Midsummer Cross Channel Cruise in Company Rally 2025
Midsummer Cross Channel Cruise in Company
A cruise across the channel to enjoy the delights of France and the Channel Islands in company with other sailors is planned starting on Midsummer weekend.
While there are some challenges, the Channel Islands and adjacent coasts of France do provide some delightful cruising, generally less crowded, less costly, and more interesting than our home waters.
This rally provides a framework within which there will be a great deal of flexibility: the idea is to have just three dates on which you can meet up with other HYC yachts taking part:
Sunday 22nd June Cherbourg Chantereyne Marina
Wednesday 25th Alderney Braye Harbour (moorings)
Friday 27th Guernsey - St Peter Port (harbour pontoons/marina)
See these charts - overview and Alderney to Guernsey
You can choose when you leave, and therefore to some extent your weather, and how you spend your time between the these days, and when and by what route to return. If necessary, you can be back at your desk on Monday 30th! In the past we have left Guernsey for Salcombe, almost guaranteeing a reaching sail to the west! You could for example sail to Cherbourg, east to St. Vaast, and return to Alderney for the Wednesday! The choice is yours. If you have longer, why not move on to St. Malo, and enjoy Bastille Day fireworks or explore the harbours of the North Brittany coast.
Our hope is that by holding this event, those who have not ventured over the channel before will do so, with the encouragement of those that have. There will be an opportunity to meet and discuss tactics and formalities about 3 weeks before the main event. We will establish a Whatsapp group so that you can keep in touch with each other, talk about your plans, and share places.
HW Dover on 21st is 0743 BST, so is neaps, and runs generally west for 6 hours, and an early morning start will see a sailing boat in Cherbourg by tea time. The next weekend will see some fast passages to St. Peter Port during the day, and a rapid exit home if you so choose to return that weekend.
Right now, please register your interest, so that we can keep in touch, and refine our plans.
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Last updated 6:17am on 30 April 2025