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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. |
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. Meanwhile, the town’s extensive shell fish industry has kept it firmly on the haute cuisine map by serving much of France with fresh crab, lobster, langoustine, sardines and line-caught fish. … Continue reading Letter from Audierne 
After our horrid yet triumphant marathon passage making yesterday, we had a day off to recuperate – with croissants and hot chocolate. 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. … Continue reading Leg 3 (2015) – Camaret to Audierne 
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 that when we rounded St Martin’s Point we’d meet a 3m Atlantic swell topped with 1m waves stirred up by a NE4 wind. … Continue reading Leg 2 (2015) – St Peter Port to Camaret 
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 with the west coast of France firmly in her sites. Lin and Piers just happened to be travelling with her. … Continue reading Leg 1 (2015) – Beaucette to St Peter Port 
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 nav equipment. … Continue reading An electrifying display 
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? … Continue reading Meet Sparky 
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. This was not your typical British ‘Happy Birthday’ … Continue reading They sang and danced 
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! We planned to fire a cannon and protect the SW shores of Guernsey by manning a huge restored gun near Pleinmont Point. … Continue reading Josiah comes of age to travel 
‘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 … Continue reading An Engagement 
‘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, … Continue reading A deafening silence |
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