Here’s a great example of a tidal gate that can make for a tedious end to sailing across the English Channel crossing if you don’t plan accordingly. Continue reading Strong ebb tides at Honfleur
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Littlehampton slipway tidal rise and fall
Here’s a time lapse video of the tide rising and then falling last weekend. The River Arun is the second fastest in the country and this was filmed a couple of days after springs when the range was 5.3m
On this day low water was 0.4m and high water 5.7m at 3pm. The height of tide is shown in the bottom right hand corner.
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
Dolphins join us en route to Brest
Sailing from the Isles of Scilly to Brest during summer 2016 a pod of dolphins came along to see what we were up to. Continue reading Dolphins join us en route to Brest