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Yesterday, I posted on Twitter that Maximilien and Emmanuel Berque had texted a friend to say that they’d reached Arifans, a pretty little port just before Cape St Vincent, Portugal. Unfortunately it was exposed to the wind and the Atlantic … Continue reading →

It’s been a stop-start week, but Max and Man Berque have made good progress. They have hopped along the Portuguese coast and by 31 August they were stuck in Sesimbra, just south of Lisbon, waiting for an end to the … Continue reading →

Maximilien and Emmanuel Berque may have reached the Portuguese port of Peniche, on a peninsula north of Lisbon, by now. They were definitely in Leixões, just north of Porto, on 25 August, because the author of the blog ‘Amigosdavela’ took … Continue reading →

Getting from Hendaye to Finisterre along the north coast of Spain in the teeth of the prevailing winds was bound to be tedious for our adventurers. Some delicate preventive maintenance work made sure that their little outboard ran faultlessly to … Continue reading →

Malone Nadège Malone, who has known the Berque twins for a long time, will be following them as they hop smartly down the coasts of Spain and Portugal, trying to recover the one-month delay in setting off from Contis. Many … Continue reading →