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
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
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
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
Tréguier 10.6. – 15.6.
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
Guernsey 15.6. – 17.6.
Our mind was desiring for the Channel Islands as last summer we only visited there shortly. We were waiting like most of the other crowd on the pontoons of Tréguier for the wind to ease. Finally the forecast showed 15
Alderney, the Channel Islands 17.6. – 19.6.
On Friday we departed from Guernsey as soon as there was enough water over the sill and sailed to our weekend destination, the island of Alderney. The wind was just perfect 10 knots and we were beam reaching in a
Guernsey, the Channel Islands 19.6. – 24.6.
After returning from a successful Alderney voyage we thought about keeping the rain for a few next days in Guernsey. Again we wanted to stay at the inner harbour because we planned for staying several days and also water and
Herm, the Treasure of the Channel Islands 24.6.
The Port de Herm harbour is located just opposite to the harbour of St Peter Port. The distance from Guernsey to Herm is a staggering three nautical miles and this makes it a popular trip destination all year round. The
Sark, the Channel Islands 24.6. – 25.6.
After a successful trekking day in Herm we weighed the anchor on Shell Beach Bay and set course to the neighbour island. We were rounding Sark from the north and while passing the bay of La Grève de la Ville