Sailing to Ushant
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Farewell and adieu to you, gay Spanish ladies,
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain,
For weve received orders for to sail to old England;
But we hope very soon we shall see you again.
Well rant and well roar like true British sailors,
Well rant and well roar across the salt seas,
Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England,
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.
Before sailing on to our next destination -- the island of Ushant -- Captain Luke decided to take Agnes up the river Wrach for some sightseeing. Slowly up the beautiful river we motored, taking many pictures.
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| Scenes from the River Wrach |
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| Boats moored fore-and-aft down the center of the river. |
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| John coiling the peak halyard |
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| Getting the foresail ready to hoist |
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| Derek steering a careful course |
At sea, the weather turned breezy, rainy and chilly. The waves shook the boat and John did take another Dramamine, just in case. I dont like the side effects of this anti-sea sickness medication and decided to trust that my sea legs were strong enough to withstand the bumpy ride ahead. Luckily they did, and although just a bit queazy, I was able to enjoy the passage.
The rocky island of Ushant (Ouessant in French) is surrounded by light houses. These are the famous lighthouses that are pictured in every lighthouse calendars -- the ones engulfed by gigantic waves. This area of the ocean is very famous for dramatic weather, sharp rock formations, extremely strong currents, and storms. Lucky for us the weather was not quite that bad.
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| Approaching Ushant |
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| The rocky shore |
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| Dont run into this at night! |
Here are the pictures of the famous lighthouses we sailed by: Kereon, Jument, Nividic and Creach.
"Kereon from Ouessant" by Julien Carnot - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
"Breizh-176" by Falken - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
"Nividic" by Samuel Lamotte dIncamps - author. Licensed under CC-BY-SA-2.0-fr via Wikimedia Commons.
"Phare du creach" by Pline - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
We reached Ushant just as a thick fog began to engulf it. Safely anchored, Johanna dished up a delicious sea food pie (seafood with peas baked under a blanked of mashed potatoes... Mmmm) for dinner. After much talk (and a few glasses of wine), we all retired to our bunks and fell asleep to the haunting sound of fog horns.
Tomorrow we will explore the island and take a look at one of these light houses up close.
Next Episode: Ile de Ouessant
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