http://www.followtheboat.com Tales (not just) from the high seas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/07/22/getting-drunk-in-honfleur/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/07/22/getting-drunk-in-honfleur/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:54:28 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=576 We slipped the lines at 10am, making the most of the strong tides that run around Alderney Race, though this was nothing like our outward journey. We had the steering back for one thing! After passing Cherbourg we turned the engine off to find that we were doing roughly one knot through the water due to changing tides. Five knots of wind and fed up with the engine on… spinnaker anyone?]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/07/22/getting-drunk-in-honfleur/feed/ 0