2016 August - ARC Channel Islands - delayed

-
After several weeks of preparations, attending meetings and getting the boats safety equipment up to standard we made our way to Haslar Marina (all of 1/2Nm away !) tomeet up with our fellow participants. The weather however had different ideas and the winds remained solidly at F6+. Still it was a good opportunity to have some social events with our new found friends ! The baking competition was won by Paul on "Milla of Falmouth" for a fantastic stuffed loaf.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A lovely day at the ancient town of La Roche Bernard - 29'C and we went swimming in the river !

-
Image
La Roche Bernard - such a pretty little town, full of character (and a rather sombre past in the french revolution!)   Amy Clair moored at the very end of the pontoon.  The old port area is very pretty and has some beautiful old sailing boats We were at first reluctant to swim but it was so hot and most of the local population seemed to be in the water - so we went it. It was lovely if a little disconcerting, having a slightly brown tinge. But just what we needed on this very hot day .
Read more