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Reunion with Yuma in Arzal After a four-month break spent visiting family and friends in Australia and the Netherlands, we return to Arzal late one evening in March 2025. [...]

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

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 the shipping channel of the [...]

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 de Noirmoutier, where we spent [...]

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 to blow itself out on [...]

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 d’Olonne. Having left Île d'Yeu [...]

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 little bit nasty in the [...]

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 of Yuma’s birthplace at Les [...]