Mont St. Michel Saturday 17 April

GJ0KYZ · 15 April 2010, 19:53

I'll be going to Mont St. Michel this Saturday if anyone fancies coming along. I'll be leaving La Collette marina at 06:30 so long as the weather's ok.

martini · 15 April 2010, 22:28

I'm very interested in going at some point, thanks for the offer. But I've been thinking about this since we spoke last weekend, as my motor still isn't running properly it's probably not a good idea to do that sort of mileage as it is. Hopefully next time though.

Erin · 16 April 2010, 09:11

Would love to come along, so thanks for the offer, but sadly I won't be launching until the end of the month for this season. Maybe next time.

GJ0KYZ · 16 April 2010, 17:31

No problem guys; we can go again some time. Actually the wind's still quite strong so I'll probably go Sunday instead.

Erin · 16 April 2010, 19:37

Yes, supposedly dropping to a F3-4 tomorrow afternoon, but we'll have to wait and see. I guess there shouldn't be too much swell given the NE direction though.

martini · 17 April 2010, 15:29

What time would you be leaving Sunday morning? My engine seems ok at 30 kts, so if I can get myself out of bed I might be there

sea_quest · 17 April 2010, 16:15

If the weathers good I'll be out at the minquiers in the afternoon on sunday,
so depending on what time your all Heading back?

I might catch you on the way in!

GJ0KYZ · 17 April 2010, 21:18

Hi Matt,
I'll be leaving La Collette at about 07:15 and will be taking it fairly easy as high tide is about 09:15 at Mont St. Michel but I need to be there half an hour beforehand as I want to go to the shops and buy a few things. I'll leave Mont St. Michel 20mins after HW.

Sea Quest: I'll be passing the Minquiers on the way back at around 11:00.

Channel Ribs · 18 April 2010, 08:36

I only just spotted this thread, but it looks like everyone is out and about today in stead? (Sunday).

Might it be worth putting a link to specifics in the Channel Islands thread so that subscribers there get an email alert? Just a thought.

I shall be doing the Alderney-Jersey-Alderney run today and Guernsey tomorrow, listening out on Ch77. I had been going to Guernsey today as well and so would have just been touching shore in Bouley, but will now be going into St Helier for a wee bit.

Hopefully catch some of you up this afternoon.

(PS There is thick thick fog around the French coast at the time of writing)

sea_quest · 18 April 2010, 09:08

Cheers but i'll probably be back ini my bed at 11.00 lol

but i'll be plodding around the south coast for most of the day so i might see you out there malthouse.

GJ0KYZ · 18 April 2010, 16:33

It all went a bit pear shaped this morning guys so you didn't miss much. I've put a short video on the Rib Gallery forum.

Erin · 18 April 2010, 19:10

Your'e either still stuck on that sandbank and you took a Blackberry with you to keep in touch with Ribnet, or you managed to get back ok. I guess you hit it on the way out, which is probably a good thing seeing as the tide would still have been rising I suppose. I'll make sure I follow at a good distance if we manage to get a joint trip together.

Channel Ribs · 18 April 2010, 19:39

We had a great run to Jersey, thick fog in the north but flat calm. Very odd combination of being really quite chilly on the water but bright sunshine that was really warm.

Caught up with Martini