Having decided to catch up with some old French friends over the weekend, and to allow our new crew member to catch the boat, our planned departure to Dover was to have been Sunday 19th at 16.00h to catch a fair tide. Unfortunately the storm forecast for Monday arrived early, so no sooner had we left port, we decided to return as were met with 25 knots on the bow with wind over tide creating short steep sea of about 2m, not what we wanted for the next 7hrs.
So we remain in port, the salon has been turned into an office for the day and we take advantage of port wi-fi for office duties.
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Plan A is to leave Dunkirk at 05.00h on 21st, any later and we won't have depth of water as Mr Blue Sky is sat on the keel at LW +-1h. The Direct route will be approximately 40M but we will have to cross the separation zone at right angles and avoid designated deep water channels so will add 5miles.
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