Time to shake off festival torpor, say good bye to Brest and get out on the water for the highlight of this trip: the Grand Parade.
1,000 boats will set off and sail round the coast towards Douarnenez. Smallest boats are to set off first as we are the slowest and in any case moored furthest out on the rafts. We get a big bonus for making our early start as we attract the attention of a man on the quay operating a drone. It turns out he is from the Telegramme newspaper and observant friends (in Holland!) spot Victoria appearing several times in the first 3 mins 30 of a video on the Telegramme website.
(I have posted the link on Facebook).
It starts quietly enough as you'll see in the video but by the time we get to the picturesque rocky bits there are hundreds of boats. We sail well clear as we need the clear air to keep our sails filled.
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| I think this was the Hermione, French frigate and star of the Show |
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| West country trading ketch Irene |
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