We are finally home, to a house which has briefly been empty because Guy is in Greece, sailing with my sister and her family, and reliving o...
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When we left L'Herbaudière on Friday morning the sea was almost unrecognisable as the bumpy, wet, blue water from the day before. The sk...
In the end we spent four nights in Port Joinville and the longer we stayed on the Ile d'Yeu the less we wanted to go. It may, possi...
Simon suggested I try this map generator. View route map for Kalessin1 on plotaroute.com
In recent weeks I have had several opportunities to muse upon the characteristics of imperfect crew. I thought it would be better all round ...
We stayed three nights in L'Herbaudière, not least because a regatta of 100 boats was in Port Joinville on the Ile d'Yeu on Sunday n...
It's easy to get stuck in a port like Piriac. It's a nice spot, the boulangerie is just around the corner, it's very sheltered a...
We left La Roche Bernard at 0700 on Tuesday to get the 0800 lock at Arzal. There were only about five boats in the lock but the enthusiastic...
Day 4 in Redon and we are now graced by the presence of Robin Swift, our crew for the remainder of our stay this time. On Saturday I though...
So this is a guest blog and my name is Simon Evans. I have spent the past week on board Kalessin as the much honoured guest of Sam and Cami...
I left the boat at around 0530, French time, to catch two trains and a bus to take me to our car in Roscoff, and then drive it back to Redon...
Considering how behind schedule we have been for much of this trip, it has been really rather rewarding to have a few days of doing exactly ...
Monday in La Trinité was pretty dispiriting. The wind was probably not as strong as forecast but the rain was considerably wetter and it rai...
Here are some pictures of Port Haliguen, including a rock which I think is the one that Ben scraped his back on in 2006. Also a small upda...
I wasn't super-thrilled by Port-Haliguen, which is bit bleak with not much to see on the shore, although it had some lovely beaches. We ...
When we left Port-Louis this morning I had a number of concerns.
(a) Yesterday I saw a lovely French dentist with impeccable English who...
Two views of Port-Louis Port-Louis is just across the river from Lorient – not to be confused with Port St Louis where Kalessin spe...
For the first time on this trip we are actually where we said we would be on the day we said that we'd be there. This is partly because ...
After a great deal of to-ing and fro-ing and misunderstanding we finally managed to meet up with Tim and Nick when they arrived in Benodet t...
In 1998 we had a happy family holiday in La Forêt Fouesnant. Sam's mother and brother joined us from Guernsey for part of the time - the...
The good news is that we left L'AberWrac'h at dawn and went right through the Chenal de Four and Raz de Sein in one go. Our speeds v...
Heading out into fog is not a nice experience. Last time we did it, we were at a tiny port on the island of Rugen in the German Baltic and w...
We think Kalessin is in Roscoff. Guy thinks it is because it said Roscoff on the chart plotter as he came in – although he couldn't eve...
All went well on Friday. In the morning, I signed off the June issue of Cruising magazine, and did a final boat and home grocery shop at Mo...
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