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# Play d'eau

These were the voyages of Piers and Lin du Pré aboard their Fleming 55

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- [The anchor's swallowed](https://www.playdeau.com/the-anchors-swallowed/) - Although I'd been expecting the phone call from David Miles of Fleming Yachts Europe to advise the transfer of ownership was complete, I found...
- [The ensign is lowered](https://www.playdeau.com/selling-play-deau/) - In late June 2021, we cast off from Beaucette and headed north for the UK. Why? Our local COVID restrictions had been sufficiently relaxed.It felt as though we were on COVID parole and if we didn't....
- [Where did the last two and a half years go?](https://www.playdeau.com/where-did-the-last-two-and-a-half-years-go/) - Oh my! Even with COVID bursting over all of us with its indiscriminate attacks, it feels as though Lin and I haven't...
- [Cape of Good Hope](https://www.playdeau.com/cape-of-good-hope/) - Our second day in Cape Town sees us visiting Hout Bay, the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point, a colony of penguins at Boulder Bay, and the Botanical Gardens. No-one can believe the weather! Clear, deep blue skies with a baking hot sun.
- [Double First Ltd wins Queen's Award for Enterprise](https://www.playdeau.com/double-first-ltd-wins-queens-award-for-enterprise/) - Double First has won the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise. As the founder of Double First Ltd, I am so proud of the staff's achievement to have produced Engage, a School Management Information Software (MIS) which is respected worldwide by leading fee-paying schools.
- [Upgrades for 2019](https://www.playdeau.com/upgrades-for-2019/) - We started planning this year's upgrades by having new carpets in December 2018, ready for Christmas. After 16 years of sterling service the backing of our brown saloon and companionway
- [Clean water, please](https://www.playdeau.com/clean-water-please/) - We'd become irritated with having to change Play d'eau's costly onboard 2 micron water filter every few months. The removed blackened filters showed just how ...
- [Out with the old, in with the new](https://www.playdeau.com/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/) - We'd suffered the most horrendous effects of a NNE storm whilst moored in St Peter Port’s Victoria marina in October 2018. It had taken 11 of our 18mm multiplait ropes to hold Play d'eau but
- [NNE storm forces crew to abandon](https://www.playdeau.com/storm-forces-crew-to-abandon/) - Having returned from our summer cruise around the north Brittany coast, we were moored in St Peter Port's Victoria marina rather than Beaucette since metal works were still in progress. Seeing the forecast cyclonic storm
- [A child is born](https://www.playdeau.com/a-child-is-born/) - At Christmas, what could be a better present than a new addition to the family? Our son Toby and his wife Amy, having married in April 2014 have given birth to a ...
- [Diesel](https://www.playdeau.com/diesel/) - I have always been fastidious in ensuring Play d'eau's diesel comes from a known source. But is all diesel the same? An emphatic no. It's changed and continues to change as further laws are
- [Return to Carentan](https://www.playdeau.com/return-to-carentan/) - After 21 years we're back in Carentan on the Normandy coast. I was first here with the MBM Cruise in Company fleet in the mid-1970s (can anyone remember those days?) and then with the family in 1997. But seeing the mile long yet narrow marina now, I just wonder
- [Oh no! to Elation](https://www.playdeau.com/oh-no-to-elation/) - 'We have a leak - a big leak,' I shouted to Lin. I'd reached into the cabinet under the galley sink for a bottle of Fairy liquid (yes, I really was about to do the washing up), but all I felt was wet. A lot of very wet, wetness. Quickly looking inside with a torch
- [Leg 1 (2015) - Beaucette to St Peter Port](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-1-2015-beaucette-to-st-peter-port/) - With shouts of ‘fine weather and calm seas’ from friends Ricky, Dawn, Terry and Margaret, Play d’eau gave a long, echoing blast on her shiny Kahlenbergs signalling her exit from Beaucette
- [It's Christmas!](https://www.playdeau.com/its-christmas/) - May we assure everyone that our radio silence for the last two years has not been because we've finally navigated to the great marina in the sky.
- [Treguier Marina](https://www.playdeau.com/treguier-marina/) - Tréguier, on the north coast of Brittany, is one of our favourite places in which to while away a few days absorbing the beauty and stillness of the river and walking around the small town with its many ancient buildings dating back to the sixth century.
- [Back home and back in the water](https://www.playdeau.com/back-home-and-back-in-the-water/) - Play d'eau is back in the water after being on hols for almost four weeks at M&G Engineers. Whilst we've been on our hols in Norway visiting the Arctic Circle, Play d'eau's been pampered with a full spa treatment below her waterline
- [Play d'eau is featured in MBY](https://www.playdeau.com/play-deau-is-featured-in-motor-boat-yachting/) - Over the winter of 2012 / 2013, we upgraded Play d'eau's electronics which included the fabrication of a pony mast, a galley upgrade, horns, bell, satellite TV and various new joinery works.
- [Gearbox and tacho - sorted](https://www.playdeau.com/gearbox-and-tacho-sorted/) - I called TwinDisc's UK distributors on Monday and explained the oil spill from the flywheel housing. 'We'll fly in first thing on Thursday and take the late evening flight back on Friday
- [Play d'eau's holiday technical issues](https://www.playdeau.com/play-deaus-holiday-technical-issues/) - Play d'eau's been brilliant and had very few engineering problems over the years. Maybe it's a sign of her age (she's 13 now), but we've had a few coming to the surface, recently.
- [Leg 19 (2015) - Camaret to l'Aber Wrac'h to Roscoff](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-19-2015-camaret-to-laber-wrach/) - Even though we’d had a somewhat tiresome passage yesterday, it had been unexpectedly rewarded by the second best dinner we've had whilst on holiday this year. Although tired, we felt back on form.
- [Leg 20 (2015) - Roscoff to Beaucette](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-20-2015-roscoff-to-beaucette/) - Drat! Given a recurring gearbox problem and deteriorating weather forecasts, we made the decision to forgo our 'jolly' along the north Brittany coast and return straight to Beaucette.
- [Leg 18 (2015) - Sainte Marine to Camaret](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-18-2015-sainte-marine-to-camaret/) - We’ve never, ever been in such threatening seas. Leaving Sainte Marine heading south, the wind was calm and the sea flat but soon we were heading into a slow, smooth swell which I have to say was rather enjoyable, even soothing.
- [Leg 17 (2015) - Lorient to Sainte Marine](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-17-2015-lorient-sainte-marine/) - The forecast knew it, we knew it, and it was - lumpy. But well worth it to reach Sainte Marine from which we can judge the attack on the Finistère Peninsula. Camaret, L'Aber Wrac'h and Roscoff, here we come
- [Leg 2 (2015) – St Peter Port to Camaret](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-2-2015-st-peter-port-to-camaret/) - By 1am we were up and dressed. The light of the full moon was reflecting off the glassy flat harbour sea untouched by any hint of a wind. Perfect. Yet we knew a 3m Atlantic swell topped with 1m waves stirred up by a NE4 wind waited for us
- [Leg 16 (2015) - Pornichet to Lorient Port Louis](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-16-2015-pornichet-to-lorient-port-louis/) - Having had a dinner of Lin's luscious mince (heavy on the onions, mushrooms and thick, shiny gravy) accompanied with sweet corn and peas and followed by cantaloupe melon with a touch of framboise liqueur and lime juice, we fell into bed soon after 8pm. I was up at 0500.
- [Leg 15 (2015) - Les Sables d'Olonne to Pornichet](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-15-2015-les-sables-dolonne-to-pornichet/) - The decision was taken to make as much headway north as reasonably possible. After nine days in Les Sables d'Olonne of wintry cold, windy and rainy days, we had an ETD of 0700
- [Quadcopter No2](https://www.playdeau.com/quadcopter-no2/) - Having drowned our first Phantom Vision quadcopter in the most spectacular manner in Beaucette Marina a year ago (please don't ask...) maybe you can understand my reticence to fly its replacement. No2 has been hassling me saying, 'Come on! I want to fly. Are you a pilot or not?'
- [Ambushed by the weather](https://www.playdeau.com/ambushed-by-the-weather/) - Own up - who turned our brilliant weather off? The 6 weeks following our departure from Audierne have been utterly glorious. Sun cream, calm seas and blue skies, all courtesy of a friendly Azores high pressure system spreading its wings over Play d'eau.
- [Leg 14 (2015) - St Martin de Ré to Les Sables d'Olonne](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-14-2015-st-martin-de-re-to-les-sables-dolonne/) - John and Beryl's fortnight of cruising on Play d'eau had come to an end. Amidst tears, damp handkerchiefs and endless wavings, the taxi drove slowly down the road, over the roundabout and on to La Rochelle's airport
- [Leg 13 (2015) - La Rochelle to St Martin de Ré](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-13-2015-la-rochelle-to-st-martin-de-re/) - I was in the middle of a lovely dream when the alarm rudely intruded and woke me. We had an hour before we needed to be hovering outside the 0645 lock. Today, the destination was St Martin de Ré.
- [What on earth is it?](https://www.playdeau.com/what-on-earth-is-it/) - En route to La Rochelle the other day, we saw an extremely fast and strange shaped catamaran in the distance. We didn't have time to target it on radar - it seemed to disappear as fast as it came. Was it a spaceship or have I been watching too much Star Treck?
- [Leg 12 (2015) - St Denis d'Oléron to La Rochelle](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-12-2015-st-denis-dolron-to-la-rochelle/) - As the staging for a 'Grand Groupe Pop Orchestre' was being assembled, a large multi-coloured van was prowling around with its public address system booming to one and all that a 'Pop Concert Énorme' would be held in the marina 'Ce Soir'. It was our cue to depart.
- [Leg 11 (2015) - La Rochelle to St Denis d'Oléron](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-11-2015-la-rochelle-to-st-denis-dolron/) - With a following wind, blue skies and an almost too hot sun, we cast off for the short 1½ hour trip to St Denis. At a gentlemanly time of morning, we nosed our way between the many pontoons of the 5,000 berth Les Minimes marina and entered the fairway to meet the day's challenge.
- [Leg 9 (2105) - La Rochelle to Rochefort](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-9-2105-la-rochelle-to-rochefort/) - Our dear friends, John and Beryl, have joined us after a nine year absence from cruising. We've already been having a ball; dinner at Safron (first there, last to leave), exploring the ancient town and climbing the recently restored tower that guards the entrance to the vieux port.
- [Leg 10 (2105) - Rochefort to La Rochelle](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-10-2105-rochefort-to-la-rochelle/) - The plan had been to leave peaceful Rochefort at HW when the lock gate opened and anchor overnight at the southern end of Île d'Aix before making passage the next day to the St Denis marina on the island of d'Oléron.
- [Safari to South Africa](https://www.playdeau.com/safari-to-south-africa/) - Two and a half months of sheer adventure. Magnificent mountain ranges, extensive plateaus, four of the Big 5, some of South Africa's finest food and wines, meeting our new family members again and making so many friends. Oh, and I had an infected wisdom tooth pulled out.
- [Leg 3 (2015) – Camaret to Audierne](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-3-2015-camaret-to-audierne/) - After our horrid yet triumphant marathon passage making yesterday, we had a day off. If we missed tomorrow's weather window we’d be stuck for at least a week whilst the forecast NE gales played endless and annoying percussion by slapping rigging against masts of neighbouring yachts.
- [Golden Arrow - International Rescue](https://www.playdeau.com/golden-arrow-international-rescue/) - The last thing we needed was for the seal to blow under 1,500psi and spray litres and litres of fluid into the engine room creating a highly flammable if not explosive oil mist.
- [Letter from Port la Fôret](https://www.playdeau.com/letter-from-port-la-fret/) - A short and delightful walk away is the boulangerie at La Fôret-Fouesnant. It's a patisserie and chocolaterie as well, and has the most mouth watering and calorifically impressive displays imaginable.One fine morning I arrived at 10am and asked for, 'Trois croissants, s'il vous plaît.'
- [Quelle surprise](https://www.playdeau.com/quelle-surprise/) - 'Would you like the band to play on Play d'eau?' asked Alain. Without even a micro-second hesitation we replied, excitedly, 'Brilliant!' Two years ago we'd tried to set this up but the marina was too full
- [Leg 5 (2015) - Port la Fôret to Port Haliguen](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-5-2015-port-la-foret-to-port-haliguen/) - A serenade, flat seas, hot sun, dolphins, the 'joy' of falling into the middle of a yacht race in crowded waters, and just a touch of sunburn. To celebrate such a brilliant time in Port la Fôret of jazz, more jazz, meeting friends and being in such a beautiful area,
- [Leg 7 (2015) - Pornichet to Les Sables d'Olonne](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-7-2015-pornichet-to-les-sables-dolonne/) - It was the Festival of Music, 'a speciality' we were told. What we didn't know was that it started late evening and ended early morning. But was the destination to be Pornic or Pornichet? Last time it was Pornic and it has to be said that although the village was lovely, we found the marina oppressive. Having never visited Pornichet before, Pornichet it was.
- [Leg 8 (2015) - Les Sables d'Olonne to La Rochelle](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-8-2015-les-sables-dolonne-to-la-rochelle/) - We'd slept well. The endless succession of trawlers that passed by the marina en route to the Maritime Cooperative auction market at the end of the port had taken the weekend off. Well, almost all of them
- [Leg 6 (2015) - Port Haliguen to Pornichet](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-6-2015-port-haliguen-to-pornichet/) - Now we have to give fair warning. We could easily become addicted to this. We've had yet another gorgeous day of cruising, destination Pornichet, on the north coast of the mouth of the Loire where.
- [Leg 16 - Pornic to La Roche Bernard - 20 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-16-pornic-to-la-roche-bernard-20-august-2013/) - The falling spring tide would bring today’s special challenges. La Roche Bernard is some 10nm up the beautiful La Vilaine river. Just beyond midway is the Arzal lock and the 1400 écluse would be perfect – if the planning allowed it
- [We had a visitor](https://www.playdeau.com/we-had-a-visitor/) - A small sound made me look up. An Egret was stalking its dinner in the shallows on the other side of the pontoon. Only a few metres away from me. Slowly and stealthily feeling its way in the shallow of the water's edge
- [Letter from Audierne](https://www.playdeau.com/letter-from-audierne/) - Oh how we love this small, unspoiled market fishing town which has no pretensions or modern glamour to smother its original reality. Thankfully, the long arm of 'Progress' has kept its destructive hands away from Audierne
- [Encore, encore](https://www.playdeau.com/encore-encore/) - 'Concert at Port La Fôret, Sunday at 16 hours in the same place of there 2 years.' Alain Duhaut sent me this email just as we leaving Audierne. Alain's the trumpeter of the Cornouaille Jazz Band whom we met two years ago at Port la Fôret.
- [Leg 4 (2015) - Audierne to Port la Fôret](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-4-2015-audierne-to-port-la-fret/) - The NE F6/7 had been relentless, howling across Audierne ever since we arrived accompanied mostly by strong sunshine with the occasional spot of rain. But the weather was no match for Play d'eau, who would, of course, win.
- [Goodbye cabin fever - hello Brittany!](https://www.playdeau.com/goodbye-cabin-fever-hello-brittany/) - At last! After I don't know how many weeks of staring at weather forecasts, the skies and sea states, we have started our summer cruise - just four days before mid-summer's day. Waiting had caused Cabin Fever to set in to the point it had almost become Cabin Rot
- [Leg 3 – L’Aber Wrac’h to Camaret - 19 June 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-3-laber-wrach-to-camaret-19-june-2013/) - Having rigged for ‘silent running’ (it was still night when we left) Play d’eau motored out of L’aber wrac’h marina and down the river bound for Camaret at 0430 to catch the best of slack tide whilst transiting the notorious Chenal du Four.
- [When do we return to Guernsey?](https://www.playdeau.com/when-do-we-return-to-guernsey/) - Whilst moored in Port Garnier marina, Les Sables d'Olonne, local trawlers of all sizes pass us by heading for their cooperative some 300m beyond the marina. Since they bring fresh catch every moment of the day, we really don't mind the noise or being tossed around by their wakes since the cooperative's
- [Leg 19 - Sainte Marine to Camaret - 28 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-19-sainte-marine-to-camaret-28-august-2013/) - The Brest peninsula is the gateway twixt Brittany’s west and north coasts around which the Atlantic rushes in its desperate attempt to reach the North Sea before time is called for it to turn around and dash back some six hours later
- [An electrifying display](https://www.playdeau.com/an-electrifying-display/) - Whether it's volts, amps or watts, Play d'eau knows everything that's happening with her electrics. That's apart from knowing the battery status of the batteries for the two generators, but far more importantly the state of the emergency back-up battery for her essential 12vDC navigation equipment.
- [Meet Sparky](https://www.playdeau.com/meet-sparky/) - Have you tried driving in Guernsey? If so, you'll certainly know the roads are narrow and that you often have to mount kerbs to avoid oncoming traffic. It was obvious, really. We had to sell the Jeep Cherokee and find a thin car. But how thin was thin?
- [Leg 4 – Camaret to Audierne - 20th June 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-4-camaret-to-audierne-20-june-2013/) - Well, the wind screamed through yacht rigging and it poured with rain during the night but by 6am it had exhausted itself and become a reducing F4 with misty drizzle. By the time we cast off at 1113 it was a mere NW’ly 2. Perfect Play d’eau weather.
- [Josiah comes of age to travel](https://www.playdeau.com/josiah-comes-of-age-to-travel/) - Our grand grandson, Josiah, had reached 12 years old and was able to travel unaccompanied on a plane. So, our present was a ticket from the mainland to Guernsey's International Airport!
- [They sang and danced](https://www.playdeau.com/they-sang-and-danced/) - I was just about to leave my table after an excellent dinner when a long procession of restaurant staff, kitchen staff and chefs, carrying a birthday cake and singing a South African Zulu Happy Birthday, emerged from the kitchens.
- [An Engagement](https://www.playdeau.com/an-engagement/) - 'I'm engaged!' whispered Kimberleigh to Lin and I. We were staying in a small boutique Johannesburg hotel where Head Chef Kimberleigh had been feeding us far too well and we just knew the extra pounds were winning the fight against our trying to eat sensibly.
- [A deafening silence](https://www.playdeau.com/a-deafening-silence/) - 'The silence is deafening. What have you been doing?' asked a friend of mine when I hadn't posted anything on the Play d'eau site for three months. I started to explain only to be met with the comment, 'Excuses, excuses, excuses. Just get on and do something!'
- [Descaling the heat exchanger](https://www.playdeau.com/descaling-the-heat-exchanger/) - After 7 years, Play d'eau's engine logs were showing an increase in water temperature of some 5 degrees on each engine when at cruise rpm. The most likely cause was a gradual build up of limescale in the tubes of the heat exchanger
- [Two clever mods](https://www.playdeau.com/two-clever-mods/) - Play d'eau's had two clever modifications recently, and both have fully achieved their objective. Lin and I had spent ages trying to track down stale cooking smells. The galley was spotlessly clean, the curtains and woodwork were cleaned, so where were those horrid old cooking smells coming from?
- [Joey wasn't feeling well](https://www.playdeau.com/joey-wasnt-feeling-well/) - 'We regret to announce a delay to Aurigny's 1300 flight to Dinard,' came the announcement over Guernsey Airport's public address. Sadly, Joey wasn't feeling well and had to be taken to Sick Bay in his hanger whilst a replacement Trilander was found.
- [Radar, MARPA and Radar Assisted Collisions](https://www.playdeau.com/radar-assisted-collisions-and-marpa/) - Like many other boaters, we've been caught out by fog. We were in the Channel Islands anchored in Havre Gosselin bay on Sark's west coast. It was a mid-summer hot day with only a gentle breeze from the north and clear blue skies. Soon after lunch, our eldest son
- [I flew on Joey](https://www.playdeau.com/i-flew-on-joey/) - I had to attend a 3 hour meeting in Dubai. The round trip took 6 days and routed from Guernsey was to Dinard, Rennes, Paris de Gaulle, Dubai (for the 3 hour meeting), Paris de Gaulle, Rennes, Dinard and finally home to Guernsey, using small, big and huge planes, taxis, hire cars and hotels.
- [Frozen Shoulder](https://www.playdeau.com/frozen-shoulder/) - I know it's winter but it has nothing to do with a Frozen Shoulder - really. It's where the range of shoulder movement becomes progressively restricted. Having had my left shoulder operated on successfully in November 2011
- [A flash of orange and turquoise](https://www.playdeau.com/a-flash-of-orange-and-turquoise/) - It was a sudden flash of colour that caught my attention. Orange and turquoise. Looking up, I espied a Kingfisher. Whilst Lin brought me the camera, changed lenses, I kept watch on this bundle of colour.
- [Man Overboard](https://www.playdeau.com/man-overboard/) - It happened so quickly. In our report on Tréguier marina we made the point about the strong tidal flows which pass diagonally through the pontoons. Given this, mooring should always be into the current. Well, there was an incident two days before we left.
- [Home at last](https://www.playdeau.com/home-at-last/) - Kim Hollamby and Guy Nicholls cast off from Shamrock Quay at 2248 hrs under a clear night sky. The temperature was freezing, ice was on the decks, but inside the central heating was working perfectly.
- [Launched and waiting](https://www.playdeau.com/launched-and-waiting/) - Play d'eau's been launched and awaits a weather window to come home. As she gleams in the late afternoon light, she's moored and floating free at her berth with sea-trials and pre-flight checks completed.
- [Launch delay](https://www.playdeau.com/launch-delay/) - Why can't the weather behave and do as it's told? Although one of the fronts moved north, the other moved south and is hovering over the north coast of France with the English Channel sandwiched like jam in the middle with WSW F6 winds gusting F7 and rain.
- [Ready for launch](https://www.playdeau.com/ready-for-launch/) - With Play d'eau's three and a half months in the Plastic Surgery Operating Theatre to deal with her extensive blistering and GRP issues, the finishing touches to her new bootline and antifouling have been completed. Play d'eau is perfect, ready for launch, sea-trials, acceptance testing and departure to Beaucette Marina, Guernsey.
- [Play d'eau and South Africa](https://www.playdeau.com/play-deau-and-south-africa/) - Having prepared our Fleming 55, Play d'eau, for the journey, Kim and I left sunny Beaucette soon after midday delivering a long and triumphant blast of the Kahlenbergs to echo around the marina's quarry walls, and set sail (set motor?) for the journey
- [She'll be home soon](https://www.playdeau.com/shell-be-home-soon/) - Having delivered Play d'eau to Southampton over three and a half months ago, I took a call from GRP Repairs Ltd's MD, Julian Willmott today to let me know she'll soon be ready to come home.
- [Is this fouling or what?](https://www.playdeau.com/is-this-fouling-or-what/) - When we had our Princess V39 we kept her at Berthon Lymington Marina on the Solent. In September 2002, after just a month of not using her, we went for a short spin to Yarmouth for lunch taking some family members who had never been on board before
- [Fitting a Stern Thruster](https://www.playdeau.com/fitting-a-stern-thruster/) - We always thought that having a bow thruster was an admission of inability to drive a boat properly. I mean, you should be able to use a combination of props and rudder, and/or a combination of this with your warps, shouldn't you?
- [All aboard](https://www.playdeau.com/all-aboard-playdeau-fleming55/) - It's the start of a new adventure for Piers and Lin aboard Play d'eau – we're moving aboard our recently refitted Fleming 55 as full time liveaboards based in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Please keep a eye on this site for messages about our experiences and
- [Beaucette Marina - our new home](https://www.playdeau.com/beaucette-marina/) - Having arrived to live onboard Play d'eau in Beaucette Marina, Guernsey was bathed in sunshine. That's until the gales started two days later. Beaucette Marina used to be a granite quarry. After World War II, the owner called the Royal Engineers
- [A Fox becomes a Donkey](https://www.playdeau.com/a-fox-becomes-a-donkey/) - Since we've exported our cars from the UK to Guernsey* we've had to re-register them. They are now the proud bearers of Guernsey number plates – just numbers, no letters. Now, in the realm of 'inter-Channel Island' rivalry, those who live in Guernsey are known as
- [Don't do as I did](https://www.playdeau.com/dont-do-as-i-did/) - Well, despite all the warnings of having someone to hold a ladder, I, of course, dismissed them as waffle from the kill joys at Health & Safety. So, when standing on the ladder to clean the pony mast, the ladder slipped away
- [A new helm seat](https://www.playdeau.com/a-new-helm-seat/) - The original helm seat was fine but had two drawbacks which, over time, had really begun to irritate. First, it creaked at every slight movement of the boat whilst cruising, and second, its 'real estate' footprint meant squeezing between
- [The finishing touches](https://www.playdeau.com/the-finishing-touches/) - Despite the extensive research Lin and I did when specifying the electrics and electronics refit for Play d'eau, operational niggles came to light as soon as we started cruising and living on board.
- [Only 4 more sleeps until …..](https://www.playdeau.com/only-4-more-sleeps-until/) - Only four more sleeps until the first contingent of our family arrives for the celebrations of Piers’ 65th birthday. The actual date that he becomes officially old is 12th May. However, with a bank holiday on 6th we have all the family able to enjoy a long weekend, with some coming earlier and some staying later
- [Lobster, again](https://www.playdeau.com/lobster-again/) - 'Like another lobster, Piers?' asked John as he extracted his latest catch from the lobster pot he keeps in the marina near to Play d'eau. Did I hesitate? John, who lives on his sailing boat
- [Simrad v Furuno - the problem solved?](https://www.playdeau.com/simrad-v-furuno-the-problem-solved/) - In my post 'The Finishing Touches' I hinted at a major problem between the Simrad AP70 autopilot, the Furuno satellite compass and NavNet3d electronics, and that I'd report on it once it had been resolved
- [My wife says she still loves me....](https://www.playdeau.com/my-wife-still-loves-me/) - My parents used to take me and my two sisters on long summer holidays to Jersey where building sand castles and hunting for shells was accepted as de rigueur. Dad would find limpet shells that had lost their tops. With his back turned, he would place one in each eye, like monocles, and suddenly turn towards us in a gorilla-like stance
- [My 65th birthday celebrations!](https://www.playdeau.com/my-65th-birthday-celebrations/) - Wow! What can I say apart from thank you so much to Lin who had arranged days and days of celebrations involving all my immediate family to come to Guernsey for the long Bank Holiday weekend and beyond for my 65th birthday. For months, Guernsey had been suffering from
- [12 May 2013 - Free bus pass day](https://www.playdeau.com/12-may-2013-free-bus-pass-day/) - Today I was 65 years old and qualified for my free bus pass After my 12 birthday cards had been opened and displayed, there was a knock on the side of the boat. 'Piers - you awake?'
- [Oyster Catchers](https://www.playdeau.com/oyster-catchers/) - To our delight, the Oyster Catchers we've always known at Beaucette, are still resident. These beautiful birds with their long, bright red beaks, red rimmed eyes and pink legs, hammer around the marina in small groups at terrific speed with rapidly flapping wings
- [Birthday celebrations come to an end](https://www.playdeau.com/the-celebrations-end/) - 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 sister Hilary and husband Christopher (Kiffer) with us for an eleven day phase 2.
- [From the Galley of Play d'eau](https://www.playdeau.com/from-the-galley/) - After much encouragement, Lin and I have decided to add a section on Cooking onboard. The first recipe will be Parmesan Diamond crisps which are really simple to make and so rewarding. Over time, we'll share the good - what we've learned works really well; the bad - which encompasses the limitations of a boat's galley and how we overcome them; and finally the ugly - dedicated to what not to do!
- [Parmesan crisps](https://www.playdeau.com/parmesan-crisps/) - These Parmesan Diamond crisps are so, so more-ish. Great with drinks and they'll disappear the moment you serve them amidst many 'wows' of praise. As quickly as you serve them they'll go!
- [Lady Jazz interrupts her music making](https://www.playdeau.com/lady-jazz-interrupts-her-music-making/) - Logging into ybw.com to catch up with news on the Motor Boat Forum, I found 'Thepipdoc' had come into Beaucette Marina the previous evening on one engine having had an engine failure part way across the English Channel.
- [Play d'eau goes up in the world](https://www.playdeau.com/play-deau-goes-up-in-the-world/) - In cleaning the bilges I’d found a slight weep from one of the four bolts used to secure the two main anodes to the hull. Its washer was rusted leaving a slight rust stain where water must have oozed from the bolt and dribbled into the bilge. The concern was if the hull was wet from the water ingress.
- [Vegetable Stock](https://www.playdeau.com/vegetablestock/) - Stock forms the basis of so many recipes, and the good news is you only really need vegetable stock. No chicken or meat stock, just vegetable. Our recipe has been refined over the years and never lets us down and produces a gorgeous concentrated stock which works brilliantly with many of the recipes we'll be adding as time goes by.
- [Exterminating bugs](https://www.playdeau.com/exterminating-bugs/) - Bugs – the bane of Play d’eau's new electronics. Can we really exterminate them? I remember seeing mother-in-law size cockroaches in Delhi years ago in my flying days. There’d been a flying
- [The Beaucette seal, Mr Snore, returns](https://www.playdeau.com/the-beaucette-marina-seal-returns/) - Mr Snore, a large seal, has returned to Beaucette Marina, Guernsey, on his annual pilgrimage to clear the marina of its large stock of mullet. For many
- [The Restaurant at Beaucette Marina - our 'local'](https://www.playdeau.com/the-restaurant-at-beaucette-marina-our-local/) - Having tasted the fare at The Restaurant at Beaucette Marina I can only say how delighted we are to have such a great venue as our 'local'. With its position overlooking the marina and distant islands, Valerie with Head Waiter, Max
- [Beaucette, Guernsey](https://www.playdeau.com/beaucette-guernsey/) - Have you ever wondered about coming to Beaucette Marina? Ever wondered how the marina was created - its history from quarry to marina? And what about the restaurant which seems to have changed hands a number of times over the last few years - it is OK?
- [Leg 2 – St Peter Port to L’Aber Wrac’h - 18 June 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-2-st-peter-port-to-laber-wrach-18-june-2013/) - The sea was calm as the sun woke from its night’s dreams to peek over Herm, creating an orange brushstroke between the grey sky and sea, as we motored out of St Peter Port. Such a contrast from the previous evening’s strong E’ly F5 blowing swell and white caps into the harbour the previous evening
- [‘Best of Breed’ Cooking Ingredients](https://www.playdeau.com/best-of-breed-ingredients/) - This post is to list the ingredients we’ve found to be best of breed and as time allows, we’ll be adding more. Starting with salt, our ‘revelation’ came when we were shown that weight for weight, you have considerably more salt by quantity if you use an unprocessed sea salt rather than a free running, chemically enhanced table salt
- [Crouton Soldiers](https://www.playdeau.com/crouton-soldiers/) - These are so much more fun than the usual square croutons, and so simple to make, but ensure no one is about when you make them – they’ll disappear...
- [Squash and Ginger soup](https://www.playdeau.com/squash-and-ginger-soup/) - The clue to this beautiful soup lies in its simplicity and flavour maximising. Although the amount of ginger may sound excessive, I assure you it isn’t. It’s just gorgeous
- [A Maritime history of Audierne, Brittany](https://www.playdeau.com/a-maritime-history-of-audierne-brittany/) - During the late XVIth and early XVIIth centuries, Audierne’s Breton sailors became known for their coastal navigation skills creating a commercial industry of almost a hundred 60 ton ‘Carvelle’ sailing vessels, all based in Audierne
- [Leg 5 - Audierne to Port La Forêt - 25 June 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-5-audierne-to-port-la-foret-25-june-2013/) - With the sun daring to make one of her rare but welcome appearances during the summer months, Play d'eau and ship's company waved au revoir to the small, unspoiled town of Audierne which may not have the finest of marinas but it's 'real'
- [Port La Forêt - we're staying a while](https://www.playdeau.com/port-la-foret-were-staying-a-while/) - By now you've probably gathered we like it at Port La Forêt. So much so, that instead of moving on after two days we're staying until next Monday or thereabouts. Why? So many reasons
- [Jazz on the Bandstand & 'au revoir Port La Forêt'](https://www.playdeau.com/jazz-on-the-bandstand/) - A hot sun in a clear blue sky with a cool breeze and a sea mist rolling up the estuary, set the scene for the Festival of Jazz at the bandstand on the last day of our extended visit to Port La Forêt
- [Leg 6 - Port La Foret to Port Haliguen - 1 July 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-6-port-la-foret-to-port-haliguen-1-july-2013/) - A cold, grey sky greeted us as we emerged from our cabin and raised the blinds in the saloon to view the outside world. Whilst Lin went to fetch fresh croissants (a pink job) I busied myself with engine and nav checks (a blue job)
- [Leg 7 - Port Haliguen to Vannes - 2 July 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-6-port-haliguen-to-vannes-2-july-2013/) - Our next port of call, the walled town of Vannes, is at the top of the beautiful inland sea, the Golfe du Morbihan. Covering 100 square kilometres (approx. 12,000 hectares), with more than 40 islands, the largest of which is the Île aux Moines with its 7km coastline
- [Vannes – a medieval town](https://www.playdeau.com/vannes-a-medieval-town/) - Founded by the Romans in 56 BC, Julius Caesar went on to conquer the area known as Brittany. Throughout the third century, fortified walls were built around the town to protect it from ‘barbaric tribes’. Between 1341 and 1364 wars of succession were fought between two families claiming the title Duke of Brittany, which was eventually won by Jean IV
- [Vannes  - the farmers’ market](https://www.playdeau.com/vannes-the-farmers-market/) - It’s rare to find such an extensive farmers’ market. We’ll let the photos do the talking
- [Leg 8 – Vannes to Île d’Yeu – 5 July 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-8-vannes-to-ile-dyeu-5-july-2013/) - I confess that far too much Breton cider and Pastis was consumed and far too many olives fresh from the buzzing farmers’ market that morning; black in herbs and green in pesto. We had been invited for drinks by retired Chris and Sue of Aquitaine, a British yacht moored three places along
- [Out of Brittany into Vendée](https://www.playdeau.com/out-of-brittany-into-vendee/) - Oops! We hadn’t realised that by moving south from Vannes to Île d’Yeu we were leaving the Department of Brittany and sailing into that of Vendée, a department in the Pays de la Loire region of west central France
- [A bus, a walk, a marriage, and another bus](https://www.playdeau.com/a-bus-a-walk-a-marriage-and-another-bus/) - I said we should hire a car with air-con; Lin said we should walk. Between these two extremes were hiring a mini-moke or cycling for which there are many Location de Vélos in Port Joinville. In the end and by mutual agreement, we agreed a compromise. We’d walk. Lin began studying the map of this lovely 10km x 4km Île d’Yeu.
- [Leg 9 - Île d’Yeu to Les Sables d'Olonne - 11 July 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-9-ile-dyeu-to-sables-dolonne-11-july-2013/) - The forecast was right. The NE'ly had reached F5 again. Looking over the harbour wall showed a mass of white. Masts of departing yachts were bucking like broncos as they made headway with water cascading over their bows. I suspect that if I was a yachtsman, I'd be shouting, 'Yee Ha!' - or is that Dave of Yacht Akemi I hear?
- [Celeriac soup](https://www.playdeau.com/celeriac-soup/) - What a delicious soup this is. Whether you love or dislike celeriac or even know what it is (!) you will like this soup. Again, the recipe for our celeriac soup has been developed over the last few years, ensuring it's kept simple whilst maximising on flavour.
- [What's in Play d'eau's make-up bag?](https://www.playdeau.com/whats-in-play-deau-make-up-bag/) - Often I'm asked if I have any favourite products for looking after Play d'eau. I do, and here are some of the key items you'll find in her make-up bag...
- [Memories of Les Sables d'Olonne ](https://www.playdeau.com/memories-of-les-sables-dolonne/) - We've had a great time at Les Sables d'Olonne. Celebrating our 41st wedding anniversary, cleaning Play d’eau, exploring the town and enjoying the constant movement of trawlers
- [Leg 10 - Les Sables d'Olonne to La Rochelle - 18 July 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-10-les-sables-dolonne-to-la-rochelle-18-july-2013/) - As dawn was preparing to make her golden appearance to grace another red hot day, there was just enough light to see the trawlers off-loading their night’s catch at the maritime cooperative. The Bassin des Chalutiers at La Rochelle was today’s destination
- [Play d'eau, Play d'eau how does your garden grow?](https://www.playdeau.com/play-deau-play-deau-how-does-your-garden-grow/) - The garden is always stocked with mint, basil, thyme and chives. Having fresh herbs makes all the difference, and somehow they taste so much better when 'boat grown'
- [Gazpacho to cool those hot, hot days](https://www.playdeau.com/gazpacho-to-cool-those-hot-hot-days/) - This Gazpacho is just perfect for a hot day when 'cool' is needed. It's so refreshing, so 'clean'. Making it in these quantities means you'll have a good number of servings. Any left over can be kept in the fridge for use during a heat-wave, or frozen whilst you wait for the next heat-wave
- [Rich tomato sauce](https://www.playdeau.com/rich-tomato-sauce/) - This rich tomato sauce is brilliant for pizzas and tomato based soups. By making the following quantity, you’ll have plenty to store in jars in the fridge where it’ll keep for months and months and months
- [Ocean station vessel, this is Speedbird ...](https://www.playdeau.com/ocean-station-vessel-this-is-speedbird/) - When flying commercially for BOAC in the 1970s, I'd call these ocean station vessels (OSVs) on the VHF radio when overflying the Atlantic. Being stationed in specific geographic locations, OSVs could identify you by radar and advise your position. Really helpful given astro-nav and Loran were the two main navigation aids – there was no GPS in those days
- [A Red Letter Day](https://www.playdeau.com/a-red-letter-day/) - We had a great treat yesterday. One of our sons, his wife and two children are on holiday staying with two of their dear friends who live in Riberac, France. Yesterday, they all came to visit us on Play d'eau in the Bassin des Chalutiers, La Rochelle
- [Caption competition](https://www.playdeau.com/caption-competition/) - Seen in La Rochelle between Les Minimes marina and the town. Caption, anyone?
- [Leg 11 - La Rochelle to Rochefort - 31 July 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-11-la-rochelle-to-rochefort-31-july-2013/) - We've had a great time in the Bassin des Chalutiers. One of our sons, his wife and two children came to meet us for a day; we met Pat and Michelle who spend their life racing their Class 40 yacht, Croix du Sud, all over the world - literally
- [L'Hermione - a 26 cannon fast frigate](https://www.playdeau.com/hermione/) - At 66m LOA, a beam of 11.24m and a displacement of 1,082 tonnes with her 26 canons and ammunition, the three masted L’Hermione is a replica of the eighteenth century jewel of the French navy
- [Leg 12 - Rochefort to St Denis d'Oléron - 5 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-12-rochefort-to-st-denis-doleron-5-august-2013/) - At 0500 the swing bridge swung, the lock gate unlocked and the green exit light greened. Casting off at 0507, we eased our way towards the exit in the glow of the marina's spartan lighting. The Harbour Master was there to bid us farewell. ‘Bonne navigation,’ he called
- [Can you guess what this is?](https://www.playdeau.com/can-you-guess-what-this-is/) - Can you guess what this is?
- [What did we do in Rochefort?](https://www.playdeau.com/what-did-we-do-in-rochefort/) - I needed a haircut. Lin said, rather too eagerly, ‘I’ll do it.’ This would be a first in the 47 years since we started going out together. I said, ‘no.’ She said, ‘think of the savings.’ I said, ‘no.’ She said
- [It all happens whilst we're away!](https://www.playdeau.com/it-all-happens-whilst-we-are-away/) - So we leave for Guernsey and our long romp around the west coast of France and what happens? The moment's our backs disappear across the oceans our two unmarried sons both get engaged! Toby proposed to Amy in April (Amy said 'yes')
- [Leg 13 - St Denis to St Martin de Ré - 8 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-13-st-denis-to-st-martin-de-re-8-august-2013/) - Port St Denis d’Oléron was crowded. The only visitors’ pontoon was tightly packed and Play d'eau was on the inside of a raft of four. The Capitainerie staff were brilliant.
- [Mud, mud, glorious mud](https://www.playdeau.com/mud-mud-glorious-mud/) - On our way was to Rochefort we travelled 12 miles up the beautiful river Charente, where the colour of the water became more and more brown-green. By the time we arrived the colour was so dense that nothing could be seen if it was much more than an inch below the surface.
- [Leg 14 – St Martin de Ré to Les Sables d’Olonne - 11 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-14-st-martin-de-re-to-les-sables-dolonne-11-august-2013/) - A UNESCO World Heritage site, St Martin is Île de Ré’s historic capital and ancient port surrounded by the citadel. Small, old, buzzing with life, and we cherish our time there
- [Leg 15 - Les Sables d’Olonne to Pornic - 15 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-15-les-sables-dolonne-to-pornic-15-august-2013/) - Looking forward to another FLIR experience, we cast off from Quai Garnier’s pontoon A ‘exterieur’ and headed into the black an hour and a half before sunrise, destination Pornic in the départment Loire Atlantique, some 60nm to the North
- [A Year of Firsts](https://www.playdeau.com/a-year-of-firsts/) - When this year began we had no idea some of the ‘firsts’ that would happen. In October 2012 we spent a week in Guernsey making sure we knew the practical details surrounding our move to the island in March 2013 where we’d live
- [Rounding the Brest Peninsula](https://www.playdeau.com/rounding-the-brest-peninsula/) - We are about to head for the Brest peninsula to take advantage of the neap tides. This will involve us travelling from La Roche Bernard via Port Louis (Lorient), Port La Foret, Camaret and L'Aber Wrac'h, in the next few days
- [Leg 17 - La Roche Bernard to Port Louis - 25 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-17-la-roche-bernard-to-port-louis-25-august-2013/) - 0530 and the alarm woke us from a deep sleep. As I struggled to prise my eyes open I was thinking of good reasons not to go, but a strong cup of coffee from Lin soon put paid to the ideas
- [Leg 18 – Port Louis to Sainte Marine – 26 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-18-port-louis-to-sainte-marine-26-august-2013/) - This was a perfect journey. So gentle, so beautiful. Why Sainte Marine when we had planned for one our favourite marinas, Port La Fôret? Vendée Globe racing yachts had filled the marina leaving no room to spare for Play d'eau, but Sainte Marine opened their arms to us
- [Leg 20 - Camaret to L'Aber Wrac'h - 29 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-20-camaret-to-laber-wrach-29-august-2013/) - Yes, yes, yes! Fog – and lots of it. Maybe 100m maximum. So today we’d be on full weapons using our new radar seriously after all these hours of practising. And let’s not forget the Kahlenbergs and their auto-signaller for those four second blasts every two minutes
- [Leg 21 - L'Aber Wrac'h to Roscoff - 30 August 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-21-laber-wrach-to-roscoff-30-august-2013/) - Three weeks ago when we left Rochefort, we had the distinct feeling we were starting our journey home; latitude was increasing and we were heading north – homeward bound. The feeling became a reality yesterday on reaching L’Aber Wrac’h
- [No Jazz today - we're full](https://www.playdeau.com/no-jazz-today-were-full/) - You may have seen the post we made about the Cornouaille Jazz Band. It was an unexpected treat to see them perform when we visited Port La Forêt on the south-bound leg of our cruise down the west coast of France in June
- [The Hollamby Portable Radar unit](https://www.playdeau.com/the-hollamby-portable-radar-unit/) - Ah yes, the portable radar. You are of course referring to the (in)famous Motor Boats Monthly April Fool joke of (I think) 1988. To put this in context you have to remember this was the time when the very first GPS handhelds were emerging
- [Roscoff Bloscon Marina](https://www.playdeau.com/roscoff-bloscon-marina/) - Bloscon is already a great marina, and next year will be simply superb. M. Frédérie Boccou, Maître du Port, spent forty minutes with me unravelling the creation of the Bloscon complex, and detailed the next and last developments to bring the marina to completion by May 2014
- [Croissant Competition - Summer 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/croissant-competition-summer-2013/) - How would you judge a good croissant? We'd love to know what you'd look for. Are all croissants the same? I mean, a croissant is a croissant is a croissant, n’est ce pas? Mais, peut-être pas
- [Leg 22 - Roscoff to Tréguier - 6 September 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-22-roscoff-to-treguier-6-september-2013/) - Let's call this leg, 'Never poke your tongue out at the rain'. The last few days of our week’s stay in Roscoff had seen thick fog which didn’t really clear until after lunch, leaving the air cold and damp.
- [Stuffed Eggs - delectable and luscious](https://www.playdeau.com/stuffed-eggs-delectable-and-luscious/) - This is the most glorious recipe for a food that simply doesn't last long on the plate. Simple to make, luscious to eat, and very, very moorish. Beware the smash and grab raids....
- [Leg 23 - Tréguier to Paimpol - 12 September 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-23-treguier-to-paimpol-6-september-2013/) - We had entered the Rivre de Tréguier in the rain, the mist and a F4, and we left the Rivre de Tréguier in the rain, the mist and a F4. Reality was as forecast. A warm front was dithering over Tréguier casting its gloom in the form of mist and light rain, aided and abetted by a F4 from the N
- [Raspberry Coulis](https://www.playdeau.com/raspberry-coulis/) - When made with really fresh and ripe raspberries, this simple recipe makes a rich and sumptuous coulis which can be stored in a fridge for two or three weeks provided it’s covered with cling film so no air can get at it.
- [The boats insured but...](https://www.playdeau.com/the-boats-insured-but/) - Whilst transiting the rocky channel between Ile de Bréhat and the mainland on the leg between Tréguier and Paimpol, I was reminded of an incident on an MBM (the UK magazine Motor Boats Monthly) cruise in company in the late 1990s
- [The winner of the 2013 Croissant competition](https://www.playdeau.com/the-winner-of-the-2013-croissant-competition/) - Having cruised the beautiful coasts of north and west France and their hidden treasures of marinas for the last three months, we’ve tasted croissants in 22 ports from 31 boulangeries. And the winner is…
- [Paimpol - our extended stay](https://www.playdeau.com/paimpol-our-extended-stay/) - Paimpol is such a beautiful, small old Brittany town, built around its original granite harbour from which many sailing trawlers crossed the Atlantic to fish for cod off the Newfoundland's Grand Banks. The harbour remains a fishing port yet today's trawlers have swapped sails for engines, salt for refrigerators, and only venture a few miles out to sea
- [Leg 24 - Paimpol to St Helier - 21 September 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-24-paimpol-to-st-helier-21-september-2013/) - With fresh croissants collected by Lin and safely stowed in the galley (away from Piers), we cast off ending our delightful nine day stay in this glorious Brittany port. Exiting the lock, we waved goodbye to the lock-keeper, headed out of the harbour and into the long, narrow channel
- [Leg 25 - St Helier to Beaucette - 26 September 2013](https://www.playdeau.com/leg-25-st-helier-to-beaucette-26-september-2013/) - We didn’t want to go home. Having spent three months and six days of cruising to new and exciting places, the explorer bug had set in. Yet, we both knew the time was right to be back home in peaceful Beaucette, Guernsey
- [The highlights of our 2013 summer cruise](https://www.playdeau.com/the-highlights-of-the-2013-cruise/) - Wow. We've just completed our longest cruise ever of three months and six days. Departure from Beaucette was on June 17 in poor weather, but we returned to Beaucette yesterday in bright sunshine and flat seas. A great welcome home
- [Have you subscribed?](https://www.playdeau.com/have-you-subscribed/) - Having started in March, it's been six months since Lin and I started adding posts to our re-vamped website. We've had great fun taking over 2,000 photographs and writing 94 posts, and from the number of hits each post receives it's so worthwhile
- [Croutons](https://www.playdeau.com/croutons/) - Although we are fans of Crouton Soldiers, 'normal' square croutons can be used to great effect to bring 'le crunch' to any liquid dish. Crunchy and gorgeous, they won't taste of olive oil if you use a light one
- [Pea Soup](https://www.playdeau.com/pea-soup/) - When visiting France, we always look forward to our first can of Petit Pois. Only recently, did we realise the one we really liked had lettuce with it. Lettuce? Well, that sowed the seed for this recipe
- [Meeting Woolly Mammoth - again](https://www.playdeau.com/meeting-woolly-mammoth-again/) - 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?
- [Memories on a postcard from Jersey](https://www.playdeau.com/memories-on-a-postcard-from-jersey/) - Since 1460, the du Pré family has lived in Jersey. Yet, in 1928, my father, Derek du Pré, having worked at Lloyds Bank Jersey for two years, was posted to their Southampton branch. He was just twenty and didn't want to leave his beloved Jersey.
- [What a blow last night](https://www.playdeau.com/what-a-blow-last-night/) - By gum, did it blow last night! Overnight, rigging screamed, lolloped (a nautical technical term) and the wind stirred surface water to slap the hull. We recorded a N'ly average of 21kts with a max gust of 26kts
- [Intentions, intentions](https://www.playdeau.com/intentions-intentions/) - I’ve failed! With Play d’eau bringing us safely home to Beaucette on 26 September 2013 after a glorious 980nm 2013 summer cruise, the plan was to post at least one update a week. Have I achieved this? No.
- [We’re off to celebrate](https://www.playdeau.com/we-are-off-to-celebrate/) - Although a day late due to 75kt winds and spring tides, we board ‘old faithful’, the Condor ‘Commodore Clipper’ ferry for the overnight crossing to the mainland.
- [Bergen to Molde](https://www.playdeau.com/bergen-to-molde/) - Our cabin is a suite! What a treat but quite right for celebrating Lin’s special birthday. After boarding, we find our suite, unpack and have a good dinner. Very tired, we fall into bed.
- [Molde to Nesna](https://www.playdeau.com/molde-to-nesna/) - Although the MS Midnatsol is a sizeable cruise ship, we mustn’t forget she’s a working ferry. The reminder is the number of ports we visit and the cargo that’s hustled back and forth by an endless stream of stevedores driving fork lift trucks and larger vehicles
- [Nesna to Svolvaer](https://www.playdeau.com/nesna-to-svolvaer/) - We draw the curtains back and whilst the sun prepares to wake we watch the remnants of the night stars glitter on the water as we continue northwards towards Kirkenes
- [Svolvaer to Tromso](https://www.playdeau.com/svolvaer-to-tromso/) - Over the last two days, mountains have become more majestic, there’s more snow and the enormity of the scenery becomes more splendid hour by hour. It’s the isolation and undeniable dominance of nature that makes this part of the world so attractive.
- [Tromso to Batsfjord](https://www.playdeau.com/tromso-to-batsfjord/) - The ship’s motion is different. She’s pitching and rolling. Opening the heavy curtains we see why. The calm seas of the last few days have been rudely woken by a strong force 9 yet MS Midnatsol is riding the unruly motion so gently.
- [Batsfjord to LHR Terminal 4](https://www.playdeau.com/batsfjord-to-lhr-terminal-4/) - No sun. Just clouds and a slightly irritated sea. It's 0600 and we have just one more stop before we reach the end of our voyage, Kirkenes. We don't want to leave, yet we long to see our family after so long. We stare out over the balcony in silence recalling the last few days.
- [LHR Terminal 4 to Beaucette](https://www.playdeau.com/lhr-terminal-4-to-beaucette/) - We arrived at the hotel just before midnight, checked in, had a beer and slept soundly after a long day’s travelling. It was strange travelling on motorways again, let alone at 70mph rather than Guernsey's max of 35mph.
- [No water pressure](https://www.playdeau.com/no-water-pressure/) - For some time, Play d'eau's domestic water pressure had been reducing. And now there were times when the taps ran dry before slowly starting to run again. Not very helpful when you're in the middle of washing your hair.
- [South Africa - here we come](https://www.playdeau.com/south-africa-here-we-come/) - Toby, our youngest son (yet he's 28 years old) is marrying Amy on April 19 in South Africa. And we'll be there! Since becoming engaged, Amy has a law degree and Toby has expanded his marine businesses. We are so proud of them
- [Red Pepper Sauce](https://www.playdeau.com/red-pepper-sauce/) - As we continue to search for the beauty of flavour simplicity, we've honed this recipe to produce a sauce that's one of the most beautiful to look at, let alone a tasting delight. The colour is vibrant and the taste is so pure
- [Where are we?](https://www.playdeau.com/where-are-we/) - Thursday 3 April. The beginning of our South African adventure. Alarm clock, coffee (tea for Lin), taxi, airport, check-in, security, departure lounge, is the fog going to delay us? No. Blue Islands flight SI 310 is on time for the exhausting ten minute flight to the 'other island' (Jersey).
- [Cape Town](https://www.playdeau.com/cape-town/) - We arrived at the start of our South African extravaganza at this magnificent old colonial-style hotel, the Mount Nelson Hotel, late last Sunday evening after an unexpectedly prolonged journey. We've packed so much into the last three days
- [Our South African adventure](https://www.playdeau.com/our-south-african-adventure/) - I was about to say something to Lin, when the Captain announced, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, unfortunately, the undercarriage will not retract so we have to return to Dubai.'
- [Apartheid and Reconciliation](https://www.playdeau.com/apartheid-and-reconcilliation/) - We had no idea how much today's tour of a township, District 6 and Robben Island, was going to affect us. Our guide warned us that we may find this tour somewhat gruelling. He was right.
- [Rosendal](https://www.playdeau.com/rosendal/) - We drove the three hour journey across mountains, through gorges and along tightly circuitous passes in our Avis hire car to the gorgeous Rosendal Winery, a tiny eight room ‘boutique’ hotel in the middle of nowhere between Roberston and Ashton.
- [Rosendal to Oudtshoorn](https://www.playdeau.com/rosendal-to-oudtshoorn/) - After our two nights at the Rosendal Winery, the drive to Altes Landhaus was greater in distance and greater in beauty if the latter was at all possible. The enormity of the endless, dry, arid mountain ranges, the range of colours, the ostriches, baboons and other animals we couldn’t identify, was captivating.
- [Oudtshoorn to Plettenberg Bay](https://www.playdeau.com/oudtshoorn-to-plettenberg-bay/) - Only three more sleeps until we see Toby and Amy again, and two extra until the wedding - excitement is growing! Yet again, clear blue skies ruled the start of the day and the 37C temperature and low humidity was simply delightful.
- [The wedding - 19 April 2014](https://www.playdeau.com/the-wedding/) - The day had arrived. The day Toby and Amy were to wed. The Tala Private Game Reserve was the chosen wedding venue with its 3,000 hectares in KwaZulu-Natal, between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
- [Wedding preparations](https://www.playdeau.com/wedding-preparations/) - A picture postcard story of the wedding preparations. The wedding venue, Acacia. A beautiful thatched, wooden barn with a large decking area overlooking a waterhole, 150m away. The sun was bright and strong.
- [Animal life](https://www.playdeau.com/animal-life/) - As our visit to South Africa draws to a close, here are pics of the various animals we saw whilst on our journeys. In the next posts we'll showcase the vivid colours of the flowering plants we've found and finally, a summary of our whole magnificent tour
- [A Hippo Story](https://www.playdeau.com/a-hippo-story/) - On our safari around the Tala Private Game Reserve, the ranger took us to the Hippos and pointed out a Hippo Run, a track that a Hippo uses. Woe betide anything that gets in the way of the run - it will suffer.
- [Homeward bound](https://www.playdeau.com/homeward-bound/) - Well, we're homeward bound. After a magnificent and glorious three weeks in South Africa, we have travelled from Cape Town to Durban to Amsterdam and will shortly leave for Guernsey
- [My favourite pics of Lin](https://www.playdeau.com/my-favourite-pics-of-lin/) - I love these two pics of Lin. I sneaked them whilst in South Africa....
- [Prostate operation](https://www.playdeau.com/prostate-operation/) - Many of you will know that almost a decade ago, I was found to have prostate cancer. Thankfully, the cancer was 'micro' and of the least aggressive type flavour. The consultant recommended a 'watch and pounce' approach with six monthly PSA checks
- [The Victoria Wing](https://www.playdeau.com/the-victoria-wing-princess-elizabeth-hospital-guernsey/) - In a nutshell: Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital; The Victoria Wing; a successful TURP operation; zero side effects; many friends made, and I think - correction, I know - I've put on weight.
- [An Ode to Pee](https://www.playdeau.com/a-ode-to-pee/) - Having followed my time in hospital for a rebuild of my prostate last week, our dear friends, Graham and Frances of Woolly Mammoth have penned an 'Ode to Pee'. It's brilliant!
- [Family comes to stay](https://www.playdeau.com/family-comes-to-stay-1/) - A treat! Our eldest and his family flew over to stay with us on Play d'eau. We met his family at Guernsey's airport and took the coast road back to Beaucette. In a display of welcome to Guernsey, out came the sun banishing the grey clouds to England and creating a clear blue sky just for us.
- [Coming and Going](https://www.playdeau.com/coming-and-going/) - As soon as Diccon and Charlottes' two children, Oscar and Maia, scrambled down the Flybe aircraft steps, they started running towards the terminal building leaving Mum and Dad behind. Baggage in hand, all four emerged from Customs and the children ran into our arms
- [The trumpet shall sound](https://www.playdeau.com/the-trumpet-shall-sound/) - The phone rang. It was a French number. I answered cautiously. 'Allo?' It was Alain, the trumpeter from the Cornouaille Jazz Band! He'd arrived in St Peter Port from Port La Forêt in his 6m yacht and could we meet
- [Did the walls fall down?](https://www.playdeau.com/did-the-walls-fall-down/) - Following our previous post (The Trumpet sounded), we can happily report that the walls didn't fall down. But just to be on the safe side, Beaucette Marina is taking precautions. For the last two months, quarry engineers
- [We won!](https://www.playdeau.com/we-won/) - We won the RCIYC Cruising Trophy! My father, Derek du Pré, a Jerseyman and keen sailor, had been a member of the RCIYC for many years. Following in his footsteps, it was de rigueur to join which we did soon after purchasing our first Play d'eau, a Princess V39.
- [Preferred channel marker?](https://www.playdeau.com/preferred-channel-marker/) - As the song goes, "Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head". And then I looked in the mirror, and saw an horrific sight! A red eye looking back at me. For some unknown reason, it was completely bloodshot know to man.
- [Post prostate](https://www.playdeau.com/post-prostate/) - Having so enjoyed my stay in The Victoria Wing of The Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey, where I was so thoroughly spoiled by the nursing staff and Chef Dave, I returned to take some pics of the team and Chef Dave's food.
- [Leaving the UK](https://www.playdeau.com/leaving-the-uk/) - Today, we are leaving the UK bound for Guernsey, the start of a long held dream. For many years, Lin and I have been cruising the Channel Islands, often finding ourselves saying, 'It feels like coming home.'
- [We have arrived!](https://www.playdeau.com/we-have-arrived/) - We’ve arrived! We’re in Guernsey, on Play d’eau, beginning to live the dream we’ve held for so many years - we’ve come ‘home’. Having boarded the 9am slow ferry from Portsmouth on 22 March 2013
- [Plant life](https://www.playdeau.com/plant-life/) - Although it was Autumn, there were still some magnificent flowers in full display whilst leaves and vegetation were showing their vibrant autumnal colours. Wherever possible, we made use of sunrise and sunset light.

## Pages

- ["Play d'eau"](https://www.playdeau.com/the-origin-of-play-deau/) - Our Fleming 55 is called Play d'eau (you'll sometimes see it termed Play deau or Play-deau on some websites) - it is the second boat in the family to carry this name
- [Fleming 55](https://www.playdeau.com/play-deau-fleming-55/) - In 2003, our new Play d'eau was delivered after she had been displayed at the Dusseldorf 2003 Boat Show. Hull No 129, she was a significant change from our previous planing hull boats
- [Beaucette's Restaurant](https://www.playdeau.com/beaucette/beaucette-marina-restaurant-guernsey/) - The Restaurant at Beaucette Marina, Guernsey, came under exciting new management and opened for business in June 2012. Valerie and husband Chef James' restaurant is now one of Guernsey's best, benefitting from stunning views across Beaucette Marina and beyond to Herm, Jethou, Sark, Alderney and France, and, if you peek to the right a bit you can see Jersey
- [Privacy policy](https://www.playdeau.com/terms-and-conditions/) - playdeau.com Privacy policy This Privacy policy The Privacy Policy provides details of the personal data we collect from you, what we do with it, how you might access it and with whom it might be shared. We will ensure that your personal information is treated with the utmost respect and in accordance with Data Protection
- [Beaucette Marina, Guernsey](https://www.playdeau.com/beaucette/beaucette-marina-guernsey/) - Beaucette Marina Guernsey is the quietest, if not the most beautiful marina we have found. Listen carefully and all you'll hear are the Oyster Catchers and an occasional seagull
- [Rubis diesel](https://www.playdeau.com/rubis-diesel/) - Knowing how critical good diesel is, I have dedicated this page to Rubis following our post on diesel. The bonus to taking top quality Rubis diesel is that it's the least expensive in Britain. So here's the plug. Rubis and special offers If you would like to make the 75 nm crossing to beautiful Guernsey
- [Piers and Lin 140th birthday celebration videos](https://www.playdeau.com/piers-and-lin-140th-birthday-celebration-videos/)
- [Beaucette Marina's History](https://www.playdeau.com/beaucette/beaucette-marina-from-beaucette-quarry/) - The disused quarry at Beaucette, Guernsey, was privately owned. Given its location close to the sea the plan was to create a marina. But a substantial cliff wall was in the way
- [Cookie policy](https://www.playdeau.com/cookie-policy/) - playdeau.com Cookie policy Use of cookies by playdeau.com Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table explains the cookies we use
- [Previous boats](https://www.playdeau.com/previous-boats/) - Our previous boats are all listed here. You'll see we started with a Fletcher Arrowbolt 21 in 1988. What fun! What a learning curve.... From there to a Cougar Predator 35, a Princess V39 and finally, our Fleming 55. Princess V39 - Play d'eau - 1995 to 2013 The first time we used the name
- [Cooking onboard](https://www.playdeau.com/cooking-onboard/) - Eating out appears to be the choice of many boaters rather than cooking onboard. Whilst away, it’s a holiday in itself not to have to cook but sometimes we come away disappointed
- [Beaucette](/beaucette-marina-guernsey/)

## Categories

- [Servicing / Technical / Nav](https://www.playdeau.com/category/servicing-our-boats/) - Some of the more interesting facets of boat servicing, technical details, and navigational goodies
- [Living aboard Play d'eau](https://www.playdeau.com/category/living-aboard-play-deau/)
- [Cooking onboard](https://www.playdeau.com/category/cooking-on-board-a-boat/) - Despite the ‘effort’ involved, preparing an exciting meal onboard, full of mouthwatering flavours, can be such fun and so rewarding
- [Marina specifics](https://www.playdeau.com/category/the-latest-info-on-the-marinas-weve-visited/) - The category ‘Marina Specifics’ will be dedicated to detailing the latest information we’ve gathered on our journeys.
- [Cruising](https://www.playdeau.com/category/passage-by-passage-cruises-on-play-deau/) - Cruising posts will detail each passage we make, including the nav planning, weather conditions and anything of influence and interest en route
- [Holidays](https://www.playdeau.com/category/holidays/)

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- [Diesel](https://www.playdeau.com/tag/diesel/)
- [dockside filter](https://www.playdeau.com/tag/dockside-filter/)
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- [David Miles](https://www.playdeau.com/tag/david-miles/)