I'm going nuts here trying to will the wind to stop blowing from the north and blow from anywhere else, and not quite so much of it, either. We made fantastic progress from Royan, after the canals. It took a few days to put the boat back together, then we island hopped, Ile de Yeu, Belle Ile and Ile de Groix, where we were moored for 6 days waiting for the winds to abate. When it slacked a bit we managed to get to Loctudy (not far from Quimper). It's quite nice here and has great wifi, so we can keep looking at different weather sites several times a day, but it doesn't look as if we'll be able to leave here until Thurs, to get through the Raz de Sein, then on to Camaret on Fri, maybe. We then have to wait for wind not from north to get us up the Chenal du Four and across the Channel, probably to Dartmouth. From there it's a couple of days to Yarmouth Isle of Wight.
We were confident that we'd get back in time for Andy's niece's wedding in Manc on 22nd May, but not so sure now. Not even sure I'll make it for 4th June to fly to NZ. Actually, if that's the case, I'll get a ferry or plane from here to UK.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I WANT TO GO HOME!
Monday, 10 May 2010
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