Difficulties of Sailing to Jersey, Guernsey and Sark | Ep. 129

While there were significant difficulties in visiting Jersey, Guernsey and Sark (three of the Channel Islands between France and the UK), we are happy to have done it! We were immediately struck by the size of the harbor walls and breakwaters and the lack of safe anchorages. The tides in this area are massive and the currents surrounding this island group are pretty darn impressive. This all combines to make the Channel Islands quite difficult to visit by sailboat - especially a boat then can not set down on a dried out harbor, like ours! We visit Jersey, Sark and then Guernsey - each a jewel in their own way. On Jersey and Guernsey, we relied on the main port towns as our hub for exploration but got lucky (on the second attempt) with a wonderful anchorage on the north coast of Sark.
Resources:
German occupation of the channel islands during WWII:
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Channel Islands: en.wikipedia.o...
Music Credits
Epidemic Sound:
Morning Hike by Lindsey Abraham
I’ll Comfort You by Sleeping Vines
Infinite Rumors by Dvine
Parallax by Luwaks
121211 by Enigmatic
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