Honestly, we had a miserable night at anchor. Tidal stream combined with quite a bit of wind, swells and wakes from the ferries all together made it very difficult to sleep. And we have been at a few choppy anchorages before, believe me.

Because of that, we spent almost all the morning in bed, trying to catch up on sleep.

We still have some small jobs to do on the boat and the SW winds seem likely to persist a few days more, so we figured it would be best to enter the marina, then I could do some work too, with a fast and reliable internet connection.

There is no VAT on Guernsey, so we would like to check the local chandlers price level. Among other things, a PLB (emergency transmitter) could be something to consider.

Mostly sunny weather today, and when we entered the marina the Harbour Control told us some 140 racing sailboats going from port to port in the Channel were expected to arrive tonight. Thus he wanted all of the rest of us inside the marina and the racing crews on the visitor's pontoons, where they could party half the night without disturbing anyone.

Since we arrived the marina at lo tide at 3PM we had to wait at the pontoon until at least 8PM when they started to direct all of us into the slips of the marina. The Basin inside the marina has a sill, that protects it from drying out completely at low tide.

On today's pic you can see the Castle Cornet in he sunshine, compared to yesterday(which I happened to call 'the Fort' in my ignorence yesterday) One of the main attractions, with several museums including one maritime museum. We are looking forward to visit it one of the following days...