About this site

Piers and Lin du Pré bought their new Fleming 55 / 129, Play d'eau, in 2003.

She was berthed in Beaucette Marina, Guernsey in the Channel Islands at N49° 30’.197 W002° 30’.350 until she was sold in October 2021.

This site charts the thrilling adventures they had in her.

You can contact us here.

Where’s Play d’eau?

If the new owners have the AIS on, you can find where Play d'eau is right now.

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Zoom in and our position will be shown on a map.

Recent Posts

Radar, MARPA and Radar Assisted Collisions

Which target is the threat?

Like many other boaters, we’ve been caught out by fog. It was a mid-summer hot day with only a gentle breeze from the north and clear blue skies. Our eldest son pointed and asked, ‘what’s that?’ In just a few minutes we knew. We were completely engulfed in thick fog …

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