On the Rade de Brest there are many sillons: shingle banks created by the strong tides. The Sillon des Anglais is one of the largest. It is far away from any…
On the Rade de Brest there are many sillons: shingle banks created by the strong tides. The Sillon des Anglais is one of the largest. It is far away from any village, surrounded by steeply wooded slopes. Here a cruising dinghy can dry out on a bed of samphire, for a night in peace and tranquility.
THE CHALLENGE NAVIGUER LÉGER This is an annual “challenge” for sail and oar boats, cruising in company for a few days in “total autonomy” and organised by Gilles Montaubin of Chantier MER and the magazine Le Chasse-Marée. I have made a video about this previously: https://youtu.be/CJzhO5yoaGw
MY BOAT Do you want a boat like mine? She is an adapted Ilur designed by François Vivier, and built of clinker plywood by les Charpentiers Reunis of Cancale in 1994. The design is based closely on the traditional inshore fishing boats of Brittany, including her single boom-less lugsail rig and lack of a mainsheet horse, (controversial among my viewers). Although rare in Britain, Ilurs are quite common in France. http://www.vivierboats.com/en/ Similar dinghies can often be found for sale in the French magazine le Chasse-Marée https://www.chasse-maree.com/revue/
MORE INFORMATION ON DINGHY CRUISING Read my book, the Dinghy Cruising Companion: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dinghy-Cruising-Companion-Roger-Barnes/dp/1408179164 And join the Dinghy Cruising Association: http://dinghycruising.org.uk/
Overnight at the Sillon des Anglais
On the Rade de Brest there are many sillons: shingle banks created by the strong tides. The Sillon des Anglais is one of the largest. It is far away from any…
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On the Rade de Brest there are many sillons: shingle banks created by the strong tides. The Sillon des Anglais is one of the largest. It is far away from any village, surrounded by steeply wooded slopes. Here a cruising dinghy can dry out on a bed of samphire, for a night in peace and tranquility.
THE CHALLENGE NAVIGUER LÉGER
This is an annual “challenge” for sail and oar boats, cruising in company for a few days in “total autonomy” and organised by Gilles Montaubin of Chantier MER and the magazine Le Chasse-Marée. I have made a video about this previously:
https://youtu.be/CJzhO5yoaGw
MY BOAT
Do you want a boat like mine?
She is an adapted Ilur designed by François Vivier, and built of clinker plywood by les Charpentiers Reunis of Cancale in 1994. The design is based closely on the traditional inshore fishing boats of Brittany, including her single boom-less lugsail rig and lack of a mainsheet horse, (controversial among my viewers). Although rare in Britain, Ilurs are quite common in France.
http://www.vivierboats.com/en/
Similar dinghies can often be found for sale in the French magazine le Chasse-Marée
https://www.chasse-maree.com/revue/
MORE INFORMATION ON DINGHY CRUISING
Read my book, the Dinghy Cruising Companion:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dinghy-Cruising-Companion-Roger-Barnes/dp/1408179164
And join the Dinghy Cruising Association:
http://dinghycruising.org.uk/
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