St Vaast la Hougue - Saturday 14th August 2010

Saturday was predicted to be a Northerly wind Force 2-4. It was Northerly and mostly 4. We only had one reef in the main, should have had two. But we made quick progress from Cherbourg to St Vaast la Hougue.

For those that don't know, there is a major difference between speed through the water and speed over the ground. On this trip we managed our world record over the ground of 11.9 knots. The tides don't half run past the Pointe de Barfleur.

St Vaast is a port that is somewhat tidally constrained. A few hours after arriving, I took these photos of the channel we had just sailed up.

In this photo, the Seagull is not afloat, but standing on Terra Firma.

But, once again, Bugsy is safely tied up.

 Night night. See you in the morning.