Morbihan Semaine 2023

[Craic]

Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan is coming back in May 2023. Over 800 boats registered so far, and counting. Many interesting wooden boats in the various flotillas. www.semainedugolfe.com .

[FF]

We will be there with our lugger Lucia in Flotille nr. 2, the sail and oar club. I saw Roger Barnes will be there too, and several French sailers that I met in The Netherlands this summer during The Extreme Raid, organized by Koos Winnips and Hubert Bakker. Are there more forumites coming to the Morbihan? The picnic in the middle of the week is a great way to find long lost friends we found.
Frank
www.oarandsail.nl

[Clinton B Chase]

How I would love to do this one again - with 4 weeks away teaching at WBS in '23, not sure I can do it next year, but maybe I will shoot for 2025.

[Andrew2]

A few from down here (Rochefort/La Rochelle) will be there. Mix of S&O and small cruisers. I will be showing off Frank's sails in my Micro derivative. Bit tempted to sail up there, rather than trail.
First attended in '07 and on the pic-nic day it was too windy to sail, so ferried and walked down the island, getting absolutely sodden in the rain. Good food and company, found myself chatting to the guy that found Roger's Ilur for him.

[StevenBauer]

I’d love to go, too. Maybe I’ll go with you, Clint.

[Craic]

... Are there more forumites coming to the Morbihan? ...
www.oarandsail.nl

I'll be in flotilla "3 bis", with HOMER.
C.

[Ben Fuller]

What happens if you show up boatless and not speaking French?

[John Meachen]

By coincidence,yesterday was a rainy and dismal day which I spent part of watching youtube videos.I stumbled upon the excellent French series "Littoral" and one episode was devoted tot he 2019 edition.I plan to watch more episodes in future weeks and months.

[FF]

What happens if you show up boatless and not speaking French?

Usually the French like to practice their English on visitors, and when we came boatless to Douarnenez in 1988 we were invited on two boats, a Swampscot Dory and later on a Canoe Yawl . Frank

[Clinton B Chase]

I’d love to go, too. Maybe I’ll go with you, Clint.

Let's do it!

[Andrew2]

Let's do it!

If you need a boat, and I still have my Whilley Tern, then let's talk...

[FF]

I can ask the dutch who go to the Morbihan if they can take people aboard. I will tell them that you are great guys and go to the same church as we do. Frank

[FF]

Tonight we stay in Poix, Haute Normandy and tomorrow we will arrive in Vannes, camping Conleau. D.v.
Our voile/aviron Lucia with us and we will sail in Flotilla 2. Most friends arrive Sunday night and sail in Flotille 3.
Frank

[John Meachen]

Fantastic to have somebody from the forum at such a great event.I do hope the camera wasn't left at home.Vannes is a very nice town and if time permits an evening wandering along the Quai Eric Tabarly and then exploring the walled old town inside the ramparts,it can be a very pleasant evening.There are opportunities for some great seafood or a crepe with the very pleasant local cider.

[StevenBauer]

Tonight we stay in Poix, Haute Normandy and tomorrow we will arrive in Vannes, camping Conleau. D.v.
Our voile/aviron Lucia with us and we will sail in Flotilla 2. Most friends arrive Sunday night and sail in Flotille 3.
Frank

Looking forward to your posts here Frank. Have fun!

[FF]

We arrived on our campsite close to Vannes and I have a camera with me, will take lots of pictures but will post them when back home after 23 of May. Cannot do it with phone. Was end of winter in Cornwall and boats and coast very similar. Will show it later. Just back from a walkie around creeks and saw a BJ 17, built by a friend, with my sails. Am happy. Frank

[Clinton B Chase]

Also looking forward to the thread!

[FF]

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Arrival in Vannes, next morning a walk in the city and from our campsite we can follow the river till we arrive in the harbour just outside the citycentre. In the pictures the boat on the trailer, the fantastical old houses, the beautuful poster of La Semaine, later I saw th eartist who made it, a two masted as yet unidentified vessel in the harbour, and more.
Frank

[FF]

After the Grande Parade we go on tuesday to Ile dÁrz, a central island where all the flotilles will picnic. We leave Port Anna, homeport for Flotille 2, the sail and oar group around 9 o'clock. 2023-05-17 07.09.40.jpg
When we leave the narrow entrance to Port Anna we assemble on the wider water. It is sunny, light airs from the north, and we begin to recognise aquaintances from the past2023-05-16 10.48.33.jpg
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This year we see more rowing boats in all sizes. They have Port Anna also as a homeport, just as several proas and small trimarans2023-05-16 09.38.19.jpg2023-05-17 08.43.52.jpg
And Roger Barnes' outboard indicates another trend in the Sail and oar bunch: They used to be a minority, not anymore.

[Bruce Bateau]

And Roger Barnes' outboard indicates another trend in the Sail and oar bunch: They used to be a minority, not anymore.

Wonderful pictures. Thanks for bringing us along. Why do you think there is an increase in outboards?

[pez_leon]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing, Frank.

- James

[FF]

Bruce, several answers: we are getting older and I think the Ilurs are a bit beamy for one man to row, Roger is older than he looks so he deserves that outboard. Otoh the Le Seils don't show outboards and they are a bit narrower so one man can move them. PEZ Leon, the Le Seils sail really well. I have to improve my own boat, I have a couple of ideas. Frank

[FF]

Proa with Sunfish sail to my wifes delight, she sailed one before she got a Laser2023-05-16 10.01.34.jpg2023-05-16 09.59.53.jpg A BJ 17, built by BartJan Bats, a collegue for whom I made sails. On his mainsail I saw my logo. we became good friends during our sailing days
A Bantry Bay gig, also from Port Anna. Fantastic project and unfortunedly we have not even one in the Netherlands2023-05-16 10.07.03.jpg
French Catboats with balanced lug. One got it right, the other not so much2023-05-16 10.07.19.jpg
Father and son in Catboat2023-05-16 10.08.07.jpg