sark is worth a visit for the views and walks. Harbours on both east and west sides with visitors' buoys if you prefer that. Havre Gosselin is very pleasant. There's a restaurant at the top of the steps up from the landing stage where we have had a good lunch.
 
In the gentle weather predicted....


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Shell Bay/Belvoir Bay on the east side of Herm. Go round the long way....



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Icart Bay on the south side of Guernsey...



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St. Brelade's Bay.... and the tranquil Portelet Bay on the south-west side of Jersey.
 
Light Westerly winds for next week ?

Suggest you check out Simon's weather forecast and or Windguru / Meteo France as they are all forecasting light winds on Saturday and then 15 to 25 knots from the east for all week

Kevin
 
MILLPOND said:
I am planning a five day cruise to The Channel Islands leaving Dartmouth on Sunday or Monday. First port of call will be St Peter Port.

Any suggestions as to where to go from there? Looks like we will have settled weather with light westerly winds for the week. I have a long-keeled boat drawing 1.6m so won't be able to take the ground. It's a family trip, so we don't want to spend hours and hours at sea every day. A mixture of anchorages and harbours would be ideal. Not keen on sterile marinas.

Any recommendations from locals or people more familiar with this area would be appreciated... and restaurant recommendations too!

Thanks!
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Cant disagree with anything in the other posts although I'd not rush back to Chaussey

For a family a few days visiting the main attractions on Jersey is worth considering basing yourself in St Helier. ( we hired a car to get about, but we were there for just over a week)
St Brelades is probably the best beach.

Worth taking the tripper boat from St PP to Herm for a day.

Been to Alderney many times. Can't say it's my favourite place but its not somewhere to overlook.

Choose anchorages according to weather and wind direction.

Pity about the keel. Les Ecrehous are magical in fine weather if you can dry out on two keels
 
MILLPOND said:
I am planning a five day cruise to The Channel Islands leaving Dartmouth on Sunday or Monday. First port of call will be St Peter Port.

Any suggestions as to where to go from there? Looks like we will have settled weather with light westerly winds for the week. I have a long-keeled boat drawing 1.6m so won't be able to take the ground. It's a family trip, so we don't want to spend hours and hours at sea every day. A mixture of anchorages and harbours would be ideal. Not keen on sterile marinas.

Any recommendations from locals or people more familiar with this area would be appreciated... and restaurant recommendations too!

Thanks!
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Hi Millpond. Lin and I are liveabords in Beaucette marina on the NE corner of Guernsey. A lovely marina and I have it detailed on my website: http://www.playdeau.com/beaucette-marina-guernsey/

I also have a page on the potted history of the how the marina was turned form a quarry into a marina, and another on its great restaurant.

Herm's Shell Beach is out of this world, and known locally as the Caribbean of the CIs.
 
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