We’ve found the weather overlay inaccurate at times

What a beautiful morning as we slipped away from our berth in Dunkirk just before 4:30.  We’d set an alarm for 4, but it wasn’t needed due to the arrival of the boat on the other side of the pontoon at 3:45. Who knew you needed to keep your engine running all the time you threw ropes around ….🤨🤨

Had a lovely stop over in Dunkirk - visited the operation Dynamo museum and the beaches on the hottest day of the year.  Found a cafe serving a late lunch near the eglise for a superb fish cassolet.

The sea this morning was calm, just  light wind as we motored west past the miles of Dunkirk docks and petrochemical works.  After a good hour or more the eastern horizon started to pink up and we had a beautiful sunrise.  

Basically, the journey should have ended there.  The wind picked up … right on the nose make for awesome wind over tide conditions, the visibility dropped to a few feet and no more.  Shorts and tee shirt gave way to trousers and light jackets … then the full foul weather kit.  Horrendous.

Heigh ho … it was great to play the spot the yacht through the fog  game as we approached Boulogne sur Mer, proving that we’d timed our arrival perfectly with the end of the west going tide as the procession of boats going eastwards intensified!

The marina is (possibly) functional - but extreme tired … as am I. 

BTW: do please ignore the weather given on the overlay.  The waves were at least a metre … as well as being choppy and confused and the head on wind was blowing a good 16kt true.  Once heading south we were hard on the wind, again 16kt true.  Visibility was somewhere between 20 and 100 yards for a lot of the time, so much so that VTS were constantly broadcasting warnings and asking for live updates.  And if the temperature was 18-19C then we were both sadly overdressed in longs, layers, waterproof and woolly hats.

… it should be fun going out early morning to catch the tide …

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