The weather has finally eased. Although in the NW the wind was light enough to enable a close hauled motor sail the 30 miles to Joinville on the Ile de Yeu. After all the previous setbacks it was a great relief to get a good step north and I treated myself to a burger and an ice cream. Sheer indulgence!
Although I have been there before I had always assumed that Joinville is all about tourism and yachts so I was surprised to find that they also have a thriving fishing port next to the marina.
I [...]am ex Royal Navy weapons engineer, a semi-retired military marine engineering consultant, an RYA Yachtmaster (30 years +!) a serial inventor and a rebreather scuba diver, as well as being the co-inventor of SuperSpout, a spill prevention fuel-can spout (Dragons Den etc) which is much loved in the sailing community for filling outboards and stuff.
Greydove is a mk3/4 Heavenly Twins highly modified with straight stems and a high aspect ratio fully battened modern catamaran rig with an 11 metre mast. She goes! (for an old girl anyway). Sailing around the Forth, West Coast and Western Isles of Scotland with a scuba diving skipper we have [...]
visited many remote and beautiful places. After sailing in the Irish Sea for a while, we went south to explore the West coast of France. Grey Dove spent 8 years in Rochefort exploring the bay of Biscay, the Morbihan, the Gironde and Canal de Midi to the Med. before returning to the Firth Of Forth for a well earned refit. Currently exploring the historic ports around the East of Scotland and having a great time doing it.