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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. |
Logging into the Motor Boat Forum at ybw.com a week ago to catch up with news, 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 … Continue reading Lady Jazz interrupts her music making 
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 … Continue reading Parmesan crisps 
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 … Continue reading From the Galley of Play d’eau 
Rose (violet) garlic, the best of all garlics,at Paimpol’s farmers’ market, Brittany click to enlarge 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 we sometimes we come away disappointed with the fare we’ve been served. … Continue reading Cooking onboard 
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! 
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 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 ….. |
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