Grand Greve Bay Sark Bailiwick of Guernsey

We finally escaped just before midday on Monday 18^th.  

The island of Brecqhou just to the northwest of Grand Greve Bay

With no wind it was an afternoon spent motoring past the islands of Herm and Brecqhou then on into Grand Greve Bay on the western side of Sark.

Grand Greve Bay on the western side of Sark

The motoring gave us a good opportunity to test the engine after its recent servicing but it would have been preferable to have had a little sail.

There were already several yachts anchored in the bay when we got there and more arrived over the rest of the afternoon and evening.  We’d picked Grand Greve, probably for the same reason as the other yachts had, because the wind was expected to get up strongly overnight and the bay provides good shelter from easterly winds.  That said, the wind was also due to swing rapidly around to the west first thing in the morning.

Fortunately the holding is very good in Grand Greve and so we had no concerns about the wind shifting in the morning.  The only slight issue was a French trimaran which decided to anchor 15 metres away from us which felt too close as the trimaran doesn’t have much of a keel so it sails around at anchor when the wind blows whereas BV would sit more to the tide because of her long fin keel.

In protest we lit a BBQ and send clouds of lovely cooking smells in their direction and then enjoyed our first dinner on board for quite some time bathed in the golden evening sunset.  It was fantastic to be back on-board BV.

Grand Greve Bay, Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey