Once more, Météo France has issued an Orange Alert – this time for Bordeaux and all points north. By now, Les Sables d’Olonne is probably already enduring the forecast gusts of 140 Km/h – only a little less than Bordeaux had during the previous one. Once more, the nearest competitors (Sam Davies and Marc Guillemot) [...]
It’s been as tough as predicted – in fact, the waves experienced by some crews have been far higher (up to 14 metres) and real boat-breakers. Green Dragon, with spinnaker halyards doing duty for her broken forestay, must have had another problem because as I write this the race viewer shows her reaching off to [...]
The Red Alert was correct. And yet late last night the ordinary forecasts for Bordeaux and Biarritz were still talking about 50Km/hour gusts. Around 8:00 this morning, an all-time record gust of 159Km/hour was recorded at Cap Ferret, just south of Bordeaux, and even mainline trains stayed put in Bordeaux station. About 500,000 homes in [...]
Introducing a video of Brittany lighthouses during the Feb 2008 storm
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