@@nickbarnett2525 thanks Nick! It’s such a relieve to get there. The thought of doing it again next year was unbearable. Such an amazing place to see! Thanks for watching
@@SailingSampaguita Ahoy! Thanks for watching. You will get there no problem. I see you have a moody! Very good boat and being on the south coast is half the battle getting to the departure point. Build your confidence up slowly and keep trying, never give up ⛵️👌🏼☺️ where abouts are you moored in the Uk ? All the best Rob
@ Amazing, I haven’t been there before. I did go to Sparks south Hayling Island and loved it. Looked like Barbados 🇧🇧 with the white sands. Couldn’t believe I was in England. I’ll be heading across that way in June to the Isles of Scilly ⛵️👌🏼🌊 fair winds
Thanks so much for the video, I’m based in the River Crouch in North Fambridge and looking to do a similar journey to Jersey in the very near future. This has given me a bit of confidence and ideas on the route. I will be sailing solo on my 44CC 👍
@@Sailing-Celeste Hi and thanks for watching. The 44cc is an incredible boat. We went to view a 36cc in wales before buying this. The screen gives you a lot of confidence in choppy weather but I felt there was a lot of deck and interior space wasted. All I would say is give yourself plenty of time, don’t rush the journey. You will see I had to push on in some pretty bad days and it took 3 goes to get there. You already have a bigger boat which was half the battle as you can cover a lot more ground. Spares, spares and more spares are needed, belts, water pumps ect. Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t make it on your 1st attempt. Half the battle is mind set, your body will be telling you to turn back every day and you question why you’re doing it. The expense, loneliness but once you have done it there is no better feeling. When are you thinking of leaving? I’m heading that way the end of June to the isle of Scilly.
@ I have some exciting upgrades that have just arrived and currently waiting to be installed so once they are all done and I’ve given them a thorough test I’m going to start looking at weather windows, likely early part of next year now with Christmas round the corner but will see how we go. I’ve been really pleased with the 44 so far, only had her a year and have been refitting most of that time with a few trips here and there. Looking forward to next year for trips a bit further afield!
Huge respect to you doing this solo passage. I sail a lot solo, but short legs ( 3 - 11 hours) and in the archipelago. I think solo sailing in the archipelago is more difficult than offshore - but like you know it is all about the mental part of going solo. So in the archipelago you have the comfort of having the islands close etc.
@@Vildra-t8i Thank you. We all have different levels of ability and I’m still an amateur, for what I lack in skill I make up with heart and determination. To other people it might not seem like much but I have 3/4 days of hard sailing to get to the departure. Tiredness and fatigue and being home sick all take its toll but it’s worth it in the end. Once you do this kind of trip once you look back and think what was all the fuss about. Be prepared, loads of spare parts, lots of good maintenance and you won’t have any issues. Don’t leave it to late. I wish I was doing this in my early 20’s. All the best 🤝⛵️😎
Brilliant! Quick thought on picking up the mooring buoy single-handed (I'm not an expert but I just tried it out this weekend for the first time). Run a line from the bow, through the bow fairlead and outboard of all your stanchions then back in adjacent to your genoa winch. Then you come alongside to leeward of the buoy into tide and adjust your speed so that it's almost stationary. Then you can pick it up right by the cockpit, thread the line through the buoy's mooring strop and tie it off around the winch. You're now attached and, as the boat drifts back, the buoy will slowly slide to the bow fairlead where you can tidy up afterwards. Obviously if there's no mooring strop then there's the extra step of attaching your mooring line to the buoy and threading that onto your line.
@@themexicannon Hi and thanks for watching. Very sound advice and I do normally do that. I have a little carabena clip which connects to the top of the buoy temporarily while I sort the proper ropes out. Whats a little deceptive in the video is the boats are very close together so having 10m of rope would put me very close to another boat you will see in the next vid what i mean. The buoys there are humongous because of the swells they get in harbour. They have very short ropes attached and there’s little give when you pull on them. I’ll be a little more organised next time 😎👌🏼
@@Kordafish thank-you. Glad you enjoyed the vid. Maybe the beer and olives don’t go together but there are no rules to follow on the sea. Thanks for watching 🫒 🫡
Nice passage across the canal. Settling in with a new boat takes time. Fine tuning your habits and work-flow for single handed sailing even more. Your on the right track Rob. Hope the enjoyable hours have exceeded the hard ones during the summer. Enjoy the autumn season 👍
@@noldushumlesnurr6169 yes the winds eased up after the crossing back to the Isle of Wight. I have enjoyed every minute of it. I feel like I know the boat inside out and it handles the weather better than I do. Going to nip over to Belgium and France in a few weeks and that will be all my big trips done. I have one video I’m excited for I need to do about spinnaker sailing ⛵️
@@GlendoveerEngineering yes, it was pretty cold and wintery in summer there. Dread to to think what it would be like in winter. Just had a wintery sail back from France 27 knots all the way back. Very quick passage. Also heading to Belgium next week so watch this space 😎👌🏼⛵️🌊
Big congrats on getting across the channel. A few suggestions. As this is a sailing channel, some thoughts on your concerns, and alternative plans would be good. Did you use the RYA App (or coastguard) for shore contact incase of worst case mishap? Crossing the shipping lanes, and how to do it safely, deserves a mention. Did/do you have AIS?? When picking up a mooring bouy solo, I strongly suggest reversing to the bouy. Stern to wind is more control, you can see it and stop precisely. Take good consideration of the wind, and how to use it, thread your line, and walk it round to the bow. Keep it up!!. Happy to subscribe.
@@jonathanairey9123 Hi Jonathan, hope your keeping well. Didn’t use the RYA app. Channel 16 is all you need if something goes wrong, it would have to be the boat going under for me to contact the coast guard. Even so I have my kayak with water supplies and sweets 🍫 and a life raft. I have sail power, main engine & a spare outboard that will push the boat at 4.5 knots. For all three of these to fail would be very unlucky. I showed all the alternative back up places to go if your timing was off in the video like Dielette only being 16nm away from Alderney. Crossing the shipping lanes is pot luck. I have been across on busy days & empty days. Difficult to judge ships if you have not done it before, you just need to gun it and Keep a sharp listen out on channel 16. If a ships sees you, they will announce over the radio with a description of your boat and tell you what to do. There was a sail boat in front of me who was warned to go behind by the captain. I have AIS but it’s a phone application called boat beacon. If you drop out of phone signal, your AIS goes. Went down for 20 miles in between land. Hard wired AIS is best. Also gives the names of the ship so you can call them over the radio if you can’t judge it. Watch the tech & hack vid I did for more info. As for picking up the buoy. I was knackered after 13 hours, very short ropes and very heavy buoys due to the weather they get there and how powerful the swell is, the video doesn’t show how close the boats are in the anchorage, 8m between some of the moored boats behind. Glad to have you on board. I also would encourage anyone to get an EPIRB. Fail safe to any radio incase you go over unexpectedly, quick way to be found by the emergency services. Any other questions, let me know. Thanks
@@EastCoastSailing_ Good to hear, Rob. Sounds like you are experienced and well prepared. My fear is that more people (with fresh) money, and jumping into boats because it looks fun. And getting into trouble with little experience and not enough prep/research (ie Sailing Brothers, and many others). But not you. You and I know its = fun and challenge. Almost every trip delivers a challenge. So I'm cautious about sites that dont find the balance. The RYA App is worst case. Worse than your examples. Unconscious through boom, slip/fall, or illness etc. Highly unlikely, but really bad news if youre solo. Like a flight plan (Im a pilot also) which declares departure, time, duration, ETA, alternates, and what to be done if not closed. Costs nothing. Use a buddy/mate in your sailing club. Very good choice of yacht, btw. Couple of 323's in the club, and surprisingly quick for the money.
@ I’ll have to check the RYA app. Evania is a 343, quite a price jump 30-40% more than a 323. Both great boats, the 343’s seem to hold their value due to the shallow waters on the east coast and lifting keel option. My wife watches me on AIS like a hawk, I get a call as soon as I’m doing circles in the channel so I’m well covered. Got the PPL private licence are you a commercial pilot ? 🧑✈️ 🫡
Nice one, Alderney is one of my fave places to sail as well as the rest of the Channel Islands. I’m sure you know this but if you approach the mooring buoy from the same way as the other moored boats are facing you can creep up on it and be less likely to fall off as you go forward to pick up the buoy. Andy UK
I find picking up a mooring easier approaching the bouy in reverse and picking it up at he stern. Once you have it and the yacht is under control walk it aroung to the bow.
Another fab video Rob. We've also beel planning the channel islands for a couple of years, but sadly the weather has had other plans!! Are you back Tollesbury now?
@@ianqv Hi Ian. Yes been back for a month now. Just takes a while editing. This year’s weather has been wild. My best advice to you, if you can only take a few weeks off on holiday, you just have to hammer it and go even on the days the forecast is showing 25 knots. It’s not comfortable or pleasant but well worth it when you get there. The only day. I would choose wisely is the crossing day. I had a 28 knot tail wind on the way back after flat calm and it wasn’t nice being in it for 5 hours. Really kicked up by the needles when the tide turned. Just carry loads of spares, there were loads of boats in Alderney with engine issues, about 4-5.
Thanks for sharing this. Would you find in mast furling a massive help when sailing solo, or do you find that in boom reefing is the best compromise if you had to choose?
@@justinf1343 Hi Justin. I have never had an in last furling system however I have enough problems with my furling Genoa to know I would never want it on my boat. Boom reefing is really reliable and can be done in any under a minute 👌🏼😎⛵️
@ yes that’s the beauty of it. Just release the main uphaul. Winch on the 1st or second reef and lock it off and the tighten the main sheet halyard and it’s done. Very safe very reliable !
@@kate37w i think it shows the date on the alarm 🚨 12th of June. Just missed you. While you were sailing around the island I was sleep deprived in the anchorage when it was blowing 40 knots. I came back a week later and sailed around the Isle of Wight with the family. 💪😎
Hello mate, unfortunately I’m back home. I did about 8 days on the Channel Islands from the 12th of June. I was hoping to edit as I went along for this reason of being able to meet people who were there but the WiFi was hopeless at the marinas and I wanted to enjoy the trip rather than sitting in editing. Next time I’ll get my insta sorted for quick updates. I wish I was still there though. I only had 2 weeks to do this trip before linking up with the family in the Isle of Wight. Where’s your home port? And what’s your favourite island out of the Channel Islands ?
@@EastCoastSailing_ Ah never mind, next time! My inlaws are all based in Southend so I've considered sailing up that way a few times. I'm in the QE2 Marina in St. Peter Port. I like Sark. It's just so different from everywhere else (it was still a feudal system up until a few years ago!). I know what you're saying about editing on the go. I'm going on a trip down to France soon and I'm wondering whether to edit in real time or not.
@thesailingdonkey enjoy your trip, editing can wait till winter. I stayed in Victoria marina. Found Guernsey really noisy after island life on Alderney and no where near as friendly. Said hello and was ignored 😂😅 left after a day
Hello, I wouldn’t get too caught up in pilotage and sticking to buoys. All the orange buoys are residents swinging moorings which I tried to land on originally and realised…. I knew bad weather was coming and they had a bit more protection 🤣. Yellow buoys are the visitors moorings £25 a night. The water is very deep all over the harbour there’s only a few hazards in the harbour. I’m actually producing the “sailors guide to Alderney” and I’ll explain everything including the pilotage, navigation as well as things to do while your there. I’ll cover your question in vid but anything else you would like to see just let me know. The only area is the harbour entrance you need to be careful. Lots of shallow ground and turbulent over falls on the right as you approach near the knuckle wall. You have to stick closer to the rocks on the left which feels uncomfortable watching breaking water lap over jagged rocks. The harbour is massive and they only have a couple of big ships delivering food & produce a week. The rest of the traffic is pleasure crafts. Everyone has a duty to avoid a collision, being slow, sensible and keeping a good look out in the harbour will keep you safe. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Great achievement, enjoyed seeing your success, well done
@@chris-yale Thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed it 👌🏼⛵️🌊
Fabulous video Rob, thoroughly enjoyed watching it as always. Well done! Fantastic achievement xx
@@KarenWarner-vh3vn thankyou 😎
Awesome video Rob and thanks for taking us along with you! Well earned beer at the end there 🍻 Looking forward to the return journey!
@@nickbarnett2525 thanks Nick! It’s such a relieve to get there. The thought of doing it again next year was unbearable. Such an amazing place to see! Thanks for watching
Nice one rob
@@Sailormatt-k1p Thanks Matt ⛵️🎄🌊 merry Christmas and happy new year
Same to you rob
Inspiring video - hope I get to do that one day!
@@SailingSampaguita Ahoy! Thanks for watching. You will get there no problem. I see you have a moody! Very good boat and being on the south coast is half the battle getting to the departure point. Build your confidence up slowly and keep trying, never give up ⛵️👌🏼☺️ where abouts are you moored in the Uk ? All the best Rob
@@EastCoastSailing_ Thanks for your encouragement - I'm based in Chichester Marina
@ Amazing, I haven’t been there before. I did go to Sparks south Hayling Island and loved it. Looked like Barbados 🇧🇧 with the white sands. Couldn’t believe I was in England. I’ll be heading across that way in June to the Isles of Scilly ⛵️👌🏼🌊 fair winds
Thanks so much for the video, I’m based in the River Crouch in North Fambridge and looking to do a similar journey to Jersey in the very near future. This has given me a bit of confidence and ideas on the route. I will be sailing solo on my 44CC 👍
@@Sailing-Celeste Hi and thanks for watching. The 44cc is an incredible boat. We went to view a 36cc in wales before buying this. The screen gives you a lot of confidence in choppy weather but I felt there was a lot of deck and interior space wasted. All I would say is give yourself plenty of time, don’t rush the journey. You will see I had to push on in some pretty bad days and it took 3 goes to get there. You already have a bigger boat which was half the battle as you can cover a lot more ground. Spares, spares and more spares are needed, belts, water pumps ect. Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t make it on your 1st attempt. Half the battle is mind set, your body will be telling you to turn back every day and you question why you’re doing it. The expense, loneliness but once you have done it there is no better feeling. When are you thinking of leaving? I’m heading that way the end of June to the isle of Scilly.
@ I have some exciting upgrades that have just arrived and currently waiting to be installed so once they are all done and I’ve given them a thorough test I’m going to start looking at weather windows, likely early part of next year now with Christmas round the corner but will see how we go.
I’ve been really pleased with the 44 so far, only had her a year and have been refitting most of that time with a few trips here and there. Looking forward to next year for trips a bit further afield!
@ Amazing! Keep me posted on your progress and send a picture of your boat. I’ll keep an eye out on the water 07712725761 fair winds !
Very very good excellent work rob not just the sailing but the video too. 👍🏻👏😊
@@jack1trance thanks mate really appreciate 😎💪
Well done Robert. I’m glad you got there in the end.❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 brilliant video and advertising⛵️🥳
Thank you 🫡😂
Huge respect to you doing this solo passage. I sail a lot solo, but short legs ( 3 - 11 hours) and in the archipelago. I think solo sailing in the archipelago is more difficult than offshore - but like you know it is all about the mental part of going solo. So in the archipelago you have the comfort of having the islands close etc.
@@Vildra-t8i Thank you. We all have different levels of ability and I’m still an amateur, for what I lack in skill I make up with heart and determination. To other people it might not seem like much but I have 3/4 days of hard sailing to get to the departure. Tiredness and fatigue and being home sick all take its toll but it’s worth it in the end. Once you do this kind of trip once you look back and think what was all the fuss about. Be prepared, loads of spare parts, lots of good maintenance and you won’t have any issues. Don’t leave it to late. I wish I was doing this in my early 20’s. All the best 🤝⛵️😎
Great passage and great video 🙏
@@richardhall7822 thankyou ⛵️💪😎
Brilliant! Quick thought on picking up the mooring buoy single-handed (I'm not an expert but I just tried it out this weekend for the first time). Run a line from the bow, through the bow fairlead and outboard of all your stanchions then back in adjacent to your genoa winch. Then you come alongside to leeward of the buoy into tide and adjust your speed so that it's almost stationary. Then you can pick it up right by the cockpit, thread the line through the buoy's mooring strop and tie it off around the winch. You're now attached and, as the boat drifts back, the buoy will slowly slide to the bow fairlead where you can tidy up afterwards.
Obviously if there's no mooring strop then there's the extra step of attaching your mooring line to the buoy and threading that onto your line.
@@themexicannon Hi and thanks for watching. Very sound advice and I do normally do that. I have a little carabena clip which connects to the top of the buoy temporarily while I sort the proper ropes out. Whats a little deceptive in the video is the boats are very close together so having 10m of rope would put me very close to another boat you will see in the next vid what i mean. The buoys there are humongous because of the swells they get in harbour. They have very short ropes attached and there’s little give when you pull on them. I’ll be a little more organised next time 😎👌🏼
Bishops finger and olives 🤔 that sounds interesting, I'll have to give it a try. Great video I love seeing this kind of content.
@@Kordafish thank-you. Glad you enjoyed the vid. Maybe the beer and olives don’t go together but there are no rules to follow on the sea. Thanks for watching 🫒 🫡
Well done fella, great when you finally get something done you've always wanted to do. Congrats.
Thank you mate, means a lot. Was such a relief getting there and was worth the effort getting there ! Thanks for watching 💪😎
Nice passage across the canal. Settling in with a new boat takes time. Fine tuning your habits and work-flow for single handed sailing even more. Your on the right track Rob. Hope the enjoyable hours have exceeded the hard ones during the summer. Enjoy the autumn season 👍
@@noldushumlesnurr6169 yes the winds eased up after the crossing back to the Isle of Wight. I have enjoyed every minute of it. I feel like I know the boat inside out and it handles the weather better than I do. Going to nip over to Belgium and France in a few weeks and that will be all my big trips done. I have one video I’m excited for I need to do about spinnaker sailing ⛵️
Wooooo got there finally 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@@Frana1990 Thankyou 😮💨
You were lucky, in winter that video would be quite different
@@GlendoveerEngineering yes, it was pretty cold and wintery in summer there. Dread to to think what it would be like in winter. Just had a wintery sail back from France 27 knots all the way back. Very quick passage. Also heading to Belgium next week so watch this space 😎👌🏼⛵️🌊
Big congrats on getting across the channel. A few suggestions. As this is a sailing channel, some thoughts on your concerns, and alternative plans would be good. Did you use the RYA App (or coastguard) for shore contact incase of worst case mishap? Crossing the shipping lanes, and how to do it safely, deserves a mention. Did/do you have AIS?? When picking up a mooring bouy solo, I strongly suggest reversing to the bouy. Stern to wind is more control, you can see it and stop precisely. Take good consideration of the wind, and how to use it, thread your line, and walk it round to the bow. Keep it up!!. Happy to subscribe.
@@jonathanairey9123 Hi Jonathan, hope your keeping well. Didn’t use the RYA app. Channel 16 is all you need if something goes wrong, it would have to be the boat going under for me to contact the coast guard. Even so I have my kayak with water supplies and sweets 🍫 and a life raft. I have sail power, main engine & a spare outboard that will push the boat at 4.5 knots. For all three of these to fail would be very unlucky. I showed all the alternative back up places to go if your timing was off in the video like Dielette only being 16nm away from Alderney.
Crossing the shipping lanes is pot luck. I have been across on busy days & empty days. Difficult to judge ships if you have not done it before, you just need to gun it and Keep a sharp listen out on channel 16. If a ships sees you, they will announce over the radio with a description of your boat and tell you what to do. There was a sail boat in front of me who was warned to go behind by the captain. I have AIS but it’s a phone application called boat beacon. If you drop out of phone signal, your AIS goes. Went down for 20 miles in between land. Hard wired AIS is best. Also gives the names of the ship so you can call them over the radio if you can’t judge it. Watch the tech & hack vid I did for more info. As for picking up the buoy. I was knackered after 13 hours, very short ropes and very heavy buoys due to the weather they get there and how powerful the swell is, the video doesn’t show how close the boats are in the anchorage, 8m between some of the moored boats behind. Glad to have you on board. I also would encourage anyone to get an EPIRB. Fail safe to any radio incase you go over unexpectedly, quick way to be found by the emergency services. Any other questions, let me know. Thanks
@@EastCoastSailing_ Good to hear, Rob. Sounds like you are experienced and well prepared. My fear is that more people (with fresh) money, and jumping into boats because it looks fun. And getting into trouble with little experience and not enough prep/research (ie Sailing Brothers, and many others). But not you. You and I know its = fun and challenge. Almost every trip delivers a challenge. So I'm cautious about sites that dont find the balance.
The RYA App is worst case. Worse than your examples. Unconscious through boom, slip/fall, or illness etc. Highly unlikely, but really bad news if youre solo. Like a flight plan (Im a pilot also) which declares departure, time, duration, ETA, alternates, and what to be done if not closed. Costs nothing. Use a buddy/mate in your sailing club.
Very good choice of yacht, btw. Couple of 323's in the club, and surprisingly quick for the money.
@ I’ll have to check the RYA app. Evania is a 343, quite a price jump 30-40% more than a 323. Both great boats, the 343’s seem to hold their value due to the shallow waters on the east coast and lifting keel option. My wife watches me on AIS like a hawk, I get a call as soon as I’m doing circles in the channel so I’m well covered. Got the PPL private licence are you a commercial pilot ? 🧑✈️ 🫡
Nice one, Alderney is one of my fave places to sail as well as the rest of the Channel Islands. I’m sure you know this but if you approach the mooring buoy from the same way as the other moored boats are facing you can creep up on it and be less likely to fall off as you go forward to pick up the buoy. Andy UK
Hi Andy, good observation and great advise. I think i was still in shock of finally getting there. Thank you for watching 👌
I find picking up a mooring easier approaching the bouy in reverse and picking it up at he stern. Once you have it and the yacht is under control walk it aroung to the bow.
@@SailingInScotland great advice, I’ll give that a go next time ⛵️🫡⛵️
Looks like you bumped into the OYZ lads in Alderney 🤣
@@PhilipChasemore yes, they were a great bunch of lads. Stuck there with engine issues for 4 weeks 😵💫⛵️
I haven't had cheerios since my housing project days kinda miss em
😂😂 perks of having kids, get to play with toys and eat cheerios under the guise of a being an adult 😎🫡 thanks for watching !
Another fab video Rob. We've also beel planning the channel islands for a couple of years, but sadly the weather has had other plans!! Are you back Tollesbury now?
@@ianqv Hi Ian. Yes been back for a month now. Just takes a while editing. This year’s weather has been wild. My best advice to you, if you can only take a few weeks off on holiday, you just have to hammer it and go even on the days the forecast is showing 25 knots. It’s not comfortable or pleasant but well worth it when you get there. The only day. I would choose wisely is the crossing day. I had a 28 knot tail wind on the way back after flat calm and it wasn’t nice being in it for 5 hours. Really kicked up by the needles when the tide turned. Just carry loads of spares, there were loads of boats in Alderney with engine issues, about 4-5.
Thanks for sharing this. Would you find in mast furling a massive help when sailing solo, or do you find that in boom reefing is the best compromise if you had to choose?
@@justinf1343 Hi Justin. I have never had an in last furling system however I have enough problems with my furling Genoa to know I would never want it on my boat. Boom reefing is really reliable and can be done in any under a minute 👌🏼😎⛵️
@EastCoastSailing_ interesting. Can you reef your main from the cockpit or do you still have to go to the mast?
@ yes that’s the beauty of it. Just release the main uphaul. Winch on the 1st or second reef and lock it off and the tighten the main sheet halyard and it’s done. Very safe very reliable !
@@EastCoastSailing_ Thanks for explaining. That does sound nice and straightforward, and without complicated parts that can go wrong.
What was the date you went past the needles? I am trying to tie it to when I was there. 3:17
@@kate37w i think it shows the date on the alarm 🚨 12th of June. Just missed you. While you were sailing around the island I was sleep deprived in the anchorage when it was blowing 40 knots. I came back a week later and sailed around the Isle of Wight with the family. 💪😎
Hey mate, are you in Guernsey right now? If so would be great to meet up!
Hello mate, unfortunately I’m back home. I did about 8 days on the Channel Islands from the 12th of June. I was hoping to edit as I went along for this reason of being able to meet people who were there but the WiFi was hopeless at the marinas and I wanted to enjoy the trip rather than sitting in editing. Next time I’ll get my insta sorted for quick updates. I wish I was still there though. I only had 2 weeks to do this trip before linking up with the family in the Isle of Wight. Where’s your home port? And what’s your favourite island out of the Channel Islands ?
@@EastCoastSailing_ Ah never mind, next time! My inlaws are all based in Southend so I've considered sailing up that way a few times. I'm in the QE2 Marina in St. Peter Port. I like Sark. It's just so different from everywhere else (it was still a feudal system up until a few years ago!).
I know what you're saying about editing on the go. I'm going on a trip down to France soon and I'm wondering whether to edit in real time or not.
@thesailingdonkey enjoy your trip, editing can wait till winter. I stayed in Victoria marina. Found Guernsey really noisy after island life on Alderney and no where near as friendly. Said hello and was ignored 😂😅 left after a day
Shame about the music, otherwise great vid
Hi, what music didn’t you like, was it all of it or a particular section? Thanks
this confuses me how you know the right way in to that harbour it just looked like it mined full of different colour bouys?
Hello, I wouldn’t get too caught up in pilotage and sticking to buoys. All the orange buoys are residents swinging moorings which I tried to land on originally and realised…. I knew bad weather was coming and they had a bit more protection 🤣. Yellow buoys are the visitors moorings £25 a night. The water is very deep all over the harbour there’s only a few hazards in the harbour. I’m actually producing the “sailors guide to Alderney” and I’ll explain everything including the pilotage, navigation as well as things to do while your there. I’ll cover your question in vid but anything else you would like to see just let me know. The only area is the harbour entrance you need to be careful. Lots of shallow ground and turbulent over falls on the right as you approach near the knuckle wall. You have to stick closer to the rocks on the left which feels uncomfortable watching breaking water lap over jagged rocks. The harbour is massive and they only have a couple of big ships delivering food & produce a week. The rest of the traffic is pleasure crafts. Everyone has a duty to avoid a collision, being slow, sensible and keeping a good look out in the harbour will keep you safe. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Just the end part
@@MrBubdog88 many thanks 🙏 for the feedback.