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From: Lee Haefele
To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com
Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 2:58:48 PM
Subject: [Liveaboard] France
We are travelling in France by car. I would like to stop at ports used by
cruisers, so
Lee...Not an easy task as I have not been around the French harbors in
many years, but here goes...
Most of the Bay of Biscay ports are not cruiser ports. You need to be in
Normandy or Bretagne for that. Cherbourg, Saint Malo and Brest are but a
few. That said, the area between Île de Ré and Îl
Lee,
We just returned last week from a road trip through the French Riviera
and Monaco. It is a fantastically beautiful area with too many good
harbors to count and literally thousands of boats. We drove the
entire coast between Monaco and Cannes which also includes the Cap
Ferrat Peninsula,
September Surprises...
We left you as we were preparing for the edge of Hurricane Earl, promising
very high winds, but relatively dry weather, with Marsh Harbour being on the
"dry" side of his rotation. With all the easily removed stuff stowed below,
anything not easily removed firmly secured, an
Just like hurricane weather (we're suffering tropical rains and serious
flooding) I had to wear wading boots to get George ashore because the water
was 7" above the decking of the dock and the boarding ramp is like a water
slide. As usual, George could not find his wading boots so he went ashore al
Be careful rounding the north end of Sandy Hook. The shore is much closer to
the big ship channel than the charts show. Ed and Sue grounded there a few
weeks ago.
When we left Sandy Hook for Cape May Tuesday night I had plotted my route to go
just outside the south edge of the ship channel g
We are travelling in France by car. I would like to stop at ports used by
cruisers, southern Bay of Biscay and French coast of the Med. Which are the
ports that are popular for cruisers?
Thanks for any help.
Lee Haefele
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