The embers of storm Erin are expected to stir up the winds and send them westerly, from tomorrow. Which is a direction that suits a northerly ascent of the Cotentin peninsula. If a window can be found, before they grow too strong.
From Saint-Malo, the obvious port to make for is Cartaret. A fair tide would assist us, more or less, all the way. However, a three to four hour wait, off an exposed lee shore, in a rising breeze, would be required. Before there was enough water for Stargazer to enter. (Bringing back memories of our bouncy anchorage off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue: Zen Again 27).
Better, perhaps, to invest that waiting time in slowly 'pushing' a foul tide. Which could bring Stargazer to Dielette, with sufficient depth to enter upon arrival.The tide we would be battling would be the tail end of the, notoriously fast flowing, Alderney Race. We will have to see how this works out in practice. With the option to retreat, into Cartaret, if our fight proves futile.
All in all, it is a passage plan composed from leftovers: Storm Erin's wind and the Alderney Race's tide. Yet, some of my favourite dishes have been discovered by combining larder remnants. Stargazer’s dawn weather watch is resumed.
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