Our weather window closed today. We are in Boulogne for a few more days as gales stream in from the Atlantic. We pored over tides and charts and weather websites. A small window existed of less awful weather tonight, either to dart down to Dieppe or back to Dover. We looked at all the risks including heading straight into possible force 6 or 7 winds in rough seas at night. It was a judgement call. We are staying.
We trotted off to the teeming saturday market and bought sausages, roquefort and bread to make our stay in Boulogne more appetising. Sipping a grand cafe at an outside table in the square made the gales seem less terrible. We photographed Sirena IV from above; after the torrential rain she looks quite clean! However we bought some 'snubbers' at a chandlers which are giant rubber bands (30 euro each) to wrap around our mooring ropes to make them jerk and creak less. Last night we were both up at 3 unable to sleep because of the racket. The glamour of sailing!
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