Day 23 - La Rachelle

We left port at 8:46AM,
Tuesday 12th August and set sail for La Rachelle 46:08.62N 1:10.08W The weather was
predicted to be horrible so I woke up early and took a look. I decided after a
large yawn it was not for us and went back to bed. Who wants to sail in the
rain? After a sleep in I woke at 8:00AM, grabbed my bino’s and walked down the
street to grab a few sticks of bread and check out the sea state. It was
turning out to be a fine morning and I could sea a few fishing boats out in the
deep so I hurried back and awoke the crew. We sailed out of harbor
with the main and front sails reefed down in preparation for the worst. The
previous day was relatively calm so the sea state was fine, it was only the
wind we needed to keep an eye on. Fiona sailed out and pointed Silky in the
direction of The wind was blowing
across the entire We got into Craig left us in the
morning as Fi and I prepared to get the boat ready for the next leg. We knew
the weather was not any good for the next few days, so I started what I seem to
do best, fix things. I could make a list each time I fix something but
this entry would get way to long, but if you must know I had to fix the toilet
again for the fourth time. I think we have almost made peace with one
another. I had to splice and whip several ropes and you will see from the
photos I bought Fi a new fender step so the beautiful little thing can get up
and down with out being hoisted. Finally, I pulled the Radar apart after asking
or using my best sign language in the local yard asking for help. Any-how I
found a faulty wire or the inner coaxial cable that sends the echo from the
antenna down to the display was broken, where it joins in the coach roof so I
repaired it. The only thing is I made an improvement but I do not know if the
thing works as I can not get a picture yet. I am hopping it will not give me
one when I am surrounded by 3000 yachts in the marina we are in. Well I guess I
will find out soon enough. After a couple of days
fixing and making things better for our journey, Fi and I went for a walk
around the town and I must say it is very beautiful, the beer in France is also
remarkable. I mean all the beer is the same where ever you go except for
how it is stored, cooled, pumped and poured and We also downloaded
another weather program today to enable us to look at the temperature and cloud
cover, along with all the fancy sailing things you need. After studying it for
about ages and ages we decided to spend three nights here and wait until the
sea sate would be nice and flat for the next leg of our trip. The next leg
being a 200 Knt Mile sail to Anyhow I must go more
things to do and fix. Mental note for me – Never stay in a marina again that
has a chandler as it cost us too much money. Special comments by
Fiona: I can’t believe how much I loved the horrible
conditions. I mean, I used to hate sailing around the Day 023 Destination – Traveling Direction –
South East Wind Direction – South
West (Near Gale F8) Average Speed 5.9 Knots
(Absolutely Flying) Top Speed – 10.9 Knots
Over Ground (We were surfing down waves like Hughie the surf god) Total distance – 69.4
Nautical Miles Travel Time – 11.78
Hours Temperature – 19 (Lots
of Sunshine) Crew
- Fiona (Amped to sail) Missing Work - I do not
think So Expenses – Chandlery
€127.4, Provision’s €34, Shower €2, Beer at Café €12, Washing €4 Next Destination – |