Saturday 9th August 2008
Spent a lot of the day sleeping and planning the next leg to Cherbourg. The wind is howling F5 (Gusting F7) and the sea state is pretty rough.
Spent a lot of the day sleeping and planning the next leg to Cherbourg. The wind is howling F5 (Gusting F7) and the sea state is pretty rough.
We went for a walk in the evening to find a hive of activity, including a fun fair, skate park and people everywhere. For some reason we both craved ‘grease’ so sausage & chips it was!
It was very difficult to sleep as the visitors pontoons are quite exposed and small waves are crashing against the back off the boat and it’s very noisy. Poor old Daz is in the rear berth but somehow manages to get to sleep. He is convinced his hair has turned grey from the experience so far!
Sunday 10th August 2008
Planned to leave this evening just after HW 5pm (UK), however the wind is still F5 – F7 with an associated ‘rough’ sea state. I am sure we could make it, but it would be a long night with about 15 hours of night sailing in rough conditions. I finally made the decision to postpone our departure for 24 hours as the forecast looks better and more settled for tomorrow.
Patience is going to be a hard skill to learn!
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