The crossing to Calais was from beginning to end as planned. In the morning it was time to plan back among the three bridges and into the lock and then to the outer harbor. In the lock we were greeted by waving Belgian school children. Sehr nett! Outside on the North Sea, we quickly set sail in light wind northeast. Parallel to the coast were slightly more than 50 Nautical miles sailing route ahead. Evening at half past nine we wanted by the “Pont Henry Hemon” arriving in the marina of Calais. This bridge only opens two hours before high water to 2 Hours after high water for 10 Minutes in the hour. Da sollte man dann pünktlich da sein 🙂

As the wind with 8 Node (2 Beaufort) was quite weak, should the first time today our Parasailor be used. This ingenious sail for courses from the wind has an area of 156 Square meters (!). We have procured us extra for long ocean passages and waited since May for its first use. After thorough preparation of linen and sheets by Dietmar the buzzer was then a short time later with good speed under the Parasailor without location and great pitching from the wind. Ein Traum in blau 🙂

As the afternoon the wind freshened, Parasailor was again recovered and stowed expertly. This premiere was in every respect a complete success. Everything was fitted and it also has a lot of fun. Hopefully we will soon have the right course and Parasailor Weather.

During our directions to Calais then subjected storm clouds and the wind picked up on 20 Nodes on. The ferry traffic in and out of the harbor is really impressive. In our contact with Port Control we found, that the English of French is difficult to understand. In the third experiment we had but then also understood, that we are only after the “Spirit of Britain” were allowed to enter the harbor. So we had to take a stroll outside the port. Despite the strong transverse flow, we arrived safely in the outer harbor and had only 10 Waiting for the opening of the bridge minutes. The landing maneuver at Catwalk succeeded perfectly, despite the strong wind. Endlich in Frankreich 🙂