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These are the voyages of the sailing vessel Pétillant. Her original eight-month mission: to sail from Baltimore to France via Florida and the Bahamas, to successfully navigate the shoals of the French douane, to boldly go where few Maine Coon cats have gone before was completed in 2008. Now she is berthed in Port Medoc and sails costal Spain, France, and the UK during the summer months.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Alone, Alone, All Alone




We have had not internet access during our trip to be able to answer email or post anything on the blog. We are currently in Gijon, Spain and have paid 10 euros to get connected for 24 hours. The trip has been wonderful. The weather excellent for the first leg and cloudy when we hit the mountainous areas as expected. We decided to stay at a marina in Gijon and rent to car for 3 days to go inland. We went to Leon, Santiago de Compostella, and Picos de Europa. We have learned how to take moorings, tie up to a wall for the night and put out enough but not too much line to accommodate 10 foot tides. Until Thursday, we have been the only boat in any port we have pulled into. Tomorrow we head back to Port Medoc as we need to be home by June 19th. Some images of our trip go uploaded today at our flickr site.

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