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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Recent Posts

Meeting Woolly Mammoth – again

Graham with his beloved Woolly Mammoth

We had three clear days in Jersey during which we talked, laughed, carried out our threat to terrorise the local restaurants, ate good food whilst attempting, unsuccessfully, to drink them dry of good wine. But hey, what’s retirement for? …

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October 8th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Holidays | 2 comments

Birthday celebrations come to an end

We ate at the Chef's table at Bohemia, Jersey

Three weeks of birthday celebrations finally came to an end on Monday. A totally brilliant time which will need at least a year to recover!

My post ’65th birthday celebrations!’ reported the first ten day phase of this extravaganza, which ended on 9 May when the last of our sons with their families, and our dear friends …

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May 24th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Living aboard Play d'eau | 5 comments