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| 'Sea Essay of Hamble' lying in Vlissigen, Holland on Sunday |
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| On our way out of the Vlissigen lock |
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| Brian H on the stern line |
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| This chap couldn't fit in normally so he came in at right angles! |
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| At sea on our way overnight to Boulogne |
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| Very busy waters around Zeebrugge - the screen shows 47 large ships within 10 miles of us but there were 89 in the full list |
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| Brian A outside Oostende |
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| And then we came across this collection of mysterious objects - no idea what they were but there must have been more than 50 of them. |
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| Asim on the helm |
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| Coming into Boulougne the next morning - a very calm passage |
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| Enter the harbour and sail up to ... |
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| ... the white mark on the wall and then a straight course into the inner harbour. |
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| Next day (Wed) off to Dieppe |
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| Another very calm day |
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| Breakfast |
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| Hitching a lift |
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| Got the cruising chute up first time |
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| Lines for the cruising chute |
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| Yes - and he shat on the spray hood! |
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| Coming into Dieppe |
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| Pushed out of the way for this dredger |
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| On the way to Fécamp |
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| Lovely French coast - must be worth doing a drive along our route |
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| A bit of wind at last |
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| Into Fécamp where they make Benedictine - had a couple at the Restaurant L'escalier - excellent meal and service |
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| Nice reflections |
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| Wednesday - off to Honfleur |
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| Fascinating chalk structures along the cost |
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| Past the Antifer harbour north of Le Harvre - 2 mile jetty used for petro carbons |
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| Coming up to Le Harvre and decided to pop in for fuel as there isn't any at Honfleur |
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| That's one way to fill up - the fuel depot is tucked away in a corner where we touched the bottom an hour before LW - got away quickly! |
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| Then out to keep clear of the shallows to the south of Le Harvre |
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| ... and then up the Seine to towards Honfleur which is on the right before the motorway suspension bridge |
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| Lock doors closing behind us |
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| Without meaning to I beat these yachts out of the lock which didn't please them |
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| - something about lock etiquette but I haven't read up on that yet! |
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| Then into beautiful Honfleur harbour - even better in real life |
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| Opens on the half hour - but not all of them |
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| Thursday morning - in time for ... |
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| ... breakfast |
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| A nice Pilot Saloon 47 |
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| Last meal in France |
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| Shipping outside Le Harvre at the start of the crossing back to the UK |
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| Then a force 7 gale back overnight to Portsmouth - 18 hours |
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| It eased off a bit by the morning or maybe we were getting used to it |
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| Landfall at Gosport, followed by a brisk sail up to the Mercury Marina at Hamble for a final dinner |
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