Sail with New Freebooters

by Mike K-H
Belém left Quebec at 02:00 on Monday 7 July, so there probably weren’t many people around to see her off. 14 hours later she anchored off the town of Trois Rivières, halfway to Montreal, and remained lit up for the benefit of the ‘Trifluviens’ until she weighed anchor at 04:00. A keen photographer [...]

by Mike K-H
On 15th July, the 32 metre trimaran Sodeb’O passed the Lizard with Thomas Coville aboard and awake. He had taken 5 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes and 20 seconds from the time he left New York. He has soundly beaten fellow Breton Francis Joyon’s 2005 record of 6 days, 4 hours, 1 minute [...]

a short story by Mike K-H
The first episode of Raindrops is here
My screen saver was drunk. Instead of the elegant Lissajous figures the flying shapes usually executed, they were crashing into the screen boundary and staggering about before regaining their proper paths. Some instinct made me switch the sound back on, and I was treated [...]

by Mike K-H
Sorry, I haven’t yet had time to find and translate the French info about Belém’s Montreal visit. So far all I’ve found is an invitation for the press to view her arrival.
However, here is a link to an excellent photo:
Alain Goupil photo of Belém arriving in Montreal

a short story by Mike K-H
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“Pete, you were just too tempting a target, nose in the air, catching flies and [...]