Tomahawk
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We just bumped into Laurin.
Metaphorically speaking
Metaphorically speaking
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Marmalade
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where?
MoodySabre
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Tomahawk
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Which means we are exploring Fecamp today.
Had a cracking sail from Eastbourn yesterday. Doing 8 kts in 7 kts of wind.
Had a cracking sail from Eastbourn yesterday. Doing 8 kts in 7 kts of wind.
Daydream believer
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Glad somebody has had some sailing. I have just arrived in st peter port from bradwell having sailed a total of six hours & one of those was backwards. Fuel bill has gone upwards at a fair rate
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cueball
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Did you go Bradwell direct to St Peter Port? if so how long did it take? thanks
Daydream believer
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No. Being single handed & only cruising i sail a day rest a day. I go - dover, boulogne, dieppe, le havre, cherbourg( meet an old friend) then st pp.
If doing that be very wary of boulogne as the local lifeboat has cut through the pontoon nearest the lock & damaged the next one. This means that the locals have moved on to visitors berths and so berths are in short supply & visitors may get turned away.
Repairs due end of June but being french that could be june 2018!!
Marmalade
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We're on that exact same route! In Cherbourg as I type and on to St PP on Friday - same routine too - sail one rest one!
We were OK in Boulogne but wondered why some pontoons were taped off.
Nothing as cool as Laurin's blog but #marmaladesummer on instagram will find our daily post for the family n friends
V slow going though - warm/hot and v little wind.
sailorman
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French race due in i assume ( or the Cloggies on the move enmass )
Cantata
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Re the pontoon damage, do you mean the tidal ones or those in the locked basin? Heading there tomorrow!
Daydream believer
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The tidal ones in front of the lock. It seems that one of sybarites beloved liveboats stuck in full throttle & carved through the pontoon just near the fuel station then went on to hit the next pontoon. Fortunately the fuel pontoon is ok
One cannot use the pontoons as they are cut off from the shore & the fastenings are broken.
I asked about locked basin & did not get much help. The one up the canal is for local fishermen & they move into that when they can to relieve the situation on the pontoons. There is another basin but i got the impression that this was full & not intended for regular movement. Plus one needed a waiting pontoon prior to entry- or so i gathered
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Otter
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No doubt he's pointing out how tough the French lifeboats are 
Daydream believer
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There is one complete section of pontoon broken away near the fuel berth. It is a bit of a give away:encouragement::encouragement:
Daydream believer
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No doubt he's pointing out how tough the French lifeboats are
He will be along soon to extol the virtues of french design. You can almost bet on it!!
Cantata
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Thanks for that.
Plan up in the air right now, blowing hard here in Ramsgate with thunderstorm approaching. Doesn't sound much better tomorrow either.
Marmalade
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we brought forward our plan and came down to St PP today - tomorrow and the next day looked too windy for our appetite. Even so it was pretty lumpy around Cap de la Hague - good job we'd stowed well below decks!
jimi
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Its alway lumpy round Cap de la Hague! Even in F0 .. I once saw 24knots over the ground on that corner. Its a great cruising ground. Don't miss Sark & Herm, we also hired a car for the day to go round Guernsey .. cheap as chips.
edited: from 20 to 24 = 18 knots of tide +6 through water
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Marmalade
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Crikey - I thought our 11.6 yesterday was quick! 18kts of tide - that's a flume ride!
Tomahawk
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We can blame the EU .....
I'll get my coat
I'll get my coat
Cantata
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We are in Boulogne today, looks like some of the damage is repaired at least. The two pontoon piers each side of the fuel berth are attached to the shore, and we're on the downstream one of those, looks like the upstream one (has unusual canoe-shaped floats under the fingers) is out of action although no obvious reason for that.
Curiously there has been a lifeboat-looking craft making a heck of a nuisance of itself going up and down the top of the harbour past us for the last hour, terrible racket from an open exhaust about a foot across, maybe testing something apart from everyone's patience in here. Maybe that's the boat that did the damage.
Edit, a little later......not a lifeboat, they were surveying. Started diving in and out of the marina, upsetting a few people, and someone emerged from the wheelhouse and explained. After that they beggared off, thank goodness.
Curiously there has been a lifeboat-looking craft making a heck of a nuisance of itself going up and down the top of the harbour past us for the last hour, terrible racket from an open exhaust about a foot across, maybe testing something apart from everyone's patience in here. Maybe that's the boat that did the damage.
Edit, a little later......not a lifeboat, they were surveying. Started diving in and out of the marina, upsetting a few people, and someone emerged from the wheelhouse and explained. After that they beggared off, thank goodness.
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