Mon 25.6.12: La Rochelle, Vieux Port, Bassin d'Echouage. I've just brought Stargazer inside the walls of La Rochelle.
Between the stone battlements of St Nicholas and La Chaine. We're tied up in a square in the heart of town. A moment I've long looked forward to; a moment to savour.
The passage down was swift: 72 miles in 13 hours. The forecast W4 gave us a beam reach to Ile de Re and a broad reach right into La Rochelle. The swell was curiously cross grained until we bore off at Ile de Re.
Stargazer shouldered her way through while I wedged myself in the cockpit and rigged a snubber to stop the boom slamming.
Vis was borderline all day; coming and going between 1 and 5 miles. It made the final run up the channel to La Rochelle Vieux Port all the more dramatic.
The mist lifted like a stage curtain to reveal the turrets, domes and spires that now surround us.
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Location:Cours des Dames,La Rochelle,France
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