Faster Ferry Times to Sark

The Isle of Sark Shipping Company’s new ferry, the Corsaire de Sercq, came into service today and will be doing the crossing from Guernsey in just 35 minutes, a quarter of an hour faster than the older vessels. To celebrate it’s arrival Sark’s school children were taken for a ride along the coast yesterday and then residents were invited on board for a round the island trip to experience the new ferry at sea. Local baker extraordinaire Helen Plummer even made a cake to mark the occasion.

The ferry, whose name translates as the ‘Sark Pirate’, is 12 years old and was bought from a company in France where it was operating out of St Malo