LETTERS
Look around you
I have recently been sailing on a friend’s boat in the Channel Islands. He is an experienced Yachtmaster. The following is not meant in any way to be critical of him.
He had just upgraded from a Raymarine C series plotter to an Axiom, mounted on the binnacle. He had not been to the Channel Islands before, whereas I had been cruising there from the days of radio direction finder (RDF). The Little Russel has great charm for me; I love the approach from the north, the search for the Grande Amfroque and Platte Fougere, being swept past Tautenay and La Roustel, and then on to the iconic Bréhon Tower.
We experienced the Little
