{"id":100,"date":"2025-01-28T21:50:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T20:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2025-04-15T10:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T08:31:50","slug":"jour-30-de-camaret-a-loctudy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/jour-30-de-camaret-a-loctudy\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 30, from Camaret to Loctudy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Friday, 20<sup>th<\/sup> September 20<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1509\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nous-doublons-la-pointe-du-Toulinguet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1509\" class=\"image-a-droite wp-image-1509 size-medium\" title=\"9:45 a.m., we round the tip of the Toulinguet\" src=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nous-doublons-la-pointe-du-Toulinguet-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"9:45 a.m., we round the tip of the Toulinguet\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nous-doublons-la-pointe-du-Toulinguet-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nous-doublons-la-pointe-du-Toulinguet-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nous-doublons-la-pointe-du-Toulinguet.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9:45 a.m., we round the tip of the Toulinguet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9:30 AM, we cast off from Camaret, destination Loctudy.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Loctudy<\/strong><\/em>, a stopover unknown to us but familiar to Eric.<br \/>\nIt is located 55 nautical miles away, and we reach it in about twelve hours, which we cover partly by engine, partly by sail.<\/p>\n<p>The weather is changeable.<\/p>\n<p>On board, everyone goes about their business, no one is bored.<\/p>\n<table id=\"image-tab\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 111.859px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Christian-a-toujours-son-appareil-a-portee-de-main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-rien aligncenter wp-image-1525\" title=\"Christian always has his camera at hand\" src=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Christian-a-toujours-son-appareil-a-portee-de-main-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Christian always has his camera at hand\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Christian-a-toujours-son-appareil-a-portee-de-main-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Christian-a-toujours-son-appareil-a-portee-de-main-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Christian-a-toujours-son-appareil-a-portee-de-main.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108.625px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Eric-naime-pas-mes-brelages-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-rien aligncenter wp-image-1526\" title=\"Eric doesn't like my harnesses!\" src=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Eric-naime-pas-mes-brelages--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Eric doesn't like my harnesses!\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Eric-naime-pas-mes-brelages--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Eric-naime-pas-mes-brelages--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Eric-naime-pas-mes-brelages-.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 109.359px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bruno-en-pleine-lecture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-rien aligncenter wp-image-1527\" title=\"Bruno reading\" src=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bruno-en-pleine-lecture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bruno reading\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bruno-en-pleine-lecture-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bruno-en-pleine-lecture-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bruno-en-pleine-lecture.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 116.156px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patrick-ajoute-des-crochets-aux-pare-battages.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-rien aligncenter wp-image-1528\" title=\"Patrick adds hooks to the fenders\" src=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patrick-ajoute-des-crochets-aux-pare-battages-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick adds hooks to the fenders\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patrick-ajoute-des-crochets-aux-pare-battages-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patrick-ajoute-des-crochets-aux-pare-battages-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patrick-ajoute-des-crochets-aux-pare-battages.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 111.859px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Mr. Mousse provides the report<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108.625px; text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The petty officer is tinkering<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">(again!)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 109.359px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Bruno refines<br \/>\nhis erudition<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 116.156px; text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The Captain tinkers<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">(again&#8230;)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>At the end of the navigation, a superb black and white <em><strong>X40<\/strong> <\/em>is on the same course as us. We boldly try to follow it, but in vain. Eric consoles me, it is a <em>cruiser-racer<\/em>, we are not up to competing with such a ship.<\/p>\n<p>The rain seems to want to invite itself to accompany the end of our navigation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1511\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Le-phare-de-Loctudy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1511\" class=\"image-a-gauche wp-image-1511 size-medium\" title=\"The Loctudy lighthouse, under a darkening sky\" src=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Le-phare-de-Loctudy-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Le-phare-de-Loctudy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Le-phare-de-Loctudy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Le-phare-de-Loctudy.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Loctudy lighthouse<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And inevitably, a magnificent storm greets our arrival in Loctudy.<\/p>\n<p>Our neighbor on the pontoon is none other than the <em>X40<\/em> which arrived well before us. Its crew helps us moor, just before the Breton sky falls on our heads.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion quickly begins, they had also noticed this boat with blue junk sails that they had passed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The owner has heard about junk rigs, he explains that his cousin is <em><strong>Bertrand Fercot<\/strong><\/em>, builder of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiles-alternatives.com\/viewtopic.php?f=7&amp;t=607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong> Wharram Grand PHA<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>catamaran, rigged as a junk with 2 wing sails, which sails around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Cherry on the cake, this gentleman congratulates us on the performance of Paradox, whose route he shared.<br \/>\nI am in heaven!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1512\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/La-pluie-sest-calmee-dans-le-port-de-Loctudy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1512\" class=\"image-a-droite wp-image-1512 size-medium\" title=\"The rain has calmed down in the port of Loctudy\" src=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/La-pluie-sest-calmee-dans-le-port-de-Loctudy-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The rain has calmed down in the port of Loctudy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/La-pluie-sest-calmee-dans-le-port-de-Loctudy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/La-pluie-sest-calmee-dans-le-port-de-Loctudy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/La-pluie-sest-calmee-dans-le-port-de-Loctudy.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rain has calmed down in the port of Loctudy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Any desire to go out is abandoned, and we spend a now typical evening on board : beer aperitif, meal concocted by the two brothers who are our chefs, and a wild game of <em><strong>SkyJo<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We also take the opportunity to video call our Irish friend <em>Dorothy<\/em>, to keep her informed of our navigation and to remember the good times we had together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/jour-31-de-loctudy-a-port-louis\/\"><em>to be continued<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, 20th September 20 &nbsp; 9:30 AM, we cast off from Camaret, destination Loctudy. Loctudy, a stopover unknown to us but familiar to Eric. It is located 55 nautical miles away, and we reach it in about twelve hours, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/jour-30-de-camaret-a-loctudy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":384,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1975,"href":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions\/1975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leblanc.pl\/paradox_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}