Day 34 Rouan, mast removal
Wednesday The day started at 0845 motoring literally round the corner to the Laganage Coop boat hoist to meet Christophe for the mast unstepping. This required a willing volunteer (Ann) to go up the mast to fix the sling below…
Day 33 Rouen – changing plans
The day started with a quick chat with the marina reception staff, who now said we could stay as long as we liked! Quite a change from yesterday's attitude. Next we walked round the corned to check the mast removal…
Day 32 Honfleur to Rouen
Monday This was always going to be a challenging day, as the journey to Rouen from Honfleur is 60 miles, with no places to stop and you're not permitted to sail/motor between sunset and sunrise. With the Seine running on…
Day 31, a hot day in Honfleur
Sunday 2 June On poking our heads out into the early morning sun, we started 'conversing' with a French couple moored inside us, who, on discovering our plans to go to Rouen tomorrow, told us about the Rouen Armada, a…
Day 30 Fecamp to Honfleur
Saturday 1 June With less than 5 knots of wind, it was motor sailing to get us past Le Havre and up the first few miles of the Seine Estuary into Honfleur. We just made the very crowded, 1800 lock…
Day 29 Dieppe to Fecamp
Friday What a contrast from yesterday, dead calm with virtually no wind so we left at noon and with the tide and engine made the 33 miles to Fecamp in just over 4 hours. Fecamp is a typical French port,…
Day 28 Le Treport to Dieppe
Thursday 30 May We would have tried for Fecamp today, but it was blowing 20 – 25 knots from the west, exactly the direction we needed to go. So a last minute change of plan and only 13 miles motoring…
Day 27 Boulogne-sur-Mer to Le Treport
Not really sure how far we sailed today, the plotter said 37 miles, the almanac suggests 43, whereas measurement on a chart gives 50 miles, including tacking. I suspect this later distance is more realistic. I'll compare the log on…
Day 26 Dunkerque to Boulogne-sur-Mer
Tuesday 28 May Nearly 40 miles to cover today, although Calais was an option at about half the distance if the weather was poor. The first half of the passage was excellent making a good 6 knots close hauled with…
Day 25 Oostende to Dunkerque
The forecast was about right in predicting a westerly, and despite wanting to go South West, it was an uncomfortable journey with wind over tide, so we pulled in early at Dunkerque rather than battling on to Calais. This was…