Batten down the hatches for the gales

Just after the return to Toulouse the gales hit.  Warned by Sylviane the Capitaine at St Sauveur I was able to drop the summer wheelhouse and rope it on.  It was not too early and many other boats lost their biminis and other parts.  However it did mean crawling in on hands and knees.  Saturday morning however all was calm again and we returned to normal.  Next week I must wash the tent wheelhouse, find some volunteers to get it down and put the fixed wheelhouse back (It takes at least three tall people two of which need to be strong and one tall.