Friday saw us arrive at La Trinité, described
as the Cowes of France. Certainly it was very busy with boats, all going the
other way up a relatively narrow channel. Caduceus is berthed on a finger pontoon
designed to take a 36ft boat. Given a cross tide and some breeze, berthing was
interesting, fortunately there were six Rally members on the pontoon to assist.
The weather is now bright and hot and the surroundings great. The
small town provides everything that is needed and there have been trips in a
very effective noddy train to view the pre-historic sites at Carnac.
There has also been ample opportunity to mix with the other boats taking part.
Three additional boats that did not make it to La Coruna have also now joined us which make
for a good crowd.
One of the benefits of having sailed in company from La Coruna is that we now have photographs of
Caduceus under sail.
The first two photographs were taken from Stuart Musgrave’s boat
Tillygreig somewhere in the middle of the Bay of Biscay.
At one stage they managed to catch us with a fishing line, which we
successfully recovered without lack of tackle. Martin had his first live
attempt at anti-piracy measures by entertaining them with the pipes. In
photograph 2 you can see the piper at the bas of the mizzen. Please note the
correct RYA recommended safety equipment for a piper at sea
