The strong winds arrived this morning as forecast so we went out for a couple of hours for a cracking sail in Start Bay. With a double-reefed mainsail and Laura on the helm, Maunie charged about the bay with spray crashing over her bow.
We practiced a couple of 'crash tacks' to simulate a man overboard situation before reaching back towards the Dart, only to be enveloped buy a huge rain squall that was showed as a bright yellow shape on the radar. We stopped for lunch on one of the river pontoons to refill the tanks with fresh water and then the girls went ashore for showers.
We're eating aboard tonight and hoping that the Force 6-7, possibly Gale 8, will blow through so that we can depart for Brittany in the morning. it'll be a 6.00am start so Amy's getting some extra sleep in now!
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