Phasers to maximum

Despite being ultra cautious, despite the application of the mozzie screens, there's always one. After multiple checks, the 'one' must have been deploying her Klingon cloaking device prior to her feeding frenzy as we certainly suffered in the morning.

Soon forgotten, we had one of our best sails so far down to Île de Ré and into St Martin: full main, genoa and staysail the wind pretty much maintained direction and remained just under reefing territory.

Around the Port can be found the largest array of C17-C18 architecture we have seen concentrated in one place without a MacDonald's or the like cropping up to spoil the ambience.

However, there always seems to be a however, it is a very 'chic' place to visit and countless clothes shops and restaurants adorn the frontage and if is a very popular place to visit despite the official 'high season' being over. We had planned to stay but being rafted 3-deep we will probably head off to La Rochelle tomorrow where things are 'supposed' to be busy and commercial.