Sailing Fabule
The forecast finally predicted a slight lull in this succession of gales. It was just long enough for our travel from Lorient to Roscoff. This was our last chance to reach Tréguier in time to haul out Fabule for the winter. Tides and currents For the passage from Lorient to Rosccoff around the Finistère (140nm […]
Depressions continue to sweep the French Atlantic coasts. We made a small progress and reached Lorient. Fortunately, the forecast looks better for next week. Fingers crossed. Amazing skies For our navigation from Quiberon to Lorient, we had a succession of sunshine and showers. We were in awe of the magnificient yet menacing skies. Kernevel and […]
Beginning of November, Brittany was on high alert because of storm Ciaran. While storms building over the Atlantic are to be expected at this time of the year, this one brought exceptionally strong winds and huge coastal waves. After reaching the northwest Atlantic coast of France, Ciaran continued its course and caused disruption all over […]
From time to time, the conditions are met for memorable sailing. This was the case for our day sail from La Turballe to Quiberon. However, as we plan our next leg to round the northwest corner of Brittany, the conditions have noticeable deteriorated with excess wind and high waves due to the depressions forming over […]
On our arrival in France, we had a series of beautiful days and we enjoyed visiting the Pays de la Loire and its famous castles with our friends Denise and Bryan. In the meanwhile, the successive depressions keep blowing hard against the Atlantic coast, considerably slowing down our progression north. Back in France (Pornic) One […]
After one year and 6200 nautical miles (11 500 km), we are back in France. We enjoyed the fabulous journey that took us all the way to Greece and back! The crossing of the Bay of Biscay was the last long passage of this year. From now on, we will make day sails to reach […]
Throughout the month of September, we progressed from Gibraltar to A Coruña, along the Portuguese and Spanish coasts (covering a total of 650 nautical miles). We were back in the area where Orcas have developed the annoying habit of “playing” with sailboats and damaging their rudders. There is not much sailors can do, except avoid […]
Cela nous a pris une semaine pour naviguer de Cagliari (Sardaigne) vers Gibraltar. Une distance de 750 miles nautiques au centre de la mer Méditerranée. Nous avons eu besoin d’un jour de plus qu’initialement prévu car nous avons remonté le vent en zig-zag le long de la côte espagnole. C’était bien plus intéressant que d’utiliser […]
While travelling the Mediterranean, we discover beautiful places with rich history and culture. At the same time, we witness less rosy realities. It makes us so grateful for our lives and every step we complete in this journey. In the upcoming weeks, the postings will become more irregular as we make our way back to […]
It took us 3 days and 3 nights to cross the Ionian Sea from Greece (Zakynthos) to Malta (Mgarr). We enjoyed sailing in these particularly blue waters. By Mediterranean standards in the summer, we had good winds, especially at the beginning and in the middle of our trip. I wanted to create a little video […]