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BZH 2017 – Paimpol 2017 – Festival du Chant de Marin

Posted on: September 12, 2018

Sat 12 August 2017 Paimpol Festival du chant de Marin 2017 The Paimpol festival happens every 2 years and is held in the port where thousands of attendees spend the weekend watching international and local musicians across a variety … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music, Photography, Travel
Tagged alan stivell, barque, bcuc, boat, bretagne, breton, brittany, crowd, europe, eurotrip, evenings, events, favourites, france, gigs & festivals, guitars, harbour, harp, international act, malicorne, memories, music, music festival, outdoors, paimpol, parade, photography, sailing, sea, ship, south african, tall ship, travel, travelogue, water, weekends

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Dutch tall ships at the Waterfront

Posted on: May 27, 2013

12 & 14 May 2013 Following pretty closely after last month’s Russian Sedov, two weeks ago the V&A Waterfront docks were graced by 3 more tall ships, this time Dutch – the Tecla, Europa and Oosterschelde. We checked them out on Mother’s Day … Continue reading →

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Tagged 3 anchor bay, cape town, dutch, europa, events, greenpoint, harbour, international, ixus, ocean, oosterschelde, outdoors, photography, point and shoot, sail, sailing, sea, sea point, ship, sky, south african, tall ship, tecla, the tallest man on earth, v&a, water, waterfront, winter, winter days

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Aboard the 92 year old Russian Sailing ship, The Sedov

Posted on: April 25, 2013

Tuesday 23 April 2013 Stopping over briefly in Cape Town as part of its tour around the world, the 92 year old Barque Sedov is the world’s oldest sailing ship still in operation. Built in Germany in the 1920s and … Continue reading →