Guernsey

Our first couple of hours at anchor, just below St Peter Port, were wonderful. The view, again was stunning, and the weather was so nice I even went for a swim (in English waters!!). We knew that later that evening there would be more wind.

Of course the wind arrived once it had gotten dark and we just got into bed... We spent about an hour going outside and back into the boat trying to check whether the anchor was holding. After setting an anchor alarm and staring at our GPS location for about half an hour we decided the anchor was holding and that we should go back to bed. It wasn't our best night 😉 The good thing is that we learned a lot from this anchoring experience, especially in these tricky waters (you have to take in account the tide which can cause the water to rise or drop sometimes for 8-10 meters, the swell, other boats, fishing nets, rocks and probably even more I'm forgetting about right now). We're convinced it will be much better next time!

On our second day even more wind was predicted, so according to our initial plan, we "fled" into the marina.Read more