June 14

June 14, 2011

Boekanier: a day in Cherbourg.

After our wild ride yesterday with late arrival in Cherbourg, we had a longer then normal sleep.
The day was spend with some repairs, laundry and food shopping.
The Genua was repaired by the local sail repair shop.

While going to the laundry I met our friend from St. Malo again and asked him what time he had arrived in Cherbourg.
Then he told me the story which was my biggest fear yesterday: he had hit a lobster net and got the ropes in his propeller.
He then had to be rescued and towed from Barfleur to Cherbourg.
So, we have been lucky yesterday.

Later that day a hobby fishing boat from the U.K. Landed next to us.
After having a nice conversation with the happy fishermen, they offered us some fish, which we accepted happily. Dima cleaned the fish and then they started to bake the fish.

In town we found out that the