Whilst we had considered leaving for Guernsey tonight, now that we've done our passage planning we've decided to delay our departure by a few days when the tide is running not quite so strongly.

Coming in from the north of Guernsey, down the Little Russel it is imperative with a boat like ours that the tide is running in your favour...ie with you. Timing is essential and the window relatively small so getting this right can be rather challenging particularly when you've the channel to cross first and the tide is running hard.

Whilst our aim is to be at the top of the Little Russel 1 Hr before HW Dover when the current is running down the Little Russel at 1.3 Knots....if we're ahead of shedule by just a couple of hours it could be on our nose running at 3.3 Knots or worse still at three hours 4.9 Knots. Putting this into perspective 'Drummer' only averages 5 knots.

Just a few days delay see's the tide running less strongly which makes for a happy Captain and Crew :-) so all we need now is another weather window.