Aug 06 2020
2

Night sailing from Dieppe to Cherbourg

By ydalir.nu

Ydalir silently slipps swift as silvery fish through the slapping gurgle of sea-waves from the harbour of Dieppe at 3AM on Wednesday morning with the full moon as a bright light guiding us. With a broad reach and force 5, we sailed away, leaving the necklace of colourful lights behind. The sea is calm and…

Aug 04 2020
4

Dieppe

By ydalir.nu

We could sail quite well on beam reach on the starboard tack, but sometimes had to push a little with our “iron Genua” (=nanny engine) against the side tide. The 50NM distance took us 8 hours, from 8-16, a normal working day. It may be that the name Dieppe origins from the Norse language. It…