We had planned a trip to Herm's Shell Bay for today, with the objective of drying out on our new yacht legs. We were to be joined for this adventure by our Guernsey guide, Richard (of the Rock). Unfortunately, with a force 4 north-easterly blowing and a moderate sea in the Little Russel, it was deemed too rough to venture across for this short, but tricky passage. Instead we opted just to move into the neighbouring area of St Peter Port harbour, the drying Careening Hard. We had taken the opportunity at low water to lay some mooring ropes attached to the drying out chains, and marked them with an anchor buoy. This would allow us to find our chosen spot when approaching by boat, and provide something to tie up to whilst we got the legs into position.

Things didn't exactly go to plan, as we snagged one of the mooring ropes on the propeller as we headed for the beach. Luckily drying out meant we could get under the boat to clear it, as well as carry out any number of other little jobs which would otherwise need a crane lift. It was a fairly straightforward procedure to attach the legs, having already set them up to be the right length, but we were nonetheless relieved when the boat settled down into a stable, and upright, position.

We had chosen a position quite near the high water mark to dry out in, and were settled on our legs within an hour of high water. After a morning's light boat cleaning and general inspection around the boat, we had the afternoon free to visit a selection of the Island's chandleries as well as to pay a quick visit to see Richard's boat, Honeychile III.