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The fuel guys came at eight and are just finishing up for the day now at 5 PM. They will return tomorrow to finish up and put all of the tanks back together with some new bolts and such. We will remain at the work dock to avoid mov…
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West Meon with Steve and Valerie
Cherbourg Part 2
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We had the quickest passage from Gosport to Eastbourne thanks to the favorable current that pushed us all of the way. We actually arrived hours before we expected. It was a lovely sunny day and the seas were relatively …
Cherbourg, France part 1
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Had a lovely day with cruising friends Steve and Valerie. We’d last seen Valerie in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia many years ago and Steve more recently, but also years. No matter, we just picked up from where we’d left off. They li…
In England
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“Two countries separated by a common language” is what we’ve heard several times. But so far we can understand everything everyone has said. Even when they speed talk like the guys in the phone shop because phone shops …
Passage from Brest to Cherbourg
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It has been a long two days. We left at daylight from Brest Tuesday and arrived about 11 AM this morning in Cherbourg. I had to jump off the boat and tie us up but that’s much less scary than the first time I had to d…
Arrived in Cherbourg
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Arrived in Cherbourg this morning about 11 am. Randal had picked a spectacular weather window so it was smooth cruising. And we even hit 12.7 knots our fastest speed ever thanks to currents going our way. Of course late…
Mussels !! Maybe as good as New Bedford!!!!
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So one final email from Brest. A food story as I’d not done one yet. Anyone notice? We had two really good meals, one Sunday night and one Monday afternoon. Lots of flavor and what was supposed to be hot, was.&…
Passage from La Coruῆa, Espaῆa to Brest, France through the Dreaded Bay of Biscay
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My mostly forgotten school French has little chance here unless people speak very very slowly. Then I might catch a few words. Thankfully the kind young woman in the marina office speaks English as did the wait staff at the …
Around A Coruῆa 1
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Today’s our last day in La Coruῆa. We have a weather window for crossing the Bay of Biscay so that’s what we must do. Not that the weather will be great; it just won’t be awful. Or so the forecasts tell us. …
Heroic women of A Coruna : Maria Pita and Isabel Sendales y Gomez
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Yesterday, Sunday, I was walking to the supermarket and heard, “Virginia!” It was two women from our Picasso tour. One of them was from Coruña and one from near Madrid. Don’t know if they were sisters or frie…
