La Bamba – Voyages of sailing boat La Bamba

Limericks – France

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

La Rochelle – a potted history

Monday 27 July

Today we are staying put in La Rochelle to see the town and provision for our next overnight leg.

Storming down to La Rochelle

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.

Windy and wavy

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.

Into the Bay of Biscay

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).

A Short Hop to Concarneau

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.

Raz de Sein sans vent

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.

Four Gybes in the Chenal du Four

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.

Racing with Dolphins

Roscoff to Aber-Wrach 35nm

Monday 20 July

Well, what can I say – today we had perfect champagne sailing (sans champagne!) –

Roscoff- Pirates and Onions

Sunday 20 July

Roscoff is a beautiful Breton town full of elegant granite houses with Mediterranean flora and delicious sea food.