Fr J Hackett
Well-known member
My wife and I did return to the UK about 8 weeks later and our passports were not stamped when leaving France nor on arriving back in the UK.
As far as our passports show, we are still in France!
BUT whilst in France, we received our Cartes de Sejour and presented them at Border Control. I assume that, since we are now have the right to reside in France, we can come and go as we please.
You seem to have had an easy ride with an understanding prefecture to accept your boat as place of residence