From Trèbes to Homps and back..via Carcassonne!!!
The weather forecasts were variable as the time for departure, courtesy of RyanAir, grew nearer. Would it be very wet, grey, cold and miserable, or the much better option and not the BBC choice… fine, warm and sunny.. how can all the forecasts be so different?
This was the first big sail of the season, the last sail having been a shake-down of our skills two weeks previously with Robert skippering Dragonfly Too, an X-332, in East Cowes with Victor and Diana Bader Clynes as crew. Nice boat, shame about the lack of power under engine. Sometimes one finds interesting passages in the log book on the boats we charter, this was no exception and in this case, it had sailed the Eddystone Light House race.
For this Matzo sail Victor organised “Event” which is a Dufour 40, spacious, sufficient power under both sail and power. His crew comprised Robert (Mate in a non-carnal way), Diana Abramova, Diana Bader-Clynes, Janice and Mel a new member. The weekend started with the obligatory evening meal in a local hostelry, the Jolly Sailor in Lands End Road, Burlesdon, where the vegi / fish / other food filled the gap between lunch and breakfast.
On the Saturday morning we had smoked salmon for breakfast, courtesy Victor, got ourselves ready for a gentle sail down wind towards Gosport where Sandy had organised a couple of berths in Gosport Marina for us and her boat Sea Dream, sailing with Avi and Phil plus dogs.
