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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. |
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 … Continue reading Oyster Catchers 
Today I was 65 years old and qualified for my free bus pass! And to start the day, Dave of Yacht Akemi cooked me a birthday breakfast with a duck egg … Continue reading 12 May 2013 – Free bus pass day 
Shell Beach with the family playing cricket click to enlarge 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, … Continue reading My 65th birthday celebrations! 
It can happen to you as well, yet my wife says she still loves me…. … Continue reading My wife says she still loves me…. 
In my post ‘The Finishing Touches’ I hinted at a major problem with the Simrad AP70 autopilot. Given it was only the second AP70 to be installed (serial No 2) was it a software problem? An integration issue? Andy Craig of MEI comes to the rescue … Continue reading Simrad v Furuno – the problem solved? 
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 … Continue reading Radar, MARPA and Radar Assisted Collisions 
‘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? … Continue reading Lobster, again 
… 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 … Continue reading Only 4 more sleeps until ….. 
Martin Janning flies to Guernsey on a lovely blue sky and hot day, to ‘sort out’ the niggles that have become apparent since the refit … Continue reading The finishing touches 
We replaced the original helm seat with a beautiful new STIDD to overcome two drawbacks which, over time, had began to irritate us … Continue reading A new helm seat |
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