From Sete on the Meditteranean, where we last splashed in the salt chuck, we have traveled 413km of canal and negotiated 137 locks over 23 days. Two more hours on a train (and another 100km) found us in Arcachon, a seaside town at the head of a massive tidal estuary southwest of Bordeaux. First thing [...]
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Toes In The Atlantic
Posted in 2009 season, sailing/traditional boats on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
for the boaties
Posted in sailing/traditional boats on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Amidst this fiberglass clutter coast, there were a few, brief, moments of sanity. These boats are all from Le-Grau-du-Roi, just south of the mighty crusade port and fortress of Aigues-Morts (dead waters). We managed to glimps a few more interesting boats further along the coast in In Palavas-les-Flots (a cute old fishing village that is [...]
Brest 2008
Posted in sailing/traditional boats on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
dianna and i got back from Brest at 3am on wednesday (a week ago) after a little over 24 hours of almost nonstop traditional boat overload. and man do the french know how to throw a party. much of this piece is poached from an email i sent to two good wooden boat friends back [...]
The Mother of all Wooden Boat Festivals
Posted in sailing/traditional boats on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
hi all.
on teusday we drove to Brest, for the maritime festival.
it was friggin incredible.
the grey and black pilot cutter rafted up on the outside is Luke Powell’s (of working sail) boat ‘Agnes’ we had a chance to talk to him and check out the boat.
we are now wondering what the heck we are doing on [...]
