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The start – buying a Boat

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November 2023; Vilaine, Brittany France. The journey begins with a motorway closure. Instead of driving quickly towards Belgium, I’m stuck for 3 hours in a motorway construction site just before Cologne. I actually wanted to spend a cosy night on the way. Unfortunately, that doesn’t work out now. After the traffic jam has cleared, I … Read more

Shipdesign documents uncovered

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I couldn’t believe it. Today I received a message from the French National Archives. A few weeks ago I surfed their website to look up documents in relation to the design of the SUN. I found a table of contents refferring to a collection of documents covering the type-registration and classification of all pleasure boats … Read more