davethedog
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Solent , and in particular Newtown Creek on a glorious summer week.....but not the weekend unless you get there early friday! Miss that place a lot!
Your favourite UK sailing destination?
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westhinder
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The Hebrides, without any doubt. The doubting begins when you have to pick a spot. Today’s choice: Gometra Harbour and Wizzard Pool, South Uist. Tomorrow‘s?
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westhinder
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Funny choice, If I may say so. If the Belgian coast is your home waters, almost any other place is more pretty. Of course if good food and an endless choice of beers play a role, I see your point.
RupertW
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Birling Gap anchorage
dom
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RupertW
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Shingly and sandy but great once dug in. Obviously it needs to be wind and swell in the right direction for a comfortable night, so after a few days of calm easterly then anything northerly it’s great.
LadyInBed
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I actually prefer Jersey to Guernsey, but I go into St Aubin rather than St H.
Local favourite is Lulworth.
dom
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How cool, never tried it, thanks !!
For may vote, I love tucking in to the SW corner of Scabbacombe Sands (red pin on chart). Especially if late and one just wants a break going west.
It's a moderate hike down from the road so often deserted. Great fishing, loads of mackerel in season, and if you've got one, it is easy to smoke on the beach.
Sheltered from SW but disappear if swell or wind has any east in it, i.e. anywhere between NW and SSW. Only a couple of miles to Dartmouth so easy to escape.
RogerJolly
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Salcombe for me.
Pilotage thrills over the bar, peaceful anchorages, days on the beach like you're four again, dramatic clifftop walks, bbq food at the Winking Prawn (other cafes available), pint in the yacht club watching the dinghies race, boaty bustling everywhere.
Will put up with the crowds and the over-privileged (but beautiful) people choking the place up with Range Rover fumes.
Pilotage thrills over the bar, peaceful anchorages, days on the beach like you're four again, dramatic clifftop walks, bbq food at the Winking Prawn (other cafes available), pint in the yacht club watching the dinghies race, boaty bustling everywhere.
Will put up with the crowds and the over-privileged (but beautiful) people choking the place up with Range Rover fumes.
Koeketiene
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I find Jersey a bit too crowded for my taste.
Alderney is my favourite CI.
Beach just by the harbour.
The whole island has a sort of unhurried, old-world charm.
When stopping over in Guernsey, I prefer Beaucette to SPP.
When I last was there, you could get bikes to explore the island.
laika
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I'll agree with that. The charming quirkiness stops just short of the boundary with "creepy'. Which it doesn't on Sark.
Daydream believer
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But there is so much to do. The paulusfesten is one attraction lasting a week,which I try to go to. The beach is excellent. Harbour walk is fun in the sun. The sands sculptures. TheAtlantikwall Raversyde is well worth an afternoon. the coastal trail to Blankenburg ( I go by bike), cycle round the parks, the town itself. Tour the Mercator,The RNSYC for a chat to the members every lunch time over a beer. Watching the activities in the marina. My wife did the committee boat work for the Belgian national Dragon champs one year. Then there was the Belgian barBQ championships. Really big music events, Beer festival, shopping experience, Crystal Maze walk. markets in the town & sea front. Sit & have a coffe in the square watching the street artists or the brass band playing in the bandstand. Great place for the bikes. Train to Brugge for a day. Tram to Nieuport. Like you said one can find endless places to dine with an endless range of foods & prices. My young grandson enjoys it so it can be considered good for kids . I normally spend most of the time on my own, with my family visiting for a couple of weeks or more . My son sometimes rents a flat so we can all be there as a group. Casual visitors do not actually explore the place & things to do properly
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TiggerToo
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OK Guys. Time for a Soppy Comment:
Aren't we amazingly lucky to be blessed with so many fantastic sailing destinations, many within reasonable reach/distance?
Aren't we amazingly lucky to be blessed with so many fantastic sailing destinations, many within reasonable reach/distance?
Daydream believer
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They were but I am not so sure that I want to go to Boulogne just yet flying an ensign with french fishermen the opposite side of the harbour. In addition my nice leisurly cruise to Cameret & back each year will have to be a bit curtailed if i want to do Ostend & Middleburgh afterwards. 90 days tends to come a bit quick if the weather does not play ball
LONG_KEELER
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Anywhere really.
Abroad - Anywhere in Holland or Belguim.
Home waters - Medway, Kent. Lots of history and I love the peace of Harty Ferry.
I don't know how others feel, but sometimes I'm in the mood for hustle and bustle places and love dossing in a street cafe for an afternoon people watching . Other times, peace and quiet and exploring walks or a dinghy adventure.
Graham376
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Castletown Isle of Man was one of our favourites but trumped by southern Irish coast.
anoccasionalyachtsman
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I was hoping that no one would mention it, but this was my favourite hidden harbour - thinking you must have the wrong place, then wondering what the fuss is about - until you turn that last corner.
(Then I did Bonifacio...).
Elessar
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easy to circumnavigate Guernsey in a day on a bicycle. Don't need a bus.
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johnalison
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I have done that. Unfortunately, it was a Sunday and when we turned up at a hotel bar they weren't allowed to serve us a drink unless we also had a meal, which we didn't want, having already eaten.