A weather window finally showed itself on August 28 and we set off around noon, on our 48 hour and 359 nm journey across the Bay of Biscay from Camaret-sur-mer, France to La Caruna, Spain. Some say that it is more difficult to sail the Bay of Biscay than cross the Atlantic due to mean [...]
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We sail alongside the Dutch Aluqueen and exchange news by vhf with Marianne and Wim. Dolphins played at sunset for an hour along side of Lily. In the night they came back and had a feast as we past through schools of fish, attrakted by our position lights. Tradewind sailing through the Biscay. This position report is brought to you by SkyMate. Visit us at http://www.skymate.com for more information. Latitude 43� 22.022″ N, Longitude 8� 23.229″ W To view on Maptech mapserver, click on the link below. http://mapserver.maptech.com/bp/mapserver/index.cfm?lat=43.367027&lon=-8.387146&type=0&zoom=50&scale=2100000&icon=crosshair_yel_32_32_-16_-16|43.367027|-8.387146|http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eskymate%2Ecom%2F|06%3A56+GMT%2C+Sep+01%2C+2005 dolphinsbiscay.MOV This position report is brought to you by SkyMate. Visit us at http://www.skymate.com for more information. Latitude 43� 22.024″ N, Longitude 8� 23.227″ W To view on Maptech mapserver, click on the link below. http://mapserver.maptech.com/bp/mapserver/index.cfm?lat=43.367069&lon=-8.387115&type=0&zoom=50&scale=2100000&icon=crosshair_yel_32_32_-16_-16|43.367069|-8.387115|http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eskymate%2Ecom%2F|06%3A54+GMT%2C+Aug+31%2C+2005 This position report is brought to you by SkyMate. Visit us at http://www.skymate.com for more information. Latitude 43� 22.022″ N, Longitude 8� 23.229″ W To view on Maptech mapserver, click on the link below. http://mapserver.maptech.com/bp/mapserver/index.cfm?lat=43.367035&lon=-8.387146&type=0&zoom=50&scale=2100000&icon=crosshair_yel_32_32_-16_-16|43.367035|-8.387146|http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eskymate%2Ecom%2F|06%3A51+GMT%2C+Aug+31%2C+2005 This position report is brought to you by SkyMate. Visit us at http://www.skymate.com for more information. Latitude 43� 22.023″ N, Longitude 8� 23.227″ W To view on Maptech mapserver, click on the link below. http://mapserver.maptech.com/bp/mapserver/index.cfm?lat=43.367046&lon=-8.387115&type=0&zoom=50&scale=2100000&icon=crosshair_yel_32_32_-16_-16|43.367046|-8.387115|http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eskymate%2Ecom%2F|06%3A41+GMT%2C+Aug+30%2C+2005 Leaving France for La Coruna through the Biscay. After the feast We share a langouste as goodby from the bretagne. Rod hard at work cleaning the grill on French soil, working his excitement off before our big departure tomorow for Spain. In Falmouth, we met friendly people at the Pendennis yard, including Skipper Charlie on 70 footer “Ocean Phoenix”, as well as bumped into the Dutch family met in Holland in Medemblik on “Trinath” on their way to the Azores and the Caribbean. But Falmouth was a place where we stayed out of necessity. On Saturday, [...] Rod soaking up some sun and salt water thru his pants on tidal beach in Britany after yummy picnic. Vive la baguette! Stuck in miserable weather of the Bretagne. We are waiting for a oportunity to cross the Biscay towards warmer weather. Finally good food! Le Camaret harbor This position report is brought to you by SkyMate. Visit us at http://www.skymate.com for more information. Latitude 48� 16.771″ N, Longitude 4� 35.332″ W To view on Maptech mapserver, click on the link below. http://mapserver.maptech.com/bp/mapserver/index.cfm?lat=48.279522&lon=-4.588867&type=0&zoom=50&scale=2100000&icon=crosshair_yel_32_32_-16_-16|48.279522|-4.588867|http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eskymate%2Ecom%2F|03%3A12+GMT%2C+Aug+23%2C+2005 On arrive en France! After a cold and shaky night. This position report is brought to you by SkyMate. Visit us at http://www.skymate.com for more information. Latitude 49� 0.192″ N, Longitude 4� 56.715″ W To view on Maptech mapserver, click on the link below. http://mapserver.maptech.com/bp/mapserver/index.cfm?lat=49.003204&lon=-4.945251&type=0&zoom=50&scale=2100000&icon=crosshair_yel_32_32_-16_-16|49.003204|-4.945251|http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eskymate%2Ecom%2F|02%3A51+GMT%2C+Aug+23%2C+2005 Laura looking relaxed leaving England out to the open seas. Leaving Falmouth for Brest in France. This will be our first overnight crossing. Checking weather by sattelite. Before crossing to Brest. |
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