Sailing to France on a channel crossing is the first step for many sailors on their road to an extended passage. Since sailing to Cherbourg will probably take around 14 hours from Portsmouth, a good 6-8 hours of that is likely to be out of sight of land. Continue reading Navigating across the English Channel
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Round the Island Race 2017 Video
We hope you enjoy this video of our 2017 race around the island in our Beneteau Oceanis 37 ‘Avant Garde’. This year the pressure was on to beat ‘Nomad 1’ skippered by Lou Barden – Chief Instructor at Nomad Sailing. In the end it came down to 2 minutes elapsed over a 10 hour race. Continue reading Round the Island Race 2017 Video
Crossing the English Channel 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. Continue reading Crossing the English Channel to Honfleur