Poignard
Well-Known Member
Re: The Forgotten Jewel in Cote d\'Armour
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I was at the end of a pontoon, where the tidal flow was at it's worst.
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An exposed position! When we were there last summer a Dutch yacht crewed by a couple arrived during the flood and attempted to turn into the gap between the 1st and 2nd pontoons. In an instant it was pinned against the stern davits and dinghy of an English yacht on the second pontoon's hammer head. The skipper of the English yacht did what he could to help the situation by delivering a sermon on reading almanacs to the wretched Dutchman, who seemed on the point of tears, whilst his wife started bleating about gelcoats. Meanwhile the harbourmaster's assistant, a charming girl student, whizzed about helplessly in a dory, not having the faintest idea what to do.
Eventually a competent young German on the 1st pontoon took charge and got the girl in the dory to run a line across from his yacht to the Dutchman. Then he simply winched him across and into a berth.
Soon after, an old Baltic trading ketch came in, still with the flood, intending to secure to one of the buoys downstream of the marina. Just as he got level with the marina and the spectators were expecting a crash, he let go a small fisherman anchor on a line from the bow. This held the bow whilst the stern swung smartly round so he ended up facing downstream, then he motored ahead whilst recovering the anchor and picked up his mooring. A nice seamanlike manouvre.
You're never short of excitement in Treguier!
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I was at the end of a pontoon, where the tidal flow was at it's worst.
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An exposed position! When we were there last summer a Dutch yacht crewed by a couple arrived during the flood and attempted to turn into the gap between the 1st and 2nd pontoons. In an instant it was pinned against the stern davits and dinghy of an English yacht on the second pontoon's hammer head. The skipper of the English yacht did what he could to help the situation by delivering a sermon on reading almanacs to the wretched Dutchman, who seemed on the point of tears, whilst his wife started bleating about gelcoats. Meanwhile the harbourmaster's assistant, a charming girl student, whizzed about helplessly in a dory, not having the faintest idea what to do.
Eventually a competent young German on the 1st pontoon took charge and got the girl in the dory to run a line across from his yacht to the Dutchman. Then he simply winched him across and into a berth.
Soon after, an old Baltic trading ketch came in, still with the flood, intending to secure to one of the buoys downstream of the marina. Just as he got level with the marina and the spectators were expecting a crash, he let go a small fisherman anchor on a line from the bow. This held the bow whilst the stern swung smartly round so he ended up facing downstream, then he motored ahead whilst recovering the anchor and picked up his mooring. A nice seamanlike manouvre.
You're never short of excitement in Treguier!
