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Engine out tomorrow
The man from the marina duly arrived at 1010 this morning to tow us the 4 miles from Le Chateau round to Moulin Blanc marina. We got here about 1100 and once we were secure we went in search of … Continue reading
Ship shape
We took the opportunity today to spend time cleaning the boat and making sure things work after being onboard for a month. We have already done over 400 miles which is equivalent to at least half a season on the … Continue reading
Back in Brest
Well, we are now back in Brest, back on Nimrod. The sun is now shining and it is great to be back on board. The engineer arrived promptly at 1430 to look at the engine. They fairly quickly summised that … Continue reading
Not good news
Yesterday was spent trying to get the engine to work with the able assistance of Michael Barclay, one of our club members who lives in Camaret. Bless him, he sailed over to Brest to help us. We seemed to have … Continue reading
Broken in Brest
Well, yesterday was certainly eventful. We started the day early from Camaret to go up the River Aulne to Chateaulin via a lock that we needed to reach around high water (1600 local time). We had clear blue skies and … Continue reading
Camaret
Woke up to a stunning morning in Lampaul with a bit of a breeze and sunshine. Sailed most of the way towards Brest before coming into Camaret, a small town just outside that has three marinas. The wind was building … Continue reading
Idyllic Ouessant
The wind died today so it was a motor to L’Ouessant (Ushant). The tides across and between the islands are similar to the Alderney Race with 5 knots in our favour even at Neaps. The pilotage was relatively simple – … Continue reading
Lovely L’Aber Wrac’h
Left Trebeurden just before high water in order to traverse the channel between Roscoff and the Ile de Batz. This took at least a couple of hours off the journey. We then had a lovely sail with the right amount … Continue reading
Stormy in Trebeurden
We left Treguier this morning with a forecast of a storm coming through tonight and wanted to get further west. Also, having looked around Treguier yesterday evening, we decided that we didn’t want to spend two days there storm bound. … Continue reading
Treguier
Left Paimpol in drizzle and no wind with limited visibility. Cautiously making our way out with the tide ebbing with us. It should have been a very scenic hop round to Treguier but, to be honest, we could only see … Continue reading
Nimrod Oceanlord 