Saturday 28 September 2013

Quiberon, Golfe de Morbihan & Vannes

After a beautiful night at anchor outside Port Tudy on the Ile de Groix, we left and crossed the Baie de Quiberon en route to Vannes. We again tried our hand at fishing for French mackerel. They are either unwilling to swim fast enough to catch our lines, or have just outwitted us again:'(. On reaching the Golfe de Morbihan, Vencedor had to fight against swilling tides as water raced passed islands in all directions. For our trouble, we were all treated to another glorious sunset against a red sky. We anchored in Larmor-Baden overnight before heading across the Golfe de Morbihan to Vannes. The Golfe is a navigational challenge, but the scenery was reward-enough, and Vannes is a beautiful picturesque city.

Ate lunch al fresco in the cockpit with cousin's Helen & Trevor, thank you so much for visiting:-) .







 
 

Tuesday 24 September 2013

South Brittany

We've found the sunshine! Spectacular rocky coastline, warm sunny weather, dolphins and some great sailing. We were escorted by pods of dolphins on our journey south to Loctudy, tomorrow we'll continue to Belle Ile and Quiberon Bay.







North Brittany

We had a safe but rough crossing from Falmouth to the Ile d'Ouessant on the northeast corner of Brittany. Then onto Camaret sur Mer and St Evette which were fortunately sheltered from the Atlantic waves!




 
 

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Cornwall


Having experienced a few days of blustery autumnal weather in Cornwall. We're now heading across to Brittany and onwards towards La Rochelle

Friday 6 September 2013

Dorset and Devon UK

We've sailed to Dartmouth from Poole Harbour, visiting Weymouth and Brixham along the way. Great sailing so far and the weather has been excellent. Heading to Cornwall then across to Brittany.