Flying Home

Early on Saturday morning we attempted to cruise Jomima back to Devon. As we headed up towards the English Channel, between Herm and Guernsey, we entered a passage between the islands known as Little Russel. The charts do not give any indication of potential problems but, afterwards, I found that the sea bed slopes upwards at this point. Unfortunately, when this was combined with an incoming spring tide, the sea was very rough. Green water came over the bow and we were thrown about so violently that many items jumped out of place and onto the floor of the boat. I therefore waited for a gap between the waves and turned Jomima back to St. Peter Port.

Later I checked the weather and could see no let up in the steady flow of depressions coming across the Atlantic. Ann therefore chose to fly home while I remained with the boat in St Peter Port’s Victoria Marina.