In sunshine on L'ille d'Yeu

We had a downwind sail in plenty of wind from Belle Isle to l'ille d'Yeu the day before yesterday and are now in Port Joinville marina.  Yesterday the sun finally made an appearance and we cycled around the southern half of the island which is very picturesque, below is a photo of a tiny old harbour on the western side of the island. We noticed that the houses are generally one story and surrounded by windbreaks so we guess it is generally pretty windy. Today we had delicious crevettes for lunch and will catch up on a few jobs on the boat - nothing major, just making things work better.

Unfortunately we are in for a couple of days of rain showers after today and then it gets hot.  We are starting to look for a weather window to cross Biscay and pending that will probably still head down to La Rochelle although here looks a good place to start across Biscay from.