Saturday 29/06/2013
Today was our first trip with Havachat. We planned to sail
from Les Sables d’Olonne to La Rochelle. After wanting to leave at 07:00 we
finally left at 08:40 (as usual with our family...) It was a windy, rainy and
cold day and we thought for everybody to give it a try without seasick tablets.
The seas were a bit rough so it didn’t work too well... Kate went straight back to
bed and slept for a few hours, so did Ben.
Lisa and Jack sat in the cockpit
with their blankets and a bucket.
Both were sick. Especially after Pete was so nice to give us some French Onion Soup for lunch!
Pete’s and my sailing went ok for the first go by ourselves and went better as
the day went on.
We finally arrived in La Rochelle at 17:00 and made our way
into the biggest marina in Europe! Three thousand boats and the marina is
getting extended at present time to fit another two thousand boats! I have
never seen so many masts in one spot in my live!
La Rochelle is a beautiful old town, where we spend almost a
week to do sightseeing, eat ice creams and waffles, explore with bikes, get our
diving gear, sailing jackets and windsurfer and clothes at the summer sales. On Tuesday the 2nd Kate and I picked
up Mama and Papa from the airport in Nantes to spend a week with us on the
boat. They both love it! We did some more sightseeing, the old tower and the
aquarium (it was amazing!) and had a nice dinner out.
Friday 05/07/2013
The seas are flat, 10 to 15 knts wind; perfect conditions to
take Omi und Opi on their first sailing trip!! We left at 07:45 this morning to
sail back to Les Sables d’Olonne. This time everybody took a seasick tablet
before we left, but I think today it was not necessary at all! We all felt
fantastic and started having a normal life while sailing: Pete is perfecting
the sail trim to get the best speed out of Havachat, Kate is drawing, Lisa and
Jack are playing cards, Ben is studying for his HSC, Mama and Papa are just
relaxing and enjoying the sail and I made a nice risotto for lunch and start on
my diary. Very peaceful!! It was a long sail, as we had to tack a lot to get
into Les Sables.
Tuesday 09/07/2013
A few nice days in Les Sables with Mama and Papa, with ice
creams, sightseeing of the beautiful shell-wall street, nice dinner at Chris’
hotel. On Tuesday I took Mama and Papa back to Nantes to the airport and in the
afternoon the girls and I did a huge grocery shop to get ready to set sail
again on Wednesday.
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