FrenchLugger
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Snowgoose-1
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Pretty.
Wondering if the port identification is similar to UK.
ie above id Dieppe possibly.
Wondering if the port identification is similar to UK.
ie above id Dieppe possibly.
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veshengro
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Nice to see them still being sailed. With the rake on her transom and rudder, that tiller looked all of 10 feet long. 
veshengro
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Not sure if it's changed but Dieppe used to be Dp and numbers as usual. I think the French system was/is similar to ours, as Dunkirk used to be Dk.
Fr J Hackett
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I often see one sailing out of St Cast when I am there in the summer and there is at least one that sails out of St Malo or Dinard.
Frogmogman
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The commentary refers to the sardine fleet of Douarnanez, whose boat registrations start DZ, which would seem logical to me.
The boat on the film appears to be sporting a D followed by an
️.
PS…having now watched the film all the way through it says Douarnanez on the starboard quarter.
The boat on the film appears to be sporting a D followed by an
️.PS…having now watched the film all the way through it says Douarnanez on the starboard quarter.
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