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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. |
This post is to list the ingredients we’ve found to be best of breed and as time allows, we’ll be adding more. Our first ‘salt revelation’ came when we were shown that weight for weight, you have considerably more salt by quantity if you use an unprocessed sea salt rather than a free running, chemically enhanced table salt … Continue reading ‘Best of Breed’ Cooking Ingredients 
Well, the wind screamed through yacht rigging and it poured with rain during the night but by 6am it had exhausted itself and become a reducing F4 with misty drizzle. By the time we cast off at 1113 it was a mere NW’ly 2. Perfect Play d’eau weather … Continue reading Leg 4 – Camaret to Audierne – 20th June 2013 
Having rigged for ‘silent running’ (it was still night when we left) Play d’eau motored out of L’aber wrac’h marina and down the river bound for Camaret at 0430 to catch the best of slack tide whilst transiting the notorious Chenal du Four … Continue reading Leg 3 – L’Aber Wrac’h to Camaret – 19 June 2013 
The sea was calm as the sun woke from its night’s dreams to peek over Herm, creating an orange brushstroke between the dark grey sky and sea, as we motored out of St Peter Port. Such a contrast from the previous evening’s strong E’ly F5 blowing swell and white caps into the harbour the previous evening … Continue reading Leg 2 – St Peter Port to L’Aber Wrac’h – 18 June 2013 
At last! After I don’t know how many weeks of staring at weather forecasts, the skies and sea states, we have started our summer cruise – just four days before mid-summer’s day. Waiting had caused Cabin Fever to set in to the point … Continue reading Goodbye cabin fever – hello Brittany! 
Have you ever wondered about coming to Beaucette Marina? Ever wondered how the marina was created – its history from quarry to marina? And what about the restaurant which seems to have changed hands a number of times over the last few years – it is OK? … Continue reading Beaucette, Guernsey 
Mr Snore, a large seal, has returned to Beaucette Marina, Guernsey, on his annual pilgrimage to clear the marina of its large stock of mullet. For many years, Mr Snore has visited Beaucette Marina to plunder the mullet which have been fattening themselves for the last year since his last raid … Continue reading The Beaucette seal, Mr Snore, returns Tranquil Beaucette Marina, Guernsey click to enlarge Beaucette Marina Guernsey with its 115 berths is the quietest, if not the most beautiful and tranquil marina we have found in all our years of cruising. Positioned on the NE corner of Guernsey, Beaucette Marina is the only privately owned marina in the Channel Islands … Continue reading Beaucette Marina, Guernsey Guernsey quarries The Royal Engineers creating Beaucette Marina from Beaucette quarry.Picture taken 4 September 1968 click to enlarge In the 19th century, quarrying was Guernsey’s major industry with 268 quarries being actively worked. Many were hundreds of feet deep and most of the extracted granite was crushed and transported by ship for making … Continue reading Beaucette Marina’s History Our previous boats are all listed here. You’ll see we started with a Fletcher Arrowbolt 21 in 1988. What fun! What a learning curve…. From there to a Cougar Predator 35, a Princess V39 and finally, our Fleming 55. Play d’eau (camper hood up) just off Lymington bound for Guernsey – MBM Channel … Continue reading Previous boats |
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