Royan

 

leaving La Rochelle Ed's on dockside.

Having dropped Jane off in La Rochelle, Noah and I sailed across the Rade des Basques towards Ile D'oleron which in the sea haze was a lot longer than I thought. A brief discussion was had about passing up a passage with a viaduct over it at 18 meters.(I'm not sure how tall the mast is but 15 meters is close) and crashing into a road bridge didn't seem fair risk so went around to the north. Should have got a picture of the cardinal marker. size of a light house on rocks with a ship wreck beside it but didn't. Wind not really in our favour and with 30 miles to go and a foul tide  expected at the projected speed in the Gironde estuary, engine on again very annoying! did mitigate by cutting through a nasty looking shoal but it all worked out fine and arrived Royan 10.30. Eds was good I was knackered and crew person bought me a coffee. Royan nice but full of tourists and a bit scabby. Crew person left in the morning as planned.Could be a long pause now in my blog due to logistics!