Year 6

England

Poole, Hamble-le-Rice, Southwick, St. Anthony's Hill, Dover, Oyster Creek, London, Queensborough, Dover.

Returning to S/V Lynx, we begin the year sailing east along the southern shores of England, stopping at the South Hampton area, then Southwick, St. Anthony's Hill, past the cliffs of Dover and up the Thames river to London. After a week in London, we sail back down the Thames to Dover to cross to France.

France and Belgium

Calais, Dunkirk (France). Breskins, Antwerp, Veldhoven (Belgium). Grindgat Oost=Maariand, Plas Hatenboer, Rijksvluchthaven, De Steeg (Netherlands). Then on to Germany heading up the Rhine River.

After clearing into the Schengen at Calais, we stop in Dunkirk before taking down our mast and heading up river, going west, into Belgium. We soon turn north as we enter the Netherlands. After visiting my old school near De Steeg, we now motor south up the Rhine River into Germany.

Germany, (Rhine, Up River)

Netherlands: De Steeg,
Germany: , Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, Frankfort, Wurzburg, Nuremberg.

On the Rhine river, we motor upstream slowly. The river runs 4 knots against us until we reach Koblenz, where the river enters the Rhine Valley where the current increases to 8 knots, against our direction of travel! This section will be our slowest part of the Rhine voyage. This fast moving stretch continues for 40 miles. It will take us 3 days running our 110 hp diesel engine and the 20 kw motor in the other hull, likely only making 2 knots, speed over ground. Once through, we reach the Rhine/Main canal, and finally get out of the current and then reach our furthest point east, in Nuremburg.

Germany, Mosel River

Koblenz, Senheim, Bernkastel, Trier-Euren, Thionville, Pont-a-Mousson, Pont-Saint-Vincent

After motoring swiftly down current, back to Koblenz, we turn south and go down the Mosel River with the current, making stops along the way until we reach as far as Pont-Saint-Vincent. This is our turn around point and we motor slowly back up river to Koblenz to rejoin the Rhine River.

Germany (Rhine, Down River)
Netherlands and Belgium

Retracing our route down the Rhine and then going to Antwerp and Brussels.

We now go with the current and make fewer stops as we retrace our path down river, turning into the Mass-Waalkanaal canal of the Netherlands. We work out way down to Belgium, and then over to Antwerp and Brussels. We end this segment at the entrance to the Seine/Nord canal into France.

France

Paris, Rouen, La Havre.

We take the Seine/Nord canal all the way to Paris, France for a few weeks stay, then head down the Seine river to Rouen, where enter the tidal section of the Seine and take the ebbing tide to La Havre where we put up our mast and return to the ocean.

France (Mont-Saint-Michel Bay)

Ouistreham, Isigny-sur-Mer, Cherbourg, Carteret, Granville, Mont St. Michel, Saint-Malo, St. Helier, Loguivy.

We work our way around the point at Cherbourg, then head south down to Granville where we plan to make an overnight trip to Mont St. Michel castle, riding the tide in. We leave with an ebbing tide and sail east to Saint-Malo. From there, we take another ebbing tide and make a brief stop in the Channel Islands at St. Helier, then sail west to Loguivy, France.

France (Britney Coast)

Roscoff, Sant-Pabu, Camaret, Locktudy, Lorient, and Camoel.

We sail along the top of France before taking a route south through the treacherous Raz-de-Sein when a weather window presents itself. Then we stop at Brest, anchoring at Camaret before heading down the Britney coast to Loctudy, Lorient, and finally ending in Camoel, where we will pull S/V Lynx out of the water for the winter and some boat maintenenace.

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Year Six

Year Six Itinerary