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
by Mike K-H
The end of a 33 day voyage
At 16:00hrs on 1 July 2008, Belem passed the first light marking the channel up the St Lawrence Seaway to Quebec. The morning of 2 July dawned clear, bright and flat as a millpond as she motored towards a city now in view. A pleasant change from [...]
by Mike K-H
Quebec in five days’ time
Yesterday 27 June 2008 at 09:45 local time, the French sail training ship Belém left Halifax, Nova Scotia and the statue of Samuel Cunard. Low visibility and head winds dictated the choice of the shorter Canso canal route rather than sailing via the 60 mile longer Cabot Strait to [...]
Three masted ship Belém, built for the French cocoa and sugar trade with Brazil, returned to France in 1979 to be renovated and used as a sail training ship. Mike Kindom-Hockings remembers seeing her in Paris during the renovation, and recounts her history.
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Does it surprise you that many of the Vendée Globe skippers come from this part of the world?...
