Today’s trip was a short journey to get into the hang of (motor-) sailing again! We covered approximately 25nm and left at 08:15. There was no wind forecasted and the only winds which we were… Read More »Step 18: Saint Quay

A forced break from sailing and busynessToday marks the end of our stay in St. Cast, because tomorrow we will venture on towards St. Quay which had been our initial target last week Wednesday. It… Read More »Step 17: St Cast Le Guildo – a welcome break

Fortresses … as far as the eye can reach St. Malo has a marvellous reputation when it comes to its old town, the architecture and is recommended by every sailor which we have met. That… Read More »Step 16: St. Malo … welcome to Brittany

Barneville to GranvilleAfter our short stay in Barneville-Carteret it was time for us to sail towards our last stop in Normandy which is Granville. The difficulty was that we now had to time our trip… Read More »Step 15: Granville – a short stopover

Racing around the Cap de la HagueAfter a week in Cherbourg it was time to go out and about again. Well prepared, fully stocked and totally zen (after those two yoga classes), we set off… Read More »Step 14: Barneville-Carteret – racing the Cap de la Hague

Passage to CherbourgIt is time for some reflections from the crew (Lisa takes the honor, Simba is a bit grumpy as the ham is used up) as we are passing through the Bay of the… Read More »Step 13: Cherbourg – waiting for the weather to pass

C‘est très magnifique … are the words I‘d remember from my French classes at high school. Honfleur is a pearl of Normandy and with its special location at the Seine mouth is being impacted positively… Read More »Step 12: sunny days in Honfleur

We were doubting whether to sail to Fécamp or not, it was a rather short trip (~ 6 hours) but the chartered depths seemed somewhat unclear. Hint: they aren’t and all went well! However, we… Read More »Step 11: along the cliffs into Fécamp

This time we had it all figured: sandwiches prepped, tidal charts and streams calculated, and Simba prepped with some ham (Danke Moni for spoiling him 😛). We left the marina at 05:45 when it was… Read More »Step 10: Dieppe

We left Dunkerque while it was still pitch black outside. The light tower was throwing its light in the misty night which gave a cool, but also somewhat spooky atmosphere. We had watched the entrance… Read More »Step 9: Boulogne sur Mer