En France 42

 

The best of Franglaise, on both sides of the conversation, confirms that there is to be no live firing, on the Landes Range, for the next three days.

 Stargazer is now officially on weather watch.

On all three days, the Gironde ebb is set fair. Well timed to carry Stargazer seaward, and then south, on the morning of day one. With landfall during the late afternoon, or evening, of day two. According to speed achieved.

There are good sailing breezes forecast, off the Gironde, throughout the period. With manageable swell. The deciding factor will be (sufficient) wind strength, as Stargazer closes the Spanish coast. The range of predicted directions allow us to carry the cruising chute. But, even so, in order to average six knots, Stargazer will need a minimum of ten to twelve knots true wind. Twelve to fourteen would be better still.