65 miles today, a big trip of twelve hours. We had some proper
sailing (though winds varied from F0 to F7) past the headlands of Beachy Head and Dungeness, but most of the day involved tedious motor-sailing
in fickle winds from various directions. Last stretch from Dungeness to Dover
was the teeth gritting sort, with lots of wind, not sailable, motoring
through short choppy waves, and huge rainstorms
which necessitated getting Nic’s seaboots out from a dark locker. We both ended up very wet indeed.
We could have done the trip in two stages but decided to do
it in one long day so we can have a day off tomorrow to get things done. We arrived in Dover drenched and tired but glad to make
it. It feels like we’re on the home
stretch now.
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