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French ports

  • 08 Mar 2018 19:51
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    Reply # 5919852 on 5890817
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    My French was just about good enough to translate - and to chuckle.

    I doubt Google translate will know the word "tack and I have only just now realised the etymology of the English word, "veer" :-)
  • 08 Mar 2018 12:03
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    Reply # 5914260 on 5905059
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    Eric Andlauer wrote:
    Bruno Gouget wrote:

    There is also the famous : Almanach du marin breton

    https://www.marinbreton.com/almanach


    On top of each pages you have a "dicton" nice to read, especially to improve your French, while in a North Britany harbor waiting for the weather to improve!

    "Qui ecoute trop la meteo reste au bistrot"

    "Lorsque les mouettes ont pied, il est temps de virer"


    I will look at the almanach aswell.  My French is 30 years rusty so with the aid of google translate it would be quite fun to look at those quotes. We will sail from Bordeaux back to Plymouth over the summer and hopefully my French will improve :-).

    Regards

    Mark
  • 07 Mar 2018 21:21
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    Reply # 5905059 on 5891831
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    Bruno Gouget wrote:

    There is also the famous : Almanach du marin breton

    https://www.marinbreton.com/almanach


    On top of each pages you have a "dicton" nice to read, especially to improve your French, while in a North Britany harbor waiting for the weather to improve!

    "Qui ecoute trop la meteo reste au bistrot"

    "Lorsque les mouettes ont pied, il est temps de virer"
  • 06 Mar 2018 10:28
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    Reply # 5891831 on 5890817
    Anonymous member

    There is also the famous : Almanach du marin breton

    https://www.marinbreton.com/almanach
  • 05 Mar 2018 22:32
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    Reply # 5891257 on 5890817
    Anonymous

    Thank you very much

    Regards

    Mark Mclauchlan
  • 05 Mar 2018 18:34
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    Reply # 5890864 on 5890817
    Anonymous member

    hi mark

    this annual publication is called the 'bloc marine 2018 – méditerranée' or the 'bloc marine 2018 –manche atlantique' (depending on which part of the french coast you're sailing…)

    utnik

    Last modified: 05 Mar 2018 18:38 | Anonymous member
  • 05 Mar 2018 18:11
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    Anonymous

    Hi all

    Last year in France I was shown a book that listed ports/marinas in France with a little chart of their approach. I think it is an annual publication and cannot remember what it was called, random searches on the net have not been fruitful. Are there any members that live in France or know what the book is called?

    Regards

    Mark Mclauchlan
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