15th Annual
International Wayfarer Rally
...Kerloury Farm, Paimpol, France * August 2-9, 2009 Update #1: 18 Oct. 08 |
The 2009 International Rally is being
organised by Gilles Bruneau, and will take
place between 2nd and 9th of August, on the north Brittany coast, near
Paimpol,
which is around 50 miles (80 km) north-east of St Malo. The
accommodation will
be a mixture of camping and Gites at Kerloury Farm (see www.lafermedekerloury.com,
for
location – click on map on ‘Welcome’ page). We expect to occupy the
whole site,
as the place is relatively small. The sailing will be based on the Trieux river, at
a Nautical Sailing School, where we will have use of the changing rooms
and
facilities, with the boats being being kept on moorings in the river.
(The
exceptionally high rise and fall of the tide make it difficult to
launch and
recover the boats each day
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There are a number of sailing
opportunities from our base; trips up the
river to interesting sites, trips out to sea and the islands nearby,
and a sail
round to the harbour in Paimpol. This trip will be particularly
special,
because it will coincide with a special festival held in the port every
2
years, Les Chants de Marins (www.paimpol-2007.com). François, who runs the
Nautical base we will be using, has proposed that the Wayfarer fleet
join the
more traditional boats who will sail into the harbour on the Friday. It
is also
possible, if there are sufficient muscians amongst those attending the
rally,
that Denmark's Wayfarer Stompers
could participate on stage as part
of the event!
Unfortunately, because of both the limited
mooring and accommodation
facilities there has to be a strict limit on the number of boats
attending.
This means that there are only 6 places available for each of the UK,
Dutch, and
Scandinavian Associations. Anyone interested in attending this very
special
event should apply to: UK - Ralph Roberts
(ralph.roberts1(at)btinternet.com),
Nederland - Jan Katgerman (Jan(at)rups.nl), Scandinavia - Poul
Ammentorp
(poul(at)ammentorp.dk). (The @ has been changed to (at) to protect the
e-mail
addresses from being put on any spam mail list). Early booking is
obviously
advised – and applications are particuarly welcome from anyone with a
musical
talent!
Ralph Roberts
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Final update: 15 June 09 List of participants return to Int. Rallies index |