Racing with Dolphins

Roscoff to Aber-Wrach 35nm

Monday 20 July

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

We left when the ripping tide was slack, up into wind at first:

We very soon turned left, put up Lily The Pink and enjoyed a flat sea and a wind of 12-17knts – perfect sailing along the beautiful Breton coast – 

I’ll let the photos and video speak for themselves!

And arrived safely in Aber-Wrach (pronounced Aber-Rack) – after a bit of an issue with the engine. In the approach the wind picked up to 23 knots as we entered the deep channel.

Aber-Wrach has a plaque to remember the 23 young men aged 16-20 who sailed from here in 1940 to answer De Gaul’s plea for French fighters to join him in England where they joined the Free French army.

Sam, David and I wandered round the corner to the Bay of Angels where there is a charming old abbey and a very nice restaurant facing the sunset where we enjoyed une petite planche.