We left St Peter Port on Guernsey on Monday 22nd June. It was a nice stay. The people are friendly and all the traffic really respects pedestrians and cyclists. On the Sunday there was a craft fair all along the front next to the marina which we wandered through.
We topped up with diesel at £1.07 a litre and as it was a good forecast of a NE breeze at force 3 to 4 set off for Jersey. The wind finally came just as we arrived. Typical of this summer so far.
We have been having trouble with violent banging when putting the engine into gear so decided to go to the St Helier marina which is a Trans Europe associate to try to sort the engine out.
We are not certain but it seems that it may well be the engine mountings which are failing so a new set has been ordered from England. This will probably mean waiting here until they arrive and perhaps stopping while I fit them. The other possibility is the drive plate between engine and gearbox but the symptoms don’t seem to show this.
After the marina in St Helier we would like to go spend some time in St Aubin a drying harbour across the bay where we have stopped before. See what happens.
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