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ART ELEVEN (La Roche Bernard, Vilaine River to Vannes, Golfe du Morbihan - 38NM 08:25-16:20)
Yesterday, Monday 27 August, was another day for meeting deadlines - two sea-locks at Arzal and Vannes, and tidal gates after the former and before the latter!! Clearly I’m not the only one with a baguette - Jean-Paul Benon (Harbour Master at...
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PART TEN (Île d’Yeu to Piriac-sur-Mer - 46NM 11:45-20:50 then to Arzal Lock and La Vilaine river to La Roche Bernard!)
Another pleasant sail on Thursday 23 August - but again the wind was bang on the nose, so mostly I had to motor-sail. I threw all the canvas I could at it and the NE finally backed into NW, but it was too late to be...
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PART NINE (St Martin on Île de Ré to Ainse des Vieilles on Île d’Yeu - 45NM 07:05-15:15)
Very pleasant sail on Monday 20 August - though with barely 4kts of wind right on the nose, I had to motor-sail - from Ré to Yeu. Islands are obviously the biggest joy on a boat, usually more relaxed than the mainland and always somehow more meaningful...
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PART EIGHT (Rochefort to St Martin on Île de Ré - 29NM 06:40-11:50)
Arrived here yesterday - such a beautiful trip out of the Charente in the early hours, past a special custom-built yacht (Marche où Rêve) which is on it’s maiden voyage with quite elderly owners. I’m not sure about the Valletta-Maltese connection?! French architect-designed,...
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PART SEVEN (La Rochelle to Rochefort - 16nm up Charente river - 27NM 08:55-13:40)
Arrived Rochefort 11 August - see below for big surprise coasters in the narrow shallow river! It was CREDEAU’s 6th Birthday on Sunday 12 August (LOG = 8,312nm) - and I stayed in Rochefort for a fabulous week, taking the dinghy 50nm (100nm return!) upstream...
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PART SIX (Les Sables D’Olonne to La Rochelle - 35NM 15:45-22:30)
Arrived La Rochelle 8 August - stayed at Les Minimes marina for three nights.Very pleasant crossing till my evening arrival - busy, dark and no VHF response from the marina to my three calls...I became slightly disorientated putting out plenty of fenders and warps, and managed...
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PART FIVE (Pornic to Les Sables D’Olonne - 57NM 06:40-17:05)
Arrived Les Sables D’Olonne Monday 6 August (Port Olona - home of the Vendée-Globe November 2012!) after a difficult sail from Pornic - sea very disturbed! Checked in at visitor pontoon, then directed to i32 in Port Olona. Had two very nice days here and saw the smallest boat...
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PART FOUR (Sauzon Belle-Île to Île de Noirmoutier, and then to Pornic)
I sailed from Sauzon to Île de Noirmoutier on Wednesday 1 August (48NM 11:20-18:35) and anchored in the bay off Pointe des Dames, near Allan & Claire Foster (also from Sutton Harbour, Plymouth) whom I had previously met in Camaret. We shared a nice evening meal (thanks...
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PART THREE (Concarneau to Sauzon on Belle-Île - 46NM 07:20-14:45 Sunday 29 July)
I arrived in Sauzon on Sunday 29 July and found Belle-Île to truly live up to its name - just fantastic!!I moored just off the harbour on PB23 so had to take the dinghy in to the harbour and village. I cycled out along some of the incredible coastal paths...
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PART TWO (Camaret to Concarneau - 71NM 08:15-21:10 Friday 27 July)
I arrived in Sauzon on Sunday 29 July and found Belle-Île to truly live up to its name - just fantastic!!I moored just off the harbour on PB23 so had to take the dinghy in to the harbour and village. I cycled out along some of the incredible coastal paths (there’s 102km...
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PART ONE (English Channel - Plymouth to Brest Marina and then to Camaret, NW Brittany)After weeks (months?) of bad weather, boat prepping and incorrect postal deliveries for parts (!) I finally set sail from Plymouth (Sutton Harbour D46) at 12:20 midday on Wednesday 18 July 2012. Unexpectedly, I was joined onboard for the first leg across...
Roy's Sailing Blog 2010
This is Roy's (still unfinished...) SAILING BLOG for June-August 2010!!PICTURES TO FOLLOW!
PART ONE (Sailing North Atlantic!):
Well, it's 16:00 on Tuesday 15 June 2010 - where are you?I'm at sea - further away from land than I've ever been.Actually sailing on my 11 metre Delphia 37 CREDEAU at50 degrees 50 minutes North, 6 degrees...
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