Alderney 49 43.0N 2 12.0W
Gryphon II
Chris and Lorraine Marchant
Thu 11 Sep 2008 10:34
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We arrived in Alderney in the dark after a rough
but fast sail across the Channel dodging ships. The wind reached close on 30
knots for some of the time but Gryphon coped well. Next morning we realised that
there were very few visiting boats in the harbour but had had a bit of fun
picking up a buoy in the dark the night before.
Alderney remains one of our favourite places.
We were last here in 2000 for the eclipse when the harbour was crowded with
boats. We landed and wandered around the small town, lots of places were closed
for lunch which still seems to be the traditional 1.5 hours so we had a long lunch in a very nice pub before stocking up
on supplies at the local shops.
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