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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Canal du Midi Trip- May 2008- by Robert Falk
The Canal du Midi runs for 240km from the River Garonne at Toulouse via Carcassonne to the Mediterranean at Agde. It was the brainchild of Pierre-Paul Riquet, a minor noble and tax collector, who succeeded in convincing Louis XIV (and more importantly, his first minister, Colbert) of the merits of linking the Atlantic and the [...]
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Burnham to Ramsgate.. almost via Ostende!
Following a conversation in the Hendon Hall Hotel one evening, Graham Colover offered his boat, a 34 ft Jeanneau named Chai of Burnham, for a sailing trip over the second bank holiday in May. Graham lent Robert full size charts to plan the route for this intended trip which was to Oostende. On [...]
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Sailing in Victoria from Simeon
Greetings from Victoria, Vancouver Island.
I’ve been asked to explain what sailing I’ve been doing since moving to this Canadian Pacific Island. Well, I’m the in the ideal location. I have a Waterfront apartment so I can see the weather when I wake up. I’m near two marinas so I can be on a boat [...]
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Orbituary: Michael Doctors
Michael Doctors 1941 to 2008
Michael Doctors first started sailing dinghies in his late teens and bought his first yacht, the Leisure 23 ‘Avocet’ in his mid thirties. Since then he and Annie owned 2 further yachts which Michael skippered and sailed to numerous ports and destinations in the UK and France. It was largely [...]
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