Getting ready to go
11 lipca 2021, Irlandia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Sewing up fender covers
Sorting out boat gear and
Stowing stores
Sewing up fender covers
Sorting out boat gear and
Stowing stores
Nana and Grandad come to visit Régal and help out with some last minute jobs. When Ronan and Ruby arrived back from their PCR test we say goodbye.
The Meades arrive at lunchtime with a picnic lunch Czytaj więcej
We have embarked on a 48 hour passage from
Cork to Brittany. We have lovely sunshine and are motor sailing. Several pods of common dolphins come bow-riding and bidding us farewell as we watched Czytaj więcej
Today is a very different day to yesterday . It is overcast and there is no wind. From the early morning the sea swell has been gradually increasing and the conditions are rolly. This is a day that Czytaj więcej
We are so happy to arrive in France this morning. We have our first family sea passage done. We tie up at the marina in Camerat Sur Mer and have champagne and eggs to celebrate. We are so proud of Czytaj więcej
One of the great things about being on the boat is that marinas and anchorages are often right where you want to be. Here is Camerat sûr mer we walk back to boat after dinner and on the way we pass Czytaj więcej
Today we leave Camaret sûr Mer after a day of jobs yesterday. We refuel in the morning in is as scenic spot as any to fill up on diesel - shown here in the photo of Colm and Ronan. We head down Czytaj więcej
After passing through the Raz de Sein we continue our passage from Camaret to Loctudy . We were hoping to go to Anchor for a few days in îles de Glenan but the wind forecast lead us to believe Czytaj więcej
We share our anchorage in Penfret with about 70 other boats. We can see the other Glenan islands from here and there are boats everywhere. There are so many masts of yachts at anchor, we can’t count Czytaj więcej
Ronan and I have our first sea swim of the trip. After second brekkie, we move to the most popular anchorage; Le Chambre. The water is pretty shallow so we have to go in at high water and pick a spot Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik And to think I almost stowed away on this trip, hoping you'd need a bad cook!! Aw well, I'll stick with the bees