Starting back.

I think I must be paying for all the fun we've had at the two regattas. We left Benodet in thickish fog, which we thought would lift, and the wind soon picked up to a lovely beam reach. I said to Richard that this couldn't last, and of course it didn't. After the first turn it was on the nose, and stayed there all the way round the Pointe de Penmarc'h following the curve of the headland. A sudden fierce gust persuaded us to put in a couple of reefs, and we motorsailed into Audierne.

The forecast for the next two days is strong NW, and guess which direction we want to go – NW and then N. We can take the Raz de Sein at slack water, but we can't take the Chenal du Four against the tide, so if we go it will be horrible wind against tide, and even when we reach Portsall, although it will be a reach, strong winds always produce rough conditions there. I don't want to whinge after having had such a good time, but I'm going to anyway. Following that looks like the centre of a big high, with no wind. A reasonable wind god would include favourable in the alternatives of unfavourable or none.

No interest pics in the fog, so here's a race start.