About this site

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.

Where’s Play d’eau?

If the new owners have the AIS on, you can find where Play d'eau is right now.

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Recent Posts

The finishing touches

Martin at Beaucette Marina

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 …

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A new helm seat

The new STIDD helm seat

We replaced the original helm seat with a beautiful new STIDD to overcome two drawbacks which, over time, had began to irritate us …

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Don’t do as I did

A somewhat sore bruise

Having dismissed Health & Safety’s guidance of ‘how to use a ladder’, look what happened to me …

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Beaucette Marina – our new home

Beaucette Marina

Having decamped the ferry, Beaucette was bathed in sunshine. That’s until the gales started two days later. …

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We have arrived!

Arriving in Guernsey's St Peter Port harbour on the Commodore Clipper ferry from Portsmouth

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’. …

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All aboard

Play d'eau Fleming 55 off the Belgian coast

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. …

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