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Nr 68. Sailing the Bay of Biscay
After a nice time in La Rochelle, we sailed to Port Medoc. Now we are in the last province of the West France coast: the
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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’.
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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
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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
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