20.12.2012, I was ready once again to embark "PONT-AVEN" for a trip back to the UK, destination Portsmouth, this is a typical 24 hour crossing to achieve this "PONT-AVEN" cruises between 22 and 24 knots, we sailed 5 minutes earlier to our scheduled 17.30 local time departure, pilots and "Guardia Civil" escorted the ship for about 20 minutes, operations finished "PONT-AVEN" started to pick up speed, after just 40 minutes of slipping our moorings we were doing 24.1 knots and were sailing towards the Bay of Biscay where a force 7 was expecting us, it was a choppy first 10 hours with the ship negotiating 3 meters waves with extreme stability and comfort, the wind reduced a lot when entering the English Channel making the last leg of the trip a wind/wave free one, the ship was back at Portsmouth at 5 pm, the end of the last crossing of the year, reunited with a very special ship for me, as usual she looks immaculate.
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