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Across the Bay of Biscay
Preparing for our first overnight crossing of 2025 Our departure from La Rochelle to Bilbao, or nearby Castro Urdiales, in Spain was planned in great detail. A series of [...]
Joshua
When visiting Le Grand Pavois in La Rochelle last October, we learned that Bernard Moitessier’s boat, Joshua, was berthed at the city’s Maritime Museum. This is the boat that [...]
La Rochelle
La Rochelle was to be Yuma’s home for a little while. Frederieke wanted to make a trip back to the Netherlands to see her mum and siblings and while [...]
Our first sail of the year
Departure time A few days later, with most of our jobs done and a real urge to get moving again, we joined four or five other boats in the [...]
Start of the 2025 sailing season
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. [...]
The last sail for 2024
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 [...]
More salt marshes and medieval towns
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 Dutch peninsula, once, long ago
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 [...]