We planned to leave on the last bridge opening of the morning at 8:07 but when the time came the water was too low to exit so spent the day in Calais. The weather is going to get worse and we left when the bridge opened again at 16:40. Had good down wind sail to Boulogne arriving at 21:20 in the dark. Having later dinner and then off to bed.

Bonjour mes amis, nous sommes en France. We left Ramsgate at 9:15 with bright sun and little wind. On hoisting the sails are speed fell to 1.5 knots so we the motor was put on again as we piloted our way through the Goodwin sands. Within half an hour the wind changed direction and rose to 19 knots. We then sailed the rest of the way to Calais, arriving in port at 14:30 just as the gate to the marina opened. The gauge showed 3.1 meters and there was a sign saying ...