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11 August 2015 750 × 500 Play d’eau’s holiday technical issues

The gearbox oil leak throws oil out of the flywheel housing

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

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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.

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Recent Posts

The anchor’s swallowed
The ensign is lowered
Where did the last two and a half years go?
Upgrades for 2019
Out with the old, in with the new
NNE storm forces crew to abandon
Clean water, please
A child is born
Diesel
Return to Carentan
Oh no! to Elation
It’s Christmas!
Double First Ltd wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Gearbox and tacho – sorted
Play d’eau’s holiday technical issues
Leg 20 (2015) – Roscoff to Beaucette
Leg 19 (2015) – Camaret to l’Aber Wrac’h to Roscoff
Leg 18 (2015) – Sainte Marine to Camaret
Leg 17 (2015) – Lorient to Sainte Marine
Leg 16 (2015) – Pornichet to Lorient Port Louis
Leg 15 (2015) – Les Sables d’Olonne to Pornichet
Quadcopter No2
Ambushed by the weather
Leg 14 (2015) – St Martin de Ré to Les Sables d’Olonne
Leg 13 (2015) – La Rochelle to St Martin de Ré
What on earth is it?
Leg 12 (2015) – St Denis d’Oléron to La Rochelle
Leg 11 (2015) – La Rochelle to St Denis d’Oléron
Leg 10 (2105) – Rochefort to La Rochelle
Leg 9 (2105) – La Rochelle to Rochefort
Letter from Port la Fôret
Golden Arrow – International Rescue
Leg 8 (2015) – Les Sables d’Olonne to La Rochelle
Leg 7 (2015) – Pornichet to Les Sables d’Olonne
Leg 6 (2015) – Port Haliguen to Pornichet
Leg 5 (2015) – Port la Fôret to Port Haliguen
Quelle surprise
We had a visitor
Encore, encore
Leg 4 (2015) – Audierne to Port la Fôret
Letter from Audierne
Leg 3 (2015) – Camaret to Audierne
Leg 2 (2015) – St Peter Port to Camaret
Leg 1 (2015) – Beaucette to St Peter Port
An electrifying display
Meet Sparky
They sang and danced
Josiah comes of age to travel
An Engagement
A deafening silence

Links

du Pre Marine Ltd
Kahlenberg UK Ltd
RES Ltd (Guernsey)
Solent Marine Surveys
Marine & General Engineers Ltd (Guernsey)
Rubis fuel (Guernsey)
Kim Hollamby

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