Stargazer's departure is delayed due to a sustained aerial attack. By a distraught Herring Gull whose bite-sized chick has swum into the open waters of the Port Olona fairway. Stargazer's skipper elects to retreat below. A decision which (narrowly) spares him from a direct hit by a foul smelling faecal deluge.
Several buckets of salt water restore order to, and banish the evil odour from, Stargazer's bespattered cockpit. We set off to greet the returning Classe Mini 6.50 fleet (see Ad Lib 93 & 94) at the pier head.
Observing their track and adding a new short cut, to the chart plotter, in the process.
Progress is not rapid. But it is carefree and enjoyable. For we have a fair tide and only twenty nautical miles to cover.
A three knot average will suffice, to bring Stargazer beneath the Pointe de Grosse Terre, shortly before local high water.
When the fierce current, for which the Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie approach channel is renowned, relents for an hour. Making for more relaxed berthing. Particularly when the Capitainerie insist upon sending out 'Le Zodiac' with a crew of skilled line handlers.
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