An offshore race classic, getting out of the Solent and down through the Channel Islands is a navigators dream, the strong E-W & W-E currents give way to the Alderney race, which can be your friend, adding 6 knots of boat speed, or time it wrong and it’ll turn a dream run to a nightmare. Plenty of options to get from the start to the finish line, ‘inside’ or ‘outside’, the course is unconstrained by rules, so any navigable route is available between the start and finish lines.