Departure from Bayonne
Itchycoo
Tue 7 Aug 2018 11:51
The lunch merged seemlessly into a night out in Bayonne (42:07.3N 008:50.7W) where we found a street bistro adjacent to a live band (outdoor) and a good time was had by all - getting back to the boat minus one hat (Pauls) and plus one wallet (Roger's negotiating skills with a street vendor much to the fore) and more peanuts than in the whole of the Southern States - enough said.
The next leg will take us to Cascais (Portugal), a mere 210 miles south, so an early afternoon departure should mean arrival sometime Thursday morning if wind and weather co-operate (which they rarely do).
On the domestic front, I'm (very) pleased to report that the showers ashore worked well - in fact you can't imagine how pleased we all are about this as comments about Bob's feet were starting to emerge. The maintenance tasks and re-provisioning have been completed (slowly) by the three hungover crew and a sprightly Bob who feels 200% better than anyone else.
With crew down to four, it will mean a new watch system - just as we were getting the hang of the old one - so more chaos expected.
More tomorrow. Happy days.
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