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Category Archives: VOYAGES
Micromégas 5 rounds Cape St Vincent on a Stormy Night
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
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Micromégas 5 holed up in Sesimbra – waiting for the wind to change
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
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IDEC capsize
Francis Joyon is known as a very practical, down-to-earth man, with what sometimes appears to be a superhuman coolness in the face of danger. Most of you will have heard that, after waiting around for a suitable forecast (these days, … Continue reading
Micromégas 5 has friends everywhere
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
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Micromégas 5 rounds Cape Finisterre
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
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