Having dismissed Health & Safety’s guidance of ‘how to use a ladder’, look what happened to me …
Continue reading Don’t do as I did
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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. |
Exporting the cars from the UK to Guernsey meant we had to re-register them. So our Fox became a Donkey… … Continue reading A Fox becomes a Donkey 
Having decamped the ferry, Beaucette was bathed in sunshine. That’s until the gales started two days later. … Continue reading Beaucette Marina – our new home 
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’. … Continue reading We have arrived! 
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.’ … Continue reading Leaving the UK 
After 10 years of glorious cruising, we decided it was time to upgrade Play d’eau’s electronics. We spent considerable time researching which equipment, suppliers and installers would be used, and work finally began in the winter of 2012 and finished before the season started in 2013. … Continue reading Play d’eau is featured in MBY 
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. … Continue reading All aboard 
To descale the engines, we devised an alternative method from just sending the heat exchangers away for cleaning. This would save time and do the whole engine. … Continue reading Descaling the heat exchanger 
We eventually bit the bullet and had a stern thruster fitted. Watching the hole being cut in the transom was unnerving to say the least … Continue reading Fitting a Stern Thruster 
Taking Play d’eau for a day trip to Yarmouth, we wondered why she wouldn’t fly. … Continue reading Is this fouling or what? |
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