The European Adventure

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No home Port as we will
be “roving” soon

Preparing the yacht in “sunny” England

Testing out the Asymmetrical Spinnaker on the River Orwell

Ben joined us for the trip from Harwich to Cowes.
Thanks Caroline for letting us borrow him and for your awesome Jam!

Some serious tide changes in Guernsey, up to 30 feet every 6 hours

Gone are the strawberry park days with just an MGB in the 2 car garage. A serious garage is now required for all Mike’s British toys, this one on Cowes will do nicely.

 

Sealand is the worlds smallest country, parked off Felixstowe

Now we know why the call it a BUOY ( is there a sexy female version waiting for us in France, if so I hope they shave her pits )

sunset coming into Guernsey

St. Malo – Walled port city in France. Walk from the church in the city center down narrow streets to portals that open to white sand beaches

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After 12 days in Italy with Donna I’m relocating to Guernsy to meet up with the Roving Spirit

Goodbye Tuscany, the Italian Riviera and Florence. The Mediterranean I’ll see you again soon.

Big travel day. Started the day in Florence seeing Michelangelo’s David, incredible,  inspiring and magnificent. Then a quick taxi ride to the airport transfer in Munich, barely made my flight to Charles de Gaulle where I took the metro into Paris Montparnasse.   There I caught the high speed TGV to Rennes.  Tomorrow I have a 45 minute train to St Malo where I catch the ferry to Guernsey.  I should arrive in St Peters port about the same time as Mike sails in on the Roving Spirit.

Mitch

Sept 25th,  Another travel day.  Took the train from Rennes to St. Malo.  St. Malo is a small city on a point that is surrounded by a large stone wall.  From here I took the ferry to Guernsey.  The boat was not in the slip, as Mike had to move to QE2 harbor due to huge tides.  A quick text to Mike and he popped up in the bar I was having a beer at, Pier 17, right next to his laundry work!Tomorrow we head for Brest France to position for the crossing of Biscay Bay.  Im excited and a bit worried about the big wide ocean.

Mitch is on board

Mitch is on board and working his shift. Capn Persnickety ( Arnstein Mustad ) is keeping a watchful eye sans pirate patch.
Here we are arriving in Brest.

Mike hard at work, another day grinding away at his new office.

Looking good after a nice rain shower.

Mike as always acting his age.

Relaxing in Brest.
We are waiting out a huge storm in Bay of Biscay. Can’t leave yet so enjoying the local life. Stay tuned for a new blog soon.