Adventures of Sailing Yacht Mist
It was time to go further south. The weather conditions for crossing the bay of Biscay was good, the winds could have been a little stronger. At 10 am it was time to leave Loctudy and say goodbye to our friends on sy Embla. We started with full main and the code and we made …
Left our mooring just before 10 am at high tide and went strait to the fuel dock. There was no wind so after fuelling we motored south-east. No swell either and we had a comfortable day at sea. The infamous Raz de Sein presented no problem, almost no race at all. We arrived at Loctudy …
After two weeks at Cherbourg it felt good to be on our way again. We left Cherbourg at half past 10 in the morning together with our friends on sy Embla. Light winds from behind and we started out sailing wing on wing. At nightfall the wind increased and we took down the jib and …
Cherbourg is a good place to stay a while. Chantereyne marina is sheltered and with good facilities, toilets, showers and washing machines and tumblers. There are three chandlers and at least one sailmaker within the marina. A lot of small shops, bakers, butchers, fish mongers and all you need as well as a shopping centre …
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Waiting for lighter winds and hopefully winds from the right direction to continue south along the French coast. Cherbourg is a nice place so it is not a big problem. We rented a car together with Viveka and Erik on sy Embla and went for a trip. Our first stop was at Pierre Huet, a …
Leaving Dieppe just after lunch and had nice code sailing until the last 6 hours when we had to motor. We managed to enter Cherbourg harbour just before the tide turned against us and moored next to our friends on sy Embla. Looks like we are gonna be here a while due to bad whether. …
We left Boulogne sur Mer with the tide a quarter to six in the morning. No wind at all to start with but the last couple of hours we could sail and moored in Dieppe marina just after four in the afternoon. We went for a walk and did som provisioning. Nice little town with …
The course was set for Dunkirk but we decided to carry on to Boulogne sur Mer. Some sailing the first hour but motoring on a completely windless North sea the rest of the way. We arrived shortly after 11 pm. Nice to be in France. We took a walk to the old town, really nice …
Early morning start, we left Schevening at 0615 together with sy Star. Code sailing in perfect conditions and soon Star was far behind. The wind did not last all the way to Zebrügge we had to motor the last couple of hours. No problem finding a good spot to moore. We just went for short …
The weather forecast promised westerly winds 15 to 20+ knots, perfect for continuing down the Dutch coast. We left Den Helder with the outgoing tide at twenty past seven in the morning. Really great sailing, one reef in the main and just a handkerchief size jib to start with and a beam reach in 20 …