Last summer we stayed at the anchorage on the river Jaudy near Tréguier. However many sailors from both France and the UK have recommended to visit the town of Tréguier to us. Thus we headed there. We departed from Ploumanac’h
Tréguier 10.6. – 15.6.
Ploumanac’h 7.6. – 10.6.
Here on the coast of North Brittany there are several places that can be reached only during the high tide. Both, our departure port Morlaix and our destination Ploumanac’h, are such a harbours. So we had to make a plan
Morlaix 4.6. – 7.6.
In May the nights were still rather cold and Webasto was humming silently and warming Suwena’s interior and consuming diesel. We have never had so little fuel left. We even pondered if we’ve enough for reaching the fuel berth in
Preparing Suwena for the Summer in Roscoff
We were quite an exited on how Suwena has taken the winter when we finally arrived onboard in May. We had intent to visit her every second month for checking that all is ok during the winter but unfortunately we
Suwena’s Sailing Plan for the summer of 2016
We’ve now been sailing for eight seasons and over 9200 nautical miles in 17 different countries. Our basic philosophy is still the same: sailing forward each season looking for a new sailing areas. Our original summer plan was to keep
The Summary of Suwena’s Season 2015
Cruising by sailboat has given to us amazing experiences in new countries and towns. This fifth season of 2015 with Nauticat 441 Suwena accrued 1025 new nautical miles on Suwena’s log while taking us towards more distant waters once again.
Tréguier – Roscoff 19.7. – 24.7.
For taking a full advantage of the 3D mapping which Andrus and Esa made a day before, we aimed our departure from Paimpol to coincide with the high water. Everything went as planned. Both of them followed navigational aids that
Paimpol 17.7. – 19.7.
The departure from Saint-Malo was exemplary and soon the lock was behind us and we were at sea. My brother is quite a fisherman and our lures have remained firmly in the lockers below the fore cabin. Already on Thursday,
St Malo 14.7. – 17.7.
The day was most beautiful when we let off the lines in Saint Helier of Jersey. For Suwena it was time to return to the continent and enter France once again. This time Suwena’s bow was pointing towards Brittany where
Jersey, the Channel Islands 10.7. – 14.7.
After outstanding visit to Guernsey we were eagerly waiting the visit to Jersey. After all who would not have watched the Bergerac on TV in the 80s and we were just about to arrive at the prime scene. We passed