We left Dieppe Wed Oct 23 @ 0800 am for the 20 hour 115 NM sail to Cherbourg. It was a nice sail, wing on wing with full main and Genoa for 13 hours, whereafter the wind died. We motored the last 4 hours and arrived Thu 0200 am. We had been in Cherbourg before […]
We tried to leave Boulogne twice before but returned to the safety of the port after sticking our nose outside the breakwater. It was the sea-state that made us return. The bashing and slamming is not good for the boat, nor for our morale. We were exploring our comfort zone. The waiting paid off and
We left Dunkirk on 14 Oct at 0500 am to ensure we had the tide in our favour when passing Cape Gris Nez, the French side of the Strait of Dover were the English Channel is at its narrowest. We arrived in Boulogne Sur Mer around 11.30 am in what was a motor-sail against 10
When these doors open at 0425 am on Sat Oct 12, 2019, our world cruise begins by leaving the Netherlands into the Westerschelde and heading for Dunkerque in Northern France. It is not the best part of the year to sail South through the English Channel and we know we have to negotiate the weather
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