After a night in Fecamp (recommend you don’t make any effort to visit this one) – we just tied up in Honfluer up the Seine from Le Havre (and this looks like a real recommendation from what I can see from the docks). What a day’s sailing – we had it all! We started in rough seas and with winds Force 6 gusting force 7. For some strange reason we didn’t see any other boats this morning! With the seas calming and with the winds lightening we sailed beautifully. As we neared Le Havre (France’s busiest port) a squal came through and we had wind, rain and hail – with visability reducing to very poor and we got a right soaking – a proper wetting! Probably the worst visability I’ve ever skippered in. However – we made it through and now we’re inside and drying out. The boat sailed very nicely through the rough weather (so even if is it taking in some water – she seems to eat up the bigger seas and coped well  – with a second reef in the main and with 1/3 of the Genoa out -I know – enough sailing talk).

More tomorrow on what is going through my mind (and of course the much promised observations of Ramsagate), but now it’s off for a well earned beer before dinner!

Pip pip!

N