Pointe du Raz - 26.07.22 - 710 nm
Bay of Biscay ahead
The photo logbook
Part 1 IJsselmeer/NL to Le Havre/F
20.06.2022 - 03.07.2022
0 - 385 nm
Warns/NL - 06.06.22 - 0 nm
last preparations
Warns/NL - 17.06.22 - 0 nm
Pilotage
Warns/NL - 19.06.22 - 0 nm
Provisioning
Warns/NL - 20.06.22 - 0 nm
Start with a new figurehead
IJsselmmer/NL - 20.06.22 - 5 nm
bumpy goodbuy from a 10yrs love-hate relationship
Stevinsluis Den Oever/NL - 20.06.22 - 12 nm
last lock for a long time
Between Den Oever & Den Helder/NL - 20.06.22 - 12 sm
Bumpy Waddenzee
Den Oever/NL - 20.06.22 - 14 sm
friendly accompaniment by SY Diva
Den Helder/NL - 20.06.22 - 23 nm
Mooring with the big guys
Coast close to Den Helder/NL - 21.06.22 - 26 nm
Feels offshore for the first time
Coast close to Bergen an Zee/NL - 21.06.22 -38 nm
Trying to find a routine
IJmuiden/NL - 22.06.22 - 55 nm
Waiting for the tide to continue
Coast close to Hoek van Holland/NL - 22.06.22 - 90 nm
entering one of the most frequented seawater routes in the world
Stellendam/NL - 22.06.22 - 108 nm
Arrival at 2300, longest daysail so far
Westerschelde/NL - 24.06.22 - 140 nm
Last sights of Holland
Zeebrugge/B - 24.06.22 - 160 nm
First port in Belgium
coast close to Oostende/B - 26.06.22 - 180 nm
First time T-Shirt sailing
Dunkirque - 26.06.22 - 195 nm
arrived in France
coast close to Calais/F - 28.06.22 - 220 nm
Ferry to Dover/GB
Coast between Calais&Boulogne s/m - 28.06.22 - 240 nm
Finally. The nicer part of the coast begins
Boulogne sur mer/F - 28.06.22 - 252 nm
Expected a nice little harbour and fishing village...
Boulogne sur mer/F - 29.06.22 - 252 nm
working day
Boulogne s/m/F - 29.06.22 - 252 nm
Little help for foul weather in ugly harbor
Strait of Dover/F - 30.06.22 - 265nm
Enjoying the coastline with little wind
Strait of Dover/F - 30.06.22 - 280 nm
Nasty squalls, which we were able to sail around
Approaching Dieppe/F - 30.06.22 - 307 nm
Dieppe/F - 30.06.22 - 310 nm
One of the most beautiful marinas, protected in a rocky bay
Dieppe/F - 01.07.22 - 310 nm
City of Dieppe
Coast between Dieppe & Fecamp/F - 02.07.22 - 330 nm
First single handed sail
Coast between Dieppe & Fecamp/F - 02.07.22 - 345 nm
Endless coastline
Coast close to Fecamp/F - 02.07.22 - 350 nm
Coast between Fecamp & Le Havre /F - 02.07.22 - 352 nm
Coast between Fecamp & Le Havre /F - 02.07.22 - 356 nm
sailing into the night
Le Havre/F - 03.07.22 - 365 nm
Arrival at 0100 in a totally unlit marina
Le Havre/F - 04.07.22 - 365 nm
Le Havre/F - 04.07.22 - 365 nm
New Crew
Le Havre/F - 04.07.22 - 365 nm
Part 2 Le Havre/F to Pointe du Raz/F
05.07.2022 - 26.07.2022
365 - 705 nm
Courseulles-sur-Mer/F - 05.07.22 - 390 nm
Tidal port, entrance only at high tide +/- 2hrs
Courseulles-sur-Mer/F - 07.07.22 - 390 nm
I wish I would have startet an own photo series about restrooms
Courseulles-sur-Mer/F - 07.07.22 - 390 nm
Coast of Calvados Region/F - 07.07.22 - 415 nm
‚summer' sail
Saint-Vaast/F - 08.07.22 - 445 nm
Next tidal port, entrance at high-water +/- 2hrs
Saint-Vaast/F - 08.07.22 - 445 nm
Coast near Barfleur/F - 09.07.22 - 460 nm
...
Cherbourg/F - 09.07.22 - 475 nm
Cherbourg/F - 10.07.22 - 475 nm
washing day
Cherbourg/F to Alderney/GB - 11.07.22 - 490nm
strongest currents so far
Alderney/GB - 11.07.22 - 499 nm
Alderney/GB - 11.07.22 - 502 nm
First time mooring with a buoy
Alderney/GB - 11.07.22 - 502 nm
Alderney/GB - 12.07.22 - 502 nm
Alderney/GB - 12.07.22 - 502 nm
Alderney/GB - 12.07.22 - 502 nm
Alderney/GB to Guernsey/GB - 13.07.22 - 510 nm
Currents up to 5 knts, boat speed 12,2 knots
Guernsey/GB - 13.07.22 - 525 nm
Hungry and tired.
Guernsey/GB to Roscoff/F - 14.06.22 - 550 nm
Longest daytrip so far
Sept-Illes National Parc/F - 14.07.22 - 575 nm
Preparing for nightsail after having some nasty 3+ m waves
Roscoff/F - 15.07.22 - 600 nm
Portal at 0200 in the morning after 75 nm
Roscoff/F - 16.07.22 - 600 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 17.07.22 - 635 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 18.07.22 - 635 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 18.07.22 - 635 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 18.07.22 - 635 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 19.07.22 - 635 nm
Camaret sur mer/F - 21.07.22 - 670 nm
Daily routine
Camaret sur mer/F - 21.07.22 - 670 nm
Camaret sur mer/F - 21.07.22 - 670 nm
showers in the cellar of an historic castle with 2m of hight
Camaret sur mer/F - 21.07.22 - 670 nm
best seafood so far
Camaret sur mer/F - 22.07.22 - 670 nm
Camaret sur mer/F - 22.07.22 - 670 nm
new Tender
Brest/F - 24.07.22 - 680 nm
Preparing to cross the Bay of Biscay
Brest/F - 26.07.22 - 680 nm
Last weather checks
Brest/F - 26.07.22 - 682 nm
Heading to Bay of Biscay
Part 3 Pointe du Raz/F to A Coruña/ES
26.07.2022 - 03.08.2022
705- 1050 nm
Pointe du Raz/F- 26.07.22 - 700 nm
Goodbye France
Bay of Biscay - 26.07.22 - 710 nm
Endlessness
Bay of Biscay - 26.07.22 - 720 nm
exhausted guest on board
Bay of Biscay - 26.07.22 - 730 nm
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 760 nm
Darkest night, no moon, no starts. until you see…something
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 775 nm
guests for breakfast
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 800 nm
ongoing endlessness
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 820 nm
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 850 nm
Second night
Bay of Biscay - 28.07.22 - 865 nm
Bay of Biscay - 28.07.22 - 880 nm
Bay of Biscay - 28.07.22 - 905 nm
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 970 nm
0500 in the morning, first ships in sight
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
1200 after the engine died an hour before we have new guests...
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
and even more guests
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
seconds attack: first Orca comes back with his family of six
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
rescued to the port of Cariño
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
Port of Cariño, weather matches the mood
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
a warm welcome
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
Happy to have been rescued...
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
… or not???
Cariño/ES - 30.07.22 - 1020 nm
Trying to organize some help
Cariño/ES - 30.07.22 - 1020 nm
This used to be the rudder sector/quadrant
Cariño/ES - 31.07.22 - 1020 nm
Been towed to a 6m high wall in a tidal harbour
Cariño/ES - 01.08.22 - 1020 nm
Cariño/ES - 02.08.22 - 1020 nm
moored directly under a gas station but they won’t sell me Diesel
Cabo Ortegal/ES - 03.08.22 - 1025 nm
Finally getting support and beeing brought back to civilization
Cabo Ortegal/ES - 03.08.22 - 1040 nm
At least the coast is very nice here
Marina Coruña/ES - 04.08.22 - 1050 nm
My rudder is ‚only‘ bend. Thanks to C-Yacht and their sturdy boats
Marina Coruña/ES - 04.08.22 - 1050 nm
Just a reminder that things can even go worse. The skipper of the Class40 survived 16 hours in an air bubble inside his boat upside-down after he lost his keel
A Coruña/ES - 05.08.22 - 1050 nm
Waiting for the repairs to start. I will take 2,5 months
Part 4 Boat-repairs in A Coruña
03.08.22 - spring 2023
Waiting for the new rudder
Exploring A Coruña meanwhile
Porto de A Coruña
Porto de A Coruña
La Leonesa
Best Jamoneria in Town
Torre de Herkules
2000 yrs old lighthouse
Victoria, the most beautiful part of A Coruña :-)
Morning in Marina Coruña Varadero
My Dahon bike
best piece of equipment on Ragna
Daily routine
Weekly routine
The new rudder
Finally back in water after 2 months of waiting and repairs
30.09.22
open heart surgery:
new electronics for the autopilot
02.10.22
First sail with new rudder, new quadrant, new autopilot...
…and new figurehead
New windows for Ragna
And again a guest
Exlporing beautiful A Coruña
…and Santiago de Compostela
The real reason why I crossed the Bay of Biscay...
… getting a tattoo with a beautiful woman in a nasty
harbour dive :-)
⚓️🖤🏴☠️
