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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. |
Play d’eau is back in the water after being on hols for almost four weeks at M&G Engineers. Whilst we’ve been on our hols in Norway visiting the Arctic Circle, Play d’eau’s been pampered with a full spa treatment below her waterline. She was ready. Ready for launch. Ready to go home to Beaucette. … Continue reading Back home and back in the water 
We arrived at the hotel just before midnight, checked in, had a beer and slept soundly after a long day’s travelling. Having collected the car from the other side of the airport we were on our way to Coventry to stay with our eldest and his family. It was strange travelling on motorways again, let alone at 70mph rather than Guernsey’s max of 35mph. … Continue reading LHR Terminal 4 to Beaucette 
I’ve failed! Despite all the best intentions, I haven’t kept our website up to date. With Play d’eau bringing us safely home to Beaucette on 26 September 2013 after a glorious 980nm 2013 summer cruise, the plan was to post at least one update a week. Have I achieved this? No. Only one, and I’ve been making all the excuses known to mankind. … Continue reading Intentions, intentions 
By gum, did it blow last night! Overnight, rigging screamed, lolloped (a nautical technical term) and the wind stirred surface water to slap the hull. We recorded a N’ly average of 21kts with a max gust of 26kts … Continue reading What a blow last night 
We had three clear days in Jersey during which we talked, laughed, carried out our threat to terrorise the local restaurants, ate good food whilst attempting, unsuccessfully, to drink them dry of good wine. But hey, what’s retirement for? … Continue reading Meeting Woolly Mammoth – again 
Wow. We’ve just completed our longest cruise ever of three months and six days. Departure from Beaucette was on June 17 in poor weather, but we returned to Beaucette yesterday in bright sunshine and flat seas. A great welcome home … Continue reading The highlights of our 2013 summer cruise 
We didn’t want to go home. Having spent three months and six days of cruising to new and exciting places, the explorer bug had set in. Yet, we both knew the time was right to be back home in peaceful Beaucette, Guernsey … Continue reading Leg 25 – St Helier to Beaucette – 26 September 2013 
How would you judge a good croissant? We’d love to know what you’d look for. Are all croissants the same? I mean, a croissant is a croissant is a croissant, n’est ce pas? Mais, peut-être pas. One of the key elements of visiting France to which we really look forward, is our first croissant, more than the Eiffel Tower, Pastis, or scary driving … Continue reading Croissant Competition – Summer 2013 
Bloscon is already a great marina, and next year will be simply superb. M. Frédérie Boccou, Maître du Port, spent forty minutes with me unravelling the creation of the Bloscon complex, and detailed the next and last developments to bring the marina to completion by May 2014 … Continue reading Roscoff Bloscon Marina 
Whilst moored in Port Garnier marina, Les Sables d’Olonne, local trawlers of all sizes pass us by heading for their cooperative some 300m beyond the marina. Since they bring fresh catch every moment of the day, we really don’t mind the noise or being tossed around by their wakes since the cooperative’s … Continue reading When do we return to Guernsey? |
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