Voyages of sailing boat La Bamba
La Rochelle to Bilbao, 181nm
Monday-Tuesday 28-29 July
We left La Rochelle at 8am for our overnight crossing to Spain. Because of all the fires (and also a shooting range) we have decided to cut off the corner and head straight to Bilbao.
Continue reading “All Calm in the Gulf of Gascony”No I haven’t forgotten the limericks! Enjoy:
We were waved off the dock before dawn
With crew both of beauty and brawn
The sea was quite lumpy
And Lily was jumpy
Then the wind died and left us forlorn
Continue reading “Limericks – France”Monday 27 July
Today we are staying put in La Rochelle to see the town and provision for our next overnight leg.
Continue reading “La Rochelle – a potted history”Ile d’Yeu to La Rochelle 63nm
Sunday 26 July
The weather forecast was a bit disappointing and we were fully expecting to have to motor down to La Rochelle.
Continue reading “Storming down to La Rochelle”Belle Ile to Ile d’Yeu 55nm
Saturday 25 July
We set off South East on another sunny morning heading for the Ile d’Yeu.
Concarneau to Belle Île 45nm
Friday 24 July
We said goodbye to beautiful but busy Concarneau and set a course for Belle Île. We still have Easterlies so we were actually beating for once using our stay sail (going into the wind for you landlubbers).
Continue reading “Into the Bay of Biscay”Sainte Marine to Concarneau 12nm
Thursday 23 July
We left sunny Sainte Marine late morning and had light airs for our short sail to Concarneau.
Continue reading “A Short Hop to Concarneau”Camaret-sur-Mer to Sainte Marine 65nm
Wednesday 22 July
We had a nice wind leaving pretty Camaret and had main, Yankee and staysail pulling us along gurgling through the flat sea.
Continue reading “Raz de Sein sans vent”Aber-Wrach to Camaret-sur-Mer 35nm
Tuesday 21 July
We left Aber-Wrach around 10.30, with everyone else it would seem, we are all planning for the best time to go through the infamous Chenal du Four.
Continue reading “Four Gybes in the Chenal du Four”Roscoff to Aber-Wrach 35nm
Monday 20 July
Well, what can I say – today we had perfect champagne sailing (sans champagne!) –
Continue reading “Racing with Dolphins”