Virus V8

The idea of a test is above all to have fun, so we chose our day: the weather forecast gave a light to moderate breeze, with sunshine. Above all, it was forecast to be favourable on the outward leg of course, (from Locmiquélic, in the ‘Rade de Lorient’, to Rosbras, 25 miles away, in the Aven, which leads to…Pont Aven), but also for the return leg, as Mr. Ugrib’s wind vane forecast a change overnight. We were not wrong: “if you are sailing to windward, you have chosen the wrong route”. Once we had left the Rade de Lorient, the V8 showed its character. In difficulty in…