In fact our great sailings started realy in 2006 ( But we went already to Brest, Douarnenez and Ouessant, passing trough Azores, for the Maritime feasts of Brest 2000), when we left the Med for the Atlantic : Majorca, Ibiza, Carthagena, Gibraltar, Porto Santo, Madeira, Azores, Santa Maria and Sao Miguel, then Douarnenez for the winter. Manon (our gran daughter) sail with us for most of this journey.
2007 : Back to Azores, Sao Miguel, Terceira, Faïal, Flores, Corvo, Sao Jorge, return to Douarnenez with wintering in the Port Rhu. Manon is with us, except for the oceanic crossings.
2008 : Heading to Norway. The channel, North sea, arrival in Bergen, then all along the west coast. Then Tromsø, start for Spiztbergen, but back after 2 days, the wind in the nose, too hard for Manon and we are short of time. Manon stays with us until Bergen, we visit Grimstad then wintering in Douarnenez.
2009 : We go to Calais to enter the pets in Dover, then the South coast of England, pilgrimage to Cowes, where Skøiern left some tracks by Beken, then Irland by the West coast, Aran islands of course, Scottland and Islay, Caledonian canal, Oarkneys, Shettlands, Norway through Ålesund, wintering in Svolvaer, Lofoten.
2010 : Back again to Spitzbergen, but we are told in Tromsø that cats are not allowed. Disgusted we head South, back to Grimstad, then Sueden to see our friend Pele in Gotteborg, Danmark through Limfjord, Esbjerg again, arrival in Paimpol for the winter.
2011 : Start from Paimpol, Douarnenez to visit our friends, Groix for the 4 kids holidays, then , Belle ile, Houat,Yeu island and so on…
