Brilliant! Quick thought on picking up the mooring buoy single-handed (I'm not an expert but I just tried it out this weekend for the first time). Run a line from the bow, through the bow fairlead and outboard of all your stanchions then back in adjacent to your genoa winch. Then you come alongside to leeward of the buoy into tide and adjust your speed so that it's almost stationary. Then you can pick it up right by the cockpit, thread the line through the buoy's mooring strop and tie it off around the winch. You're now attached and, as the boat drifts back, the buoy will slowly slide to the bow fairlead where you can tidy up afterwards. Obviously if there's no mooring strop then there's the extra step of attaching your mooring line to the buoy and threading that onto your line.
@@themexicannon Hi and thanks for watching. Very sound advice and I do normally do that. I have a little carabena clip which connects to the top of the buoy temporarily while I sort the proper ropes out. Whats a little deceptive in the video is the boats are very close together so having 10m of rope would put me very close to another boat you will see in the next vid what i mean. The buoys there are humongous because of the swells they get in harbour. They have very short ropes attached and there’s little give when you pull on them. I’ll be a little more organised next time 😎👌🏼
Nice one, Alderney is one of my fave places to sail as well as the rest of the Channel Islands. I’m sure you know this but if you approach the mooring buoy from the same way as the other moored boats are facing you can creep up on it and be less likely to fall off as you go forward to pick up the buoy. Andy UK
Another fab video Rob. We've also beel planning the channel islands for a couple of years, but sadly the weather has had other plans!! Are you back Tollesbury now?
@@ianqv Hi Ian. Yes been back for a month now. Just takes a while editing. This year’s weather has been wild. My best advice to you, if you can only take a few weeks off on holiday, you just have to hammer it and go even on the days the forecast is showing 25 knots. It’s not comfortable or pleasant but well worth it when you get there. The only day. I would choose wisely is the crossing day. I had a 28 knot tail wind on the way back after flat calm and it wasn’t nice being in it for 5 hours. Really kicked up by the needles when the tide turned. Just carry loads of spares, there were loads of boats in Alderney with engine issues, about 4-5.
Huge respect to you doing this solo passage. I sail a lot solo, but short legs ( 3 - 11 hours) and in the archipelago. I think solo sailing in the archipelago is more difficult than offshore - but like you know it is all about the mental part of going solo. So in the archipelago you have the comfort of having the islands close etc.
@@Vildra-t8i Thank you. We all have different levels of ability and I’m still an amateur, for what I lack in skill I make up with heart and determination. To other people it might not seem like much but I have 3/4 days of hard sailing to get to the departure. Tiredness and fatigue and being home sick all take its toll but it’s worth it in the end. Once you do this kind of trip once you look back and think what was all the fuss about. Be prepared, loads of spare parts, lots of good maintenance and you won’t have any issues. Don’t leave it to late. I wish I was doing this in my early 20’s. All the best 🤝⛵️😎
I find picking up a mooring easier approaching the bouy in reverse and picking it up at he stern. Once you have it and the yacht is under control walk it aroung to the bow.
@@nickbarnett2525 thanks Nick! It’s such a relieve to get there. The thought of doing it again next year was unbearable. Such an amazing place to see! Thanks for watching
@@Kordafish thank-you. Glad you enjoyed the vid. Maybe the beer and olives don’t go together but there are no rules to follow on the sea. Thanks for watching 🫒 🫡
Nice passage across the canal. Settling in with a new boat takes time. Fine tuning your habits and work-flow for single handed sailing even more. Your on the right track Rob. Hope the enjoyable hours have exceeded the hard ones during the summer. Enjoy the autumn season 👍
@@noldushumlesnurr6169 yes the winds eased up after the crossing back to the Isle of Wight. I have enjoyed every minute of it. I feel like I know the boat inside out and it handles the weather better than I do. Going to nip over to Belgium and France in a few weeks and that will be all my big trips done. I have one video I’m excited for I need to do about spinnaker sailing ⛵️
Hello mate, unfortunately I’m back home. I did about 8 days on the Channel Islands from the 12th of June. I was hoping to edit as I went along for this reason of being able to meet people who were there but the WiFi was hopeless at the marinas and I wanted to enjoy the trip rather than sitting in editing. Next time I’ll get my insta sorted for quick updates. I wish I was still there though. I only had 2 weeks to do this trip before linking up with the family in the Isle of Wight. Where’s your home port? And what’s your favourite island out of the Channel Islands ?
@@EastCoastSailing_ Ah never mind, next time! My inlaws are all based in Southend so I've considered sailing up that way a few times. I'm in the QE2 Marina in St. Peter Port. I like Sark. It's just so different from everywhere else (it was still a feudal system up until a few years ago!). I know what you're saying about editing on the go. I'm going on a trip down to France soon and I'm wondering whether to edit in real time or not.
@thesailingdonkey enjoy your trip, editing can wait till winter. I stayed in Victoria marina. Found Guernsey really noisy after island life on Alderney and no where near as friendly. Said hello and was ignored 😂😅 left after a day
@@kate37w i think it shows the date on the alarm 🚨 12th of June. Just missed you. While you were sailing around the island I was sleep deprived in the anchorage when it was blowing 40 knots. I came back a week later and sailed around the Isle of Wight with the family. 💪😎
Hello, I wouldn’t get too caught up in pilotage and sticking to buoys. All the orange buoys are residents swinging moorings which I tried to land on originally and realised…. I knew bad weather was coming and they had a bit more protection 🤣. Yellow buoys are the visitors moorings £25 a night. The water is very deep all over the harbour there’s only a few hazards in the harbour. I’m actually producing the “sailors guide to Alderney” and I’ll explain everything including the pilotage, navigation as well as things to do while your there. I’ll cover your question in vid but anything else you would like to see just let me know. The only area is the harbour entrance you need to be careful. Lots of shallow ground and turbulent over falls on the right as you approach near the knuckle wall. You have to stick closer to the rocks on the left which feels uncomfortable watching breaking water lap over jagged rocks. The harbour is massive and they only have a couple of big ships delivering food & produce a week. The rest of the traffic is pleasure crafts. Everyone has a duty to avoid a collision, being slow, sensible and keeping a good look out in the harbour will keep you safe. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Brilliant! Quick thought on picking up the mooring buoy single-handed (I'm not an expert but I just tried it out this weekend for the first time). Run a line from the bow, through the bow fairlead and outboard of all your stanchions then back in adjacent to your genoa winch. Then you come alongside to leeward of the buoy into tide and adjust your speed so that it's almost stationary. Then you can pick it up right by the cockpit, thread the line through the buoy's mooring strop and tie it off around the winch. You're now attached and, as the boat drifts back, the buoy will slowly slide to the bow fairlead where you can tidy up afterwards.
Obviously if there's no mooring strop then there's the extra step of attaching your mooring line to the buoy and threading that onto your line.
@@themexicannon Hi and thanks for watching. Very sound advice and I do normally do that. I have a little carabena clip which connects to the top of the buoy temporarily while I sort the proper ropes out. Whats a little deceptive in the video is the boats are very close together so having 10m of rope would put me very close to another boat you will see in the next vid what i mean. The buoys there are humongous because of the swells they get in harbour. They have very short ropes attached and there’s little give when you pull on them. I’ll be a little more organised next time 😎👌🏼
Fabulous video Rob, thoroughly enjoyed watching it as always. Well done! Fantastic achievement xx
@@KarenWarner-vh3vn thankyou 😎
Nice one, Alderney is one of my fave places to sail as well as the rest of the Channel Islands. I’m sure you know this but if you approach the mooring buoy from the same way as the other moored boats are facing you can creep up on it and be less likely to fall off as you go forward to pick up the buoy. Andy UK
Hi Andy, good observation and great advise. I think i was still in shock of finally getting there. Thank you for watching 👌
Wooooo got there finally 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@@Frana1990 Thankyou 😮💨
Another fab video Rob. We've also beel planning the channel islands for a couple of years, but sadly the weather has had other plans!! Are you back Tollesbury now?
@@ianqv Hi Ian. Yes been back for a month now. Just takes a while editing. This year’s weather has been wild. My best advice to you, if you can only take a few weeks off on holiday, you just have to hammer it and go even on the days the forecast is showing 25 knots. It’s not comfortable or pleasant but well worth it when you get there. The only day. I would choose wisely is the crossing day. I had a 28 knot tail wind on the way back after flat calm and it wasn’t nice being in it for 5 hours. Really kicked up by the needles when the tide turned. Just carry loads of spares, there were loads of boats in Alderney with engine issues, about 4-5.
Huge respect to you doing this solo passage. I sail a lot solo, but short legs ( 3 - 11 hours) and in the archipelago. I think solo sailing in the archipelago is more difficult than offshore - but like you know it is all about the mental part of going solo. So in the archipelago you have the comfort of having the islands close etc.
@@Vildra-t8i Thank you. We all have different levels of ability and I’m still an amateur, for what I lack in skill I make up with heart and determination. To other people it might not seem like much but I have 3/4 days of hard sailing to get to the departure. Tiredness and fatigue and being home sick all take its toll but it’s worth it in the end. Once you do this kind of trip once you look back and think what was all the fuss about. Be prepared, loads of spare parts, lots of good maintenance and you won’t have any issues. Don’t leave it to late. I wish I was doing this in my early 20’s. All the best 🤝⛵️😎
Great passage and great video 🙏
@@richardhall7822 thankyou ⛵️💪😎
I find picking up a mooring easier approaching the bouy in reverse and picking it up at he stern. Once you have it and the yacht is under control walk it aroung to the bow.
@@SailingInScotland great advice, I’ll give that a go next time ⛵️🫡⛵️
Awesome video Rob and thanks for taking us along with you! Well earned beer at the end there 🍻 Looking forward to the return journey!
@@nickbarnett2525 thanks Nick! It’s such a relieve to get there. The thought of doing it again next year was unbearable. Such an amazing place to see! Thanks for watching
Bishops finger and olives 🤔 that sounds interesting, I'll have to give it a try. Great video I love seeing this kind of content.
@@Kordafish thank-you. Glad you enjoyed the vid. Maybe the beer and olives don’t go together but there are no rules to follow on the sea. Thanks for watching 🫒 🫡
I haven't had cheerios since my housing project days kinda miss em
😂😂 perks of having kids, get to play with toys and eat cheerios under the guise of a being an adult 😎🫡 thanks for watching !
Nice passage across the canal. Settling in with a new boat takes time. Fine tuning your habits and work-flow for single handed sailing even more. Your on the right track Rob. Hope the enjoyable hours have exceeded the hard ones during the summer. Enjoy the autumn season 👍
@@noldushumlesnurr6169 yes the winds eased up after the crossing back to the Isle of Wight. I have enjoyed every minute of it. I feel like I know the boat inside out and it handles the weather better than I do. Going to nip over to Belgium and France in a few weeks and that will be all my big trips done. I have one video I’m excited for I need to do about spinnaker sailing ⛵️
Well done fella, great when you finally get something done you've always wanted to do. Congrats.
Thank you mate, means a lot. Was such a relief getting there and was worth the effort getting there ! Thanks for watching 💪😎
Very very good excellent work rob not just the sailing but the video too. 👍🏻👏😊
@@jack1trance thanks mate really appreciate 😎💪
Well done Robert. I’m glad you got there in the end.❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 brilliant video and advertising⛵️🥳
Thank you 🫡😂
Looks like you bumped into the OYZ lads in Alderney 🤣
@@PhilipChasemore yes, they were a great bunch of lads. Stuck there with engine issues for 4 weeks 😵💫⛵️
Just the end part
@@MrBubdog88 many thanks 🙏 for the feedback.
Hey mate, are you in Guernsey right now? If so would be great to meet up!
Hello mate, unfortunately I’m back home. I did about 8 days on the Channel Islands from the 12th of June. I was hoping to edit as I went along for this reason of being able to meet people who were there but the WiFi was hopeless at the marinas and I wanted to enjoy the trip rather than sitting in editing. Next time I’ll get my insta sorted for quick updates. I wish I was still there though. I only had 2 weeks to do this trip before linking up with the family in the Isle of Wight. Where’s your home port? And what’s your favourite island out of the Channel Islands ?
@@EastCoastSailing_ Ah never mind, next time! My inlaws are all based in Southend so I've considered sailing up that way a few times. I'm in the QE2 Marina in St. Peter Port. I like Sark. It's just so different from everywhere else (it was still a feudal system up until a few years ago!).
I know what you're saying about editing on the go. I'm going on a trip down to France soon and I'm wondering whether to edit in real time or not.
@thesailingdonkey enjoy your trip, editing can wait till winter. I stayed in Victoria marina. Found Guernsey really noisy after island life on Alderney and no where near as friendly. Said hello and was ignored 😂😅 left after a day
Shame about the music, otherwise great vid
Hi, what music didn’t you like, was it all of it or a particular section? Thanks
What was the date you went past the needles? I am trying to tie it to when I was there. 3:17
@@kate37w i think it shows the date on the alarm 🚨 12th of June. Just missed you. While you were sailing around the island I was sleep deprived in the anchorage when it was blowing 40 knots. I came back a week later and sailed around the Isle of Wight with the family. 💪😎
this confuses me how you know the right way in to that harbour it just looked like it mined full of different colour bouys?
Hello, I wouldn’t get too caught up in pilotage and sticking to buoys. All the orange buoys are residents swinging moorings which I tried to land on originally and realised…. I knew bad weather was coming and they had a bit more protection 🤣. Yellow buoys are the visitors moorings £25 a night. The water is very deep all over the harbour there’s only a few hazards in the harbour. I’m actually producing the “sailors guide to Alderney” and I’ll explain everything including the pilotage, navigation as well as things to do while your there. I’ll cover your question in vid but anything else you would like to see just let me know. The only area is the harbour entrance you need to be careful. Lots of shallow ground and turbulent over falls on the right as you approach near the knuckle wall. You have to stick closer to the rocks on the left which feels uncomfortable watching breaking water lap over jagged rocks. The harbour is massive and they only have a couple of big ships delivering food & produce a week. The rest of the traffic is pleasure crafts. Everyone has a duty to avoid a collision, being slow, sensible and keeping a good look out in the harbour will keep you safe. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!