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| Morning in St Aubin's Bay. Tide coming in |
Woke to find the water far away but coming in quickly (the range was about 8 metres). Left at 8:30 and motored for a while towards the Violet channel, round the SE corner of Jersey. We had a good sail, initially on a beat but then the wind backed so we could head straight for Dielette. Only problem was Les Ecrehous / Les Dirouilles which were in the way. A closer look showed a channel between the two, so we went through, helped by about 3 knots of tide. Did not get to Dielette before the gate closed, or before the tide turned against us, but had to motor a short while against the first of the tide. Moored on the new pontoons on the outer harbour and moved inside later
Met Richard and Pam, the owners of Rockhopper, a Beneteau First 27.7, who had left Paimpol at the same time as us. After a frustrating time in massive rafts of boats on the waiting pontoon at Jersey they had spent the night there and made an early departure, so were already inside at Dielette. He created and still runs the Dutyman system for Yacht Club duties. We ate together at the Cafe where the others all enjoyed their Moules Frites, but I opted for Steak Frites as I did not fancy mussels (bad choice - again!).
Tomorrow we will leave as soon as the gate opens and head for Eastbourne.
