Still in Yarmouth

Bonita is still in Yarmouth. Last week when the weather might have been reasonable for crossing the Channel I was busy at home and also had no crew. Today I have come down to the boat with Allan, who is most definitely an all- weather crew. However the forecast is not good, with strong SW winds over the next few days, which would be right on the nose. 

And its pretty windy even ashore in Yarmouth today. We keep getting messages from the Gaffers gathering at St Malo and I very much hoped we would be there with them. However a deadline is never a factor that should influence whether or not you decide to leave port. If there was no meeting at St Malo, I certainly wouldnt set out to cross the Channel into a head wind with the forecast we have today. So we will make a final decision when we see what the weather is like tomorrow morning and while I might go over on the ferry it looks likely Bonita will be staying in home waters.