Category Archives: 2017 Amsterdam to Bretagne Sud (South Brittany)

“Anyone got any fuel?” (Cherbourg to l’Aber’wrach via Guernsey)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by juliansmart

Pitstop in Guernsey to test crew’s sealegs and refuel before the long stretch motoring upwind to the NW tip of France. We were just one of a good dozen vessels who vainly tied up on St Peter Port’s fuel pontoon … Continue reading →

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Back on board (in familiar surroundings)

Posted on August 5, 2017 by juliansmart

Stymied by a large, extended low that kept Skipper’s delivery crew in Cherbourg on the leg down from Amsterdam, we were reunited with Khujada 2 as a family on 3rd August.   After Skipper’s birthday celebration ticked all his boxes … Continue reading →

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“Amsterdam to La Rochelle” becomes “Amsterdam to Cherbourg”

Posted on July 18, 2017 by juliansmart

After several false dawns of poor weather forecasts putting paid to Skipper’s plans to deliver Khujada 2 down to La Rochelle ready for family holidays in August, feasible weather and crew availability were finally secured mid-July. Skipper & crew motored … Continue reading →

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