Marcita to the Morbihan

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Morlaix to Sark

17 June 2009
Morlaix to Sark

We were faced with the prospect of light northerly winds to get home, long distances and not much sailing, but the prospect of the lovely Ploumanac'h (pic) as a stopping place. It's called the rose granite coast, strewn with pink rocks the size of small asteroids, and arranged by a master gardener. And so it was for a couple of days, some slow sailing and some motoring, up to St. Peter Port. We saw a dolphin, one only, on the way in, but it didn't come and surf our bow wave as we invited it to do. But we had a day in hand, sunny, and decided to go to Sark, and then either Braye or Cherbourg before the big hop.
Crew morale low due to lack of rope-pulling, wind getting colder, end of idyll engendering thoughts of turning round and going back south. But then ......

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Vessel Name: Marcita
Vessel Make/Model: Buchanan 32 ft wooden-hull racer.
Hailing Port: Pin Mill
Crew: Brian Gascoigne and various Classic Sailing Club members
About: We're all members of the Classic Sailing Club, based in Pin Mill on the river Orwell, which is on the East Coast of England.

Sailing to Brittany

Who: Brian Gascoigne and various Classic Sailing Club members
Port: Pin Mill