Tag Archives: Sailing

Dieppe and Varengeville

Posted on Thursday, 2 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The cliff of Varengeville forms a point on the Côte d’Albâtre between Quiberville and Dieppe. Varengeville-sur-Mer is one of those coastal villages that developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well-to-do families would have their houses built … Continue reading →

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Another World

Posted on Tuesday, 23 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I took the boat out yesterday at Les Petites Dalles (cf. A Sense of Wonder. Yes I have been there before), and took a few photos, which I could not yet do the last time. I would have liked to sail … Continue reading →

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Huntingford Helm Impeder

Posted on Sunday, 21 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

What could this be? As I haven’t done a boating blog post for a while, and I usually share my technological improvements, here is my newest one. The problem is the oldest one in the book. When you are sailing … Continue reading →

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The Thick Façade of Civilization

Posted on Wednesday, 20 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just discovered this wonderful article: The Thick Façade of Civilization It comes as no surprise to find out that the author is a man of the sea and sails a yacht. Bernard Moitessier anchored his boat in French … Continue reading →

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The Sea off Brittany

Posted on Monday, 18 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Nothing is more Breton than seafaring, whether it is “messing about in boats” or risking your life in a storm to earn your living as a fisherman. This is the sea at its most placid and pleasurable for a dinghy … Continue reading →

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Returning to Brittany

Posted on Thursday, 24 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am returning to Brittany in just over a week, but this time with my wife for our summer holiday. We will be going to Loctudy, shown on the map by a white circle, and in the aerial photo. It … Continue reading →

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Bring Back the British Empire!

Posted on Saturday, 5 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update: the Route du Sable website has been updated with lots of photos. We were seventy six boats and about two hundred and fifty people in those boats. Some of our boats, like mine, only take one person. The Bantry … Continue reading →

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Route du Sable

Posted on Tuesday, 1 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The event has happened. It was a long drive to the tip of Brittany, and the weather turned unstable only two days before. I camped at the extremely welcoming campsite of Rodaven in Châteaulin from Friday night until this morning, … Continue reading →

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Affluence on the Aulne

Posted on Friday, 20 June, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Further from my article on the Route du Sable, I went to the association’s Facebook page after the closure of registrations. Everything is in – L’Aulne connaîtra un record d’affluence … The Aulne (name of the river from the Rade … Continue reading →

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Route du Sable

Posted on Tuesday, 17 June, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am beginning my preparations for going away for the Petertide weekend at the end of this month. I began some months ago with my registration in a major sail & oar gathering at the western tip of Brittany called … Continue reading →

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