Cherbourg to Poole

Yan

departed on high watered over then progressed but in the tides do their job on the channel. quite some traffic in the shipping lesson. a couple of close encounters dealt with properly with cargo ship clearing away whilst we were crossing right angles. wind variable 3 to 4. moderate swell. made good progress the first two thirds of the trip knowing when was going to die out ending up motor sailing for the past few hours. pit stop at Studland bay for a dip. and cleaning up the rudder and prop from all sorts of crap picked up on the way. then chicken pasta and back to base later. fighting quite a bit of tide coming in the harbour. brilliant trip overall