This year we decided that we would profit from living near to a beautiful wide river - The Vilaine- and buy ourselves a boat. The idea being to sell our caravan to cover the cost. The van, at time of writing however is still with us - best laid plans and all that!

Once purchased I had to get a coat of Anti-Fouling paint on the hull plus anti-rust & anti foul on the keel. I did this with a little help & later that day 'Our Yacht' was put into the water & we motored 5 minutes into the port of Vannes (South Brittany) and moored up. A few days later, with the help of our good friend Gordon (who is very experienced at yacht sailing) we set of from Vannes, via the Golf of Morbihan - fantastic scenery - out to sea & along to the estuary of the River Vilaine. At Arzal we had to negotiate the river lock (Barrage) which can cope with many boats so is quite an experience, before continuing to the beautiful port of La Roche Bernard to our new pontoon mooring. The voyage took from 0800 leaving home by car (our daughter Cheryl dropped us off en-route to work in Vannes) until about 2000 hrs when Cheryl picked us up from La Roche. All in all a fantastic day.