We think it is likely to be be covid … but who knows … it’s bloomin’ dire.  Strip the boat tomorrow and shuffle off home. Barry’s booked the windlass motor in to a place at Gosport to be refurbed on Monday so we’ll be home until we get that back. Time to do washing and fix the water pump.  Then back down to the boat to fix the dinghy (one tube has started deflating) then we have guests for a few days 15 Aug and the grandchildren end August and then we’ll think of something to do in September … waiting for wind and rain to arrive or go?

Up and at ‘em! Or maybe not so much.  We’ve both been suffering since we arrived in Cherbourg and today was my day for feeling really shabby.  Fortunately, Mr C was having a good day and the conditions were absolutely ideal for a cross channel passage.   Flat sea and from lunchtime, a westerly wind and a great sail.  

Visibility was not so great … we couldn’t see things on AIS which were 3 miles away … but  in fairness, there was nothing to see!  We came within 3 miles of a slack handful of yachts and within a similar distance of one container ship in the east bound shipping lane and the same in the westbound.  

Back “home” in an extremely impressive time!

… jiggetty jigg

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