Very High Water

Towards the end of the festivities this evening the St. Peter Port Life Boat entered the harbour and moored near the entrance. This coincided with high tide and it was a very high tide. This morning the low tide was at 0.5m and the evening high tide was 9.9m. That is a tidal range of 9.4m. Behind the Life Boat is a floating pontoon which is attached to the inside of the Victoria Marina harbour entrance, which can be seen to the right of the boat. The pontoon is level with the top of the wall and the water is within 1/3 m (1 foot) of the top of the wall. If the sea had been rough it would have been very scary.

Fun & Games

This evening, in Victoria Marina, St. Peter Port, they held an amusing festival. The events included: Ladies Raft Race (hotly contested by many teams), Tug of War (across the harbour entrance with the loosing team being pulled into the water) and a ‘Flying’ display (people dressed up and attempted to fly from a platform across the harbour – with predictable results). The position of our boats gave us a grand stand view of the proceedings and John and Ann on the yacht Tempus can be seen here enjoying the festivities.