Tag Archives: The Sea

Living in a Cruising Dinghy with Roger Barnes

Posted on Thursday, 11 February, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My sailing companion has produced a new Youtube film from last autumn. What do we do at night? I put up three articles last summer of my adventure at the Semaine du Golfe: Life on a Twelve-Foot Boat My Semaine du … Continue reading →

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Up and Down the Canal

Posted on Monday, 7 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I returned today from my little weekend on the Somme, see previous article. The descriptions are under each photo. I am moored just upstream from where I launched upstream from the main lock at Saint Valéry sur Somme. There was … Continue reading →

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En Somme…

Posted on Thursday, 3 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m off sailing this coming weekend on the Somme Canal. I will certainly also have a lot of rowing, because the wind on inland waterways is usually behind your back or in your face. I will be launching “Sarum” at … Continue reading →

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Hymn to the Sea

Posted on Sunday, 12 July, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I found this written by Fr Claude Babarit (left of the group), my skipper at the Naviclerus regatta (priests and seminarians on eight 34-foot yachts) in August 2011. He is a retired priest at Les Sables d’Olonne in the Vendée … Continue reading →

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Mass at Sea

Posted on Tuesday, 23 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have found this poignant painting on Rorate Caeli by Louis Duveau, A Mass at Sea in 1793 (1864) in the Musée des beaux-arts in Rennes. Click on the image to get an enlargement. 1793 was the height of the … Continue reading →

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What a damp place to spend the night!

Posted on Saturday, 6 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This photo was taken by the owner of the black boat with the blue sail. This is the only photo of my boat with the tent – which needs improvement to keep out the eternal dampness. I spent the first … Continue reading →

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First Sailing Videos

Posted on Monday, 25 May, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I now have a cheap video camera in a waterproof case. Here are four very brief videos, the first on a day with little wind, the second and third running before a fresh wind and surfing on the swell. The … Continue reading →

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Maman, les petits bateaux!

Posted on Friday, 22 May, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Such would be a cry of delight from a little child on discovering that there were not only ships and schooners at the Semaine du Golfe – but also little boats! Here is a video about Flotilla 2, the type … Continue reading →

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Have Rubber Dinghy will Sail!

Posted on Thursday, 21 May, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This photo (acknowledgement to Ronan Coquil) has just gone out on Facebook, so I thought I would reproduce it here. This was taken last Tuesday as I followed my Flotilla to the opening festivities on the Isle of Arz. Towing … Continue reading →

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My Semaine du Golfe in Photos

Posted on Monday, 18 May, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here are the best of the photos I took with a waterproof camera. All the same, the lens needs cleaning from time to time to get rid of the salt build-up. I arrived last Sunday afternoon (10th May), rigged and … Continue reading →

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