On Isle de Re

Had a great sail to Ille de Re from L'ille d'Yeu yesterday. The wind was
from astern and after the early light rain cleared we put the cruising
chute up goosewinged and cracked along, eventually taking it down as the
wind picked up to a 5 as we were approaching Ille de Re. We arrived at
low water and so could not go into Ars-en-Re and kept going to La Flotte
but there was no space there so we spent the night on a visitor mooring
being rocked by the swell and today moved round to the other side of
the island to a more sheltered anchorage with this wind direction.
After going under the bridge between the island and the mainland we
passed a fishing boat going the other way with no one on the helm as all
the crew were processing the catch, at best they would have been
glancing up to check.
From the sea ille de Re is not a patch on L'ille d'Yeu, it will be
interesting to see what it is like on land when we go ashore tomorrow.
At the anchorage is a boat which we first saw in Sauzon, then bumped
into the crew at the Capitainerie in Yeu and again at the Launderette -
it is a small world for cruisers!