AndrewB
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That sounds about right and agrees fairly closely with my suggestion. Does the program allow for the TSS?
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Trip to France
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Sans Bateau
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You are right, I am not. I am in Emsworth. (or at least thats were I left her!)
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Chris_Robb
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Having read most of the other replies - and having been based in the west country, I would avoid going down wind to Cheerbourg - you will only have to come back up wind to get to your real destination - St Malo.
So if going to St Malo: - Go to St Peter Port then to St Malo. Break the journey up for SWMBO. The Nav is relatively easy - I assume that your OK with calculating tides etc.
Don't bother with Jersey - but when down in St Malo do go to Isle de Chausey. However avoid spring tides the first time, and avoid weekends if in July August.
Do get some good charts - especially of Chausey, Also an up to date Pilot fills in all the missing bits.
What ever you do though if you want to keep SWMBO sailing with you, is If on doubt - be less ambitious.
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So if going to St Malo: - Go to St Peter Port then to St Malo. Break the journey up for SWMBO. The Nav is relatively easy - I assume that your OK with calculating tides etc.
Don't bother with Jersey - but when down in St Malo do go to Isle de Chausey. However avoid spring tides the first time, and avoid weekends if in July August.
Do get some good charts - especially of Chausey, Also an up to date Pilot fills in all the missing bits.
What ever you do though if you want to keep SWMBO sailing with you, is If on doubt - be less ambitious.
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poter
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Thanks for all your reply's.
Erm quite a lot to digest, I feel very confident about plotting tides etc. & perhaps my original question was suggesting that I was not, I was really trying in a round about way to get the answers that have been put up by the forumites, for which I thank you all.
Poter.
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Erm quite a lot to digest, I feel very confident about plotting tides etc. & perhaps my original question was suggesting that I was not, I was really trying in a round about way to get the answers that have been put up by the forumites, for which I thank you all.
Poter.
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bendyone
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Hi
Head for St Peter Port, then Jersey from there cut through the Minques on 2 degree West to St Malo. About 140 miles and easy steps.
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Head for St Peter Port, then Jersey from there cut through the Minques on 2 degree West to St Malo. About 140 miles and easy steps.
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longjohnsilver
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Why not head for Alderney first of all, well worth spending a few days there, beautiful place and only 70 n miles from the Exe and from there catch the tide to Cherbourg, altogether a much easier trip. The total distance is only about 5 miles more than going direct.
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billmacfarlane
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Why leave from the Exe ? Why not work your way up to Dartmouth and leave from there to Alderney which is a relatively short passage, then Guernsey, Diellette, Cherbourg, Dartmouth, Exemouth. I'm a bit worried when you say you're looking for "easy" passages and harbours. While none of the above are particularly difficult harbours, you do need to know what the tides are doing and plan passages accordingly. I had 7.5 knots of tide under me going round Cap de la Hague just over a week ago for instance. If you do get to the Channel Islands you'll love them as they are a suberb cruising ground but if you don't you've got a superb cruising ground locally to enjoy. Enjoy yourself whatever you do and don't forget that a good crusie isn't measured by the distance you've sailed but by how much you've enjoyed it.
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