Brittany & Normandy May 2011
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Grand Jardin lighthouse, at the approach to Saint Malo. 001 529k
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CORSAIRE D’EMERAUDE 001 786k
May 23 -
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MALTESS Restaurant and cruise vessel which commenced service in mid 2010, operating from Port Lyvet on the canal towards Dinan. Able to carry 110 passengers, with the dining saloon seating 70. 001 998k
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May 23 -
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MARIN MARIE rests in the wet dock during neap tides. 001 729k
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FLIPPER II a which offers fishing trips and also take in Chausey. 001 761k
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MARITE The last vessel to have been built for the Newfoundland trade, she was completed on June 24 1923, and worked the fishery until 1929. She was then used in other trades until 2006 when she was taken in hand at Cherbourg to be returned to her former glory. In April 2009 she was towed to St. Vaast for the work to continue. She returned to Cherbourg in 2010 for the engine to be fitted, and on Saturday May 14 2001 arrived in her new home port for the work to be completed. 001 830k
May 24 -
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JEUNE FRANCE II with JOLIE FRANCE II astern. 001 564k
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JOLIE FRANCE II loading passengers for Chausey. 002 782k
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Departing on the 09:30 sailing to Chausey. 004 557k
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A full load of mainly school children. 007 575k
May 25 Granville
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Another full load of passengers bound for Chausey. 009 634k
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JEUNE FRANCE II stirs up the mud as she departs for Chausey. 003 61k
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JEUNE FRANCE II follows her fleet mate out on the day trip to Chausey. 006 607k
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ENORA owned by the Brest company Azenor, undergoing refit, far from her home port. 004 477k
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May 25 -
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Saint Malo buoyage / beacon craft TRAVERSAINE 002 644k
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Former Saint Malo tug COTE D’EMERAUDE in a sad state, having been set on fire some
years ago. 001 680k
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CORSAIRE DE DINAN takes a cruise into the estuary of the Rance. 002 584k
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P’TIT CORSAIRE on her trip to Dinard. 002 727k
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LA BELLE ANGELE enters port. 001 576k