Position: 47°18’24.6″N 3°03’41.4″W Places with evocative names like Paradise Valley or Bel Air are frequently the inverse of what their name inspires. Paradise Valley in Arizona was paved and covered in parking lots back in the 1960s. Bel Air sits …
Position: 49°42’45.0″N 2°11’42.8″W Hitching a ride on the current from St. Vaast we crossed the top of the Contentin Peninsula as far as Cherbourg. For the second time in our lives, we decided we didn’t want to explore Cherbourg. From …
Position: 49°35’16.6″N 1°15’48.8″W Turning back the clock a couple of weeks, it is time to bring you up to date on our adventures between Dieppe and Paimpol. One of the nicest anchorages on the Cherbourg peninsula sits just outside the …
Position: 48°35’57.0″N 4°44’06.9″W Brittany’s coastline is as rugged and beautiful as it gets. New Englanders would recognize the jagged rocks and tenacious pines that fade in and out of the fog that forms when warm air meets cool Atlantic waters. …
Position: 49°55’40.7″N 1°04’57.8″E “Before you get out of the slings, turn on your engine and make sure the propeller spins in the right direction,” our mechanic told us, “…it shouldn’t be a problem, but just in case.” Minutes later, Aleta …
Position: 51°07’46.4″N 2°45’05.3″E Never a truer word was spoken than those by that immortal wag Anonymous who once quipped, “Cruising is the art of repairing your boat in exotic places.” Some folks might not see Belgium as ‘exotic’, and with …
Position: 51°03’24.5″N 3°43’32.5″E Mention Bruges to any movie-goer and they will inevitably quote Ray, Colin Farrell’s doomed Irish hitman from the film In Bruges. “F*****g Bruges!” they will say. Ray doesn’t like Bruges one bit. To be fair, it would …
Position: 48°17’45.8″N 4°04’29.1″E From Clémency we made our way to Luxembourg City and spent a few hours walking around its centre. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg exists mainly as a tax haven. Albeit with some very pretty places to visit. …
Position: 50°00’05.7″N 5°44’52.3″E A is for Ambition “Tempus fugit!”, said the man as he threw his alarm clock out of his window. Our clock was ticking. Aleta is on the hard and waiting for parts. She’s also waiting for us …
