Left our mooring just before 10 am at high tide and went strait to the fuel dock. There was no wind so after fuelling we motored south-east. No swell either and we had a comfortable day at sea.

The infamous Raz de Sein presented no problem, almost no race at all.

We arrived at Loctudy a quarter to seven pm. Loctudy was a really nice place, we had expected a fishing port and not much more but found a small gem.

We went for a nice hike together with the Embla crew and finished our stay in Loctudy with a visit to a very good restaurant.

Sailed distance 56,4 nautical miles.

After two weeks at Cherbourg it felt good to be on our way again. We left Cherbourg at half past 10 in the morning together with our friends on sy Embla.

Light winds from behind and we started out sailing wing on wing. At nightfall the wind increased and we took down the jib and continued with just the mainsail. At dusk the wind dropped and we had motor.

We managed to get trough the Chenal de Four just before the tide turned against us and we arrived at Camaret sur Mer at four a´clock in the afternoon after 29 hours at sea.

Camaret sur Mer is a nice little town and the harbour is well protected. The supermarket was probably the best we have seen so far. We went for walks, to the old fort and to the amazing beach.

Together with the Embla crew we went out for a nice dinner at a restaurant close to the marina.

Sailed distance 177,3 nautical miles.

Cherbourg is a good place to stay a while.

Chantereyne marina is sheltered and with good facilities, toilets, showers and washing machines and tumblers. There are three chandlers and at least one sailmaker within the marina.

A lot of small shops, bakers, butchers, fish mongers and all you need as well as a shopping centre just outside the town centre. The city centre is a short walk from the marina.

Sailed distance 0 nautical miles.

Waiting for lighter winds and hopefully winds from the right direction to continue south along the French coast. Cherbourg is a nice place so it is not a big problem.

We rented a car together with Viveka and Erik on sy Embla and went for a trip. Our first stop was at Pierre Huet, a cider and calvados producer.

After trying (and buying) some cider and calvados we went to a small village, Pont-l´Évêque, for an excellent lunch.

Then we continued to the very picturesque town Honfleur.

On the way back to Cherbourg we stopped at Omaha beach.

Driven distance 408 kilometres.

Leaving Dieppe just after lunch and had nice code sailing until the last 6 hours when we had to motor. We managed to enter Cherbourg harbour just before the tide turned against us and moored next to our friends on sy Embla.

Looks like we are gonna be here a while due to bad whether.

Sailed distance 110,6 nautical miles.

We left Boulogne sur Mer with the tide a quarter to six in the morning. No wind at all to start with but the last couple of hours we could sail and moored in Dieppe marina just after four in the afternoon.

We went for a walk and did som provisioning. Nice little town with a lot of small shops and restaurants.

The next morning we went for a walk along the beach.

Sailed distance 55,9 nautical miles.

The course was set for Dunkirk but we decided to carry on to Boulogne sur Mer.

Some sailing the first hour but motoring on a completely windless North sea the rest of the way. We arrived shortly after 11 pm. Nice to be in France.

We took a walk to the old town, really nice city.

Sailed distance 85,0 nautical miles.