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Nr 67. Fort Boyard & la Rochelle
After being on the wharf with the boat at Les Sables d’Olonne, we were keen to start sailing again! And we had a nice sail

Nr 66. Boat out of the water
Usually the following picture is not good news: a boat being hoisted out of the water….. But in this case, it’s a known necessity. Because

Nr 65. High in the Sky: Les Sables d’Olonne
After island hopping at the south coast of Bretagne, we came back to the mainland of France again. In Les Sables d’Olonne. We left Bretagne

Nr 64. Islands of South Bretagne
In June the weather has been great in Europe! Also in France, it is sunny and sailing along the south coast of Bretagne, we decided

Nr 63. Coast of Bretagne
‘The French really can’t sail’, Reinhold sighed, ‘look at them!’. The German points at a boat that makes a turn for the third time in

Nr 62. Saint-Malo and Le-Mont-Saint-Michel
We sailed south from Jersey to Saint-Malo, that’s at the coast of Bretagne. It’s also called Côte d’Émeraude, because of the green or emerald color

Nr 61. Jersey
When we sailed out of the harbor of Cherbourg at 7.00h in the morning, ‘waved’ goodbye by a group of 15 dolphins that swam in

Nr 60. Dolphins in Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a harbor many sailors know: it is on a strategic point in the Street of Dover, close to south coast of England. So

Nr 59. D-day in Normandy
We left Le Havre and sailed further along the French coast. We came into the heart of Normandy, which is famous for the ‘Invasion beaches’.

Nr 58. Visiting the Lagoon factory
When we were in Le Havre, we made an appointment with Hemmo Dijkstra, our boat dealer in the Netherlands, to visit the Lagoon factory in Bellevigny

Nr 57. Le Havre
While sailing along the coast of France, we have good weather: sunshine and wind of around 20 knots coming from north/east. So that means we

Nr 56. Paris Plage
After a great start in French waters by sailing through the Strait of Dover and visiting the nice city of Calais, we continued to sail
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