Wednesday and Thursday we were in Fecamp and really enjoyed it.
We got the bikes out and cycled into town - shopping and coffee at a pavement cafe.
Then down to the harbour and found a great shop selling boating and fishing stuff - bought a wonderful pull scraper to speed up the woodwork renovation as we go along.
We had dinner on Wednesday at a Chinese restaurant by the harbour which tasted good but was re-heated food by microwave !!! - at least it was cheap.
After dinner we walked around the back streets and found the Benedictine monastery the home of the Benedictine liquour.
Thursday - More cycling - we went further round the harbour - found the fish market - lots of crabs and lobsters in big glass tanks - and people buying them - wonderful.
Jackie had a good long spell on the beach while I did paperwork and more woodwork scraping and oiling.
Friday 23rd August 2013.
Fecamp to Deauville.
Up at 04.00 and off at 05.00 in the dark !!
We had to get into the marina through a tide Gate because the channel dries out completely.
I read up that the free flow period was 10.00 to 14.00 on Friday and we aimed early just in case.
Checked the weather - not too windy 10 to 15 mph E / ESW - perfect.
It is spring tides now which run really fast - not surprising as the tides are about 8 metres !!
As we left the harbour entrance the tide was helping us along by an extra 3 knots - a first!
Jackie was up with me to leave port but then tried to sleep for a couple of hours on the sea berth with the lee cloth up.
she needed it - it was lumpy weather - so much for the light wind.
It was bright daylight as we got to the very busy channel for shipping going in and out of LeHarvre.
I counted six big ships all in our\way as we approached - thank goodness for AIS.
We backed off a bit to let most of them pass and then nipped across as fast as we could.
I chose to cross the lane well out (eight miles) to have the best chance of the ships being spread out - they are pretty much nose to tail as they approach LeHavre.
It was VERY LUMPY with wind speeds of 27 Knots !! were did that come from?
We turned onto a direct course for Deauville - head to wind and pressed on.
The tide was with us all the way and we made the 36 miles by 11.00 perfect!!
Not a lot of sailing - mostly motor but still a great trip.
I didn't see the traffic light on the lock keepers office and passed a big boat going the other way in the lock!!
WHOOPS !!!
We were both absolutely worn out but it was so hot and the beach was just over the sea wall that we just had to have an hour on the beach.
It is massive !! it is about a quarter of a mile wide and two miles long.
It has hundreds of beach chalets for hire at the top - a board walk full length of the beach - posh restaurants and bedouin style umbrellas with curtains around them for hire.
Mike And Jackie Smethurst.
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