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Last year Zoe and I commenced operation “Oui Oui Baguette” to move our boat, Scarlet, from Gosport to La Rochelle in France. This was interrupted by a small engine fire which left us stranded in the Brittany port of Quiberon over winter to make repairs.

Anyway, we moved the boat to La Rochelle a month ago. Today we commence “Operation Churro”. We plan to leave La Rochelle shortly and in a single leg of 36-40 hours in the Bay of Biscay arrive at Hendaye on the French/Spanish border.

The orcas were attacking boats in this area about a month ago but since then seem to have moved west and are now heading south from Galicia to Lisboa so we should be safe from them (fingers crossed). Weather looks ok. We will probably be motoring for the first part with the hope we can sail from later today.

If you want to track us, you can follow us live here. marinetraffic.com/en/ais/detai…

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in reply to Sarah Brown

We have 100 litres of diesel on hand, 170 litres of fresh water, a fresh butane cylinder for cooking, and a bunch of fresh food ingredients in the fridge. Our crew is me, @Zoë O'Connell and @Jessica Smith 🏳️‍🌈
in reply to Sarah Brown

safe travels! If you see a 43 footer called the Steno give it a wave. It's the one I do a bunch of repairs on from time to time and it's in the area now.
in reply to Sarah Brown

I really liked Hendaye (and Irun) when I was there last year on the way back home from yours.
in reply to Richard Gadsden

Also, the views on the narrow-gauge train are very pretty, even if it does feel weirdly like an S-stock tube train.