France

Our final passage for the year began on a sombre, grey day under dark low clouds that seemed to hang just above the masthead. [...]

A short hop north A light wind motor sail through very choppy seas took us north from L’Herbaudière, dodging commercial shipping as we crossed [...]

A few days at Île de Noirmoutier Exhausted by all the excitement that Île d'Yeu had offered up, we made a leisurely crossing to Île [...]

It’s an ill wind that blows no good Before we could depart Les Sables d’Olonne we had to wait, once again, for a storm [...]

An evening trip to Les Sables d'Olonne The next day the storm abated sufficiently for us to make an uneventful trip down to Les Sables [...]

The last leg to Les Sables d'Olonne The conditions for the second leg of our trip to Les Sables d’Olonne were meant to be a [...]

The weather finally calms down After five days on Belle-Île the storm conditions had abated and our much-anticipated appointment with Alubat, for a factory tour [...]

Off to a new island After a bouncy night in our now unpleasantly exposed bay we headed across to Belle-Île-en-Mer, a couple of hours [...]

Another tidal stream We left Vannes on a sunny morning and motored down the river to the Golfe du Morbihan. Out there, on the [...]

Motoring into Vannes A couple of hours further east of our anchorage off Gavrinis lies Vannes with its fantastically preserved and impressive walled old [...]