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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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Category: Channel Islands

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Tides in the English Channel.

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 Rich McClear

The English Channel has some of the widest tidal ranges in the world, ranging to 40 feet.  Sea farers have to have different strategies to deal with these tides. In Jersey some harbors are open to the sea and the … Continue reading Tides in the English Channel.

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The Beaufort Scale and Jersey’s Public Art.

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 Rich McClear

Right now we are sailing in some rough seas.  We were supposed to leave Falmouth at 6:00PM but the Captain ordered all on board at 4:00 so he could get around Land’s End to beat a storm.  But after we … Continue reading The Beaufort Scale and Jersey’s Public Art.

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