August 1st , position 48°13.627N; 009°55.388W

The wind came indeed... By the time we dropped one of the gennoa's, we also furled in the remaining one a bit and put the first reef in the mainsail. 2 Hrs later we put in the second reef then we dropped the main all the way. So no now we were sailing with only half a gennoa and still doing  8.5 kts average. The wind had picked up to 35 kts and the waves grew bigger and bigger. The boat steered very well but it's you get very tired steering. We decided that because of the conditions, Marc and I would steer through the night.
We had some pre made lasagna for dinner but Jantine made a delicious dessert, backed banana with a bit of rum and sugar. That was a treat indeed.
As the night went on the wind dropped a bit but the waves were still pretty high, high enough for Marc to set the speed record at 14.9 kts... with only half a gennoa...
Overall we did about 165 Nm that day and that's a day record too for this trip

At sunrise the waves had decreased also a bit, enough to set the main again double reefed and we pooled out the gennoa. With a Westerly wind, we're now pointing at Brest. The plan is to then sail NorthEast, to the South coast of England, head for Dover and cross the Channel there. By this we can avoid the South West of England where another depression is foretasted to bring a lot of wind.

Well we'll just have to wait and see. In the mean time, it's a very nice and sunny day today and...
we spotted two whales just about a boatlength on our port side :-)
They didn't stay long but still, it's amazing to see those huge creatures that close by.

As a very rough indication, we think we'll reach Scheveningen by Sunday night or Monday morning