Archives: August, 2021
Another day of Not sailing: Thursday 5th of August
August 6, 2021This day was meant for a sail training, however I had to pick up our Fastnet shirts which were carried by Yoyo Schepers on the Britannia Ferry from Portsmouth to Ouistreham (Caen) arriving at 06:45. Floris accompanied me. We met at the port de plaisance in Caen and took a coffee and a croissant with […]
winsome news | by Harry Heijst | August 6, 2021 | 1 Comment | Comments RSS
Another day at Port Chantereyne/ Cherbourg 4th of August
August 5, 2021Logistics were somewhat complicated but successfully executed: Joost N, Joost D and Richard arrived 10:30 at Maupertus airport. Both Joosts disembarked, Reima embarked to join Richard. Via Nantes they arrived at lunch time in Les Sables-d’Olonne to inspect the Vendée Globe boat STARK. Reima and Richard returned at 9pm to Morsalines. In the meantime we […]
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Testing all sails on Tuesday 3rd of August
August 3, 2021It was a nice day with not much wind, ideal for a test, or if youwish à check, of our sails not being used since 2019. Some of them had been checked and repaired by Renze Runia resp. UK-de Vries in the winter of 2019-20. So we started and since we left every and each […]
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