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Sailing to Cherbourg - Navigating across the English Channel

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Navigating across the English Channel. A channel crossing is the first step for many sailors. On their road to an extended passage. Since sailing to Cherbourg is likely to take around 14 hours from Portsmouth, a good 6-8 hours of that is likely to be out of sight of land. Here’s how I approach planning and navigating the English Channel, using recent crossings as real examples. Deciding on a departure time. East Solent Tidal Streams, Portsmouth HW 3. 1 hour Bembridge ECM to Portsmouth. First look up high...

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Round the Island Race 2015 | Blacknells At Sea

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Round the Island Race 2015. Bob cooked bacon sandwiches as we motored down the Hamble which is probably the best way to start a day in the world and we could see the hundreds of boats milling about over Bramble Bank and towards Cowes. Part of a 3 part series on our 2015 Round the Island Race campaign. Part 1 – Training Day. Part 2 – Race Report. Part 3 – What went wrong? Coming down Southampton Water with the race start a mile away. Coming around the Needles. Approaching St Catherine’s Point. A few weeks...

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jeanneau sunfast 37 Archives | Blacknells At Sea

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Tag Archives: jeanneau sunfast 37. It’s been 2 years since I took my Yachtmaster Coastal. And I felt ready to move on to the offshore qualification. Last time, I made the conscious decision to take it in unfamiliar waters so as to force me to be thorough in checking out the local hazards. Continue reading Yachtmaster Offshore Exam. Round the Island – So what went wrong? After a week or so to reflect on our Round the Island Race. Perhaps the question should be “What could we have done differently? Sailing...

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Sailing route around the islands of Croatia | Blacknells At Sea

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Sailing route around the islands of Croatia. See below for a plot of the sailing route we took around the Croatia – including the islands of Šolta, Hvar, Korčula and Vis ( click on the map for a more detailed view. We covered 6 islands and 12 stops in total. Maslinica to Stari Grad. Stopping overnight at Luka Tiha). Stari Grad to Hvar Old Town. Stopping overnight at Vela Garška Uvala. Hvar Old Town to Brna. Brna to Vela Luka. Vela Luka to Vis. Drama on our last day sailing in Croatia. To post a comment.

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Round the Island - So what went wrong? | Blacknells At Sea

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Round the Island – So what went wrong? After a week or so to reflect on our Round the Island Race. Perhaps the question should be “What could we have done differently? Part of a 3 part series on our 2015 Round the Island Race campaign. Part 1 – Training Day. Part 2 – Race Report. Part 3 – What went wrong? It’s very difficult to know definitively what we could have done better but here’s my best shot – without going into ridiculous detail or trying to analyse ad infinitum. Closer to the start line. We mad...

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Comparing our Estimated Position with GPS fix | Blacknells At Sea

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Comparing our Estimated Position with GPS fix. On a recent crossing from Portsmouth to Honfleur. I was interested to check how significant the error was between our actual GPS position and that recorded in the logbook using time and distance covered through the water. If our GPS had completely failed and we hadn’t recorded fixes every hour (heaven forbid) then all we’d have to go on would be distance travelled through water, course steered and tidal set/drift to mark up our estimated position. Measuring ...

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Sailing across the Channel to Honfleur in France

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Channel Crossing to Honfleur. Honfleur is reported as one of the, if not the number one, most beautiful harbours in Normandy and Northern France. I’ve done several Channel crossings now to Cherbourg which is a fairless characterless destination so I jumped at the chance of sailing to Honfleur on a Channel hop with Nomad Sailing. Before – on my first crossing in fact 3 years ago. And so I’d skipper both crossings. Crew L-R – Ian, Kieron, Paul, Andrey, Michelle, Mike, Lou (behind the camera). The lock woul...

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gybe Archives | Blacknells At Sea

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Round the Island – So what went wrong? After a week or so to reflect on our Round the Island Race. Perhaps the question should be “What could we have done differently? 8221; Continue reading Round the Island – So what went wrong? Round the island race. Round the Island Race 2015. Round the island race. Round the Island Race Training Day. The Nomad 1 crew. Round the island race. Sign up for blog updates. Round the island race. A blog of sailing adventures. Sailing from the Scilly Isles to Brest. On Restor...

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round the island race Archives | Blacknells At Sea

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Tag Archives: round the island race. Round the Island Race 2016 Video. Hope you enjoy this short video of our epic day racing around the island in ‘Windchat’ – Peter May’s Cutlass 27′ – here’s the crew list. Continue reading Round the Island Race 2016 Video. Round the island race. Round the Island 2016 Crew List. Round the island race. Round the Island 2016 on Windchat. This year we’re crewing on Pete the Knot. It in the boatyard she was built in. Continue reading Round the Island 2016 on Windchat. On Do...

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Holidays Archives | Blacknells At Sea

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Articles about experiences on sailing holidays. Sailing from the Scilly Isles to Brest. We said farewell to the Scilly Isles at around 1pm slipping our moorings and making our way back towards New Grimsby – the last leg in our trip from the Isle of Wight. Continue reading Sailing from the Scilly Isles to Brest. Dolphins join us en route to Brest. Hanging out in the Scilly Isles. After 46 hours sailing from the Solent. Onward from Falmouth to the Scilly Isles. Sign up for blog updates. On Restoration of &...