Oli

Charlie/Duncan, Thanks so much for getting back to me. Both extremely helpful. Our hope is to catch some nice flatties more than anything else - I would die and go to heaven if I boated a nice turbot/brill. Not too bothered about targetting Tope as we seem to do fairly well for those over this side (famous last words). Definitely would like to stop mid channel though for a wreck/brittle stars. We're an Arvor 230 so I guess would cruise ideally at about 15kts.

Is there still room for Sweet Chariot + 4 crew? Being Alderney virgins I do have a few questions... Humour me! Presumably there are plenty of places to tie up once we get to Braye - do we need to book a mooring in advance? Will we all travel over fairly closely together so when we reach the other side there is (hopefully) someone who knows the waters? What sort of speed do we travel over at? Is the 'Visit Alderney' website accommodation section accurate as judging by that there does seem to be a fair amount of B&Bs with space? For the fishing days would we be likely to go out as a group of boats again as I would have no idea where to fish over there? How bad will the forecast be for it to be called off and for the return journey, if the Monday was looking terrible would we be likely to return Sunday instead? I realise I must now sound like a total boring b*****d. Cheers! Oli

Just a casual 70 mile round trip then... Though if you are talking about the wreck I think you are, it is one I have always wanted to try. Is it as productive as legend has it?

Thanks for all the messages - we've been made to feel very welcome. Roll on the summer!

Just wanted to drop by and say hello to everyone, my dad and I have just joined the club. We keep Sweet Chariot, our Arvor 230 at Parkstone Bay and were told about the club by Tom Bettle who couldn't speak highly enough of it - so here we are! Looking forward to many enjoyable trips and comps in the bay, we don't need much of an excuse to get out there! Tom also mentioned a certain Alderney trip which sounds fantastic. Thanks for the emails we received welcoming us. Oli & Nick Maingay