Up at 5am for a 5:25 start, just like a Monday working in Ireland! Cast off and motored to the exit of the harbour only for the bows to suddenly lower and for us to come to a stop. We had run aground. Reversing did not do any good. Just as I was beginning to think we might have to wait for the tide to rise, I managed to spin Javelin round and get off the shallow spot. A couple more groundings and we were out of the harbour. Full sails up, we were goose winged all the way. Slowly the wind built to a force 6, so reefing was required. As we approached the French coast the waves became rough as we had strong wind over tide and a couple broke over the back of Javelin before we made it into the calm of the river. We sailed all the way up the river still in a force 5.
Diane made another delicious dinner from her one pot cook book. I feel this should be mandatory for RBYC future trips.