Brest 2008

Except where stated, all images are copyright Douglas Hopwood 2009

This is a selection of photographs taken at the 2008 Brest festival of traditional sail. Twenty or so Drascombes of all types joined in. Some from France, one from Spain, one homebuilt in Russia now based in France and a large contingent from the UK.

00 Best Pictures This is a selection of the best pictures. To see the...	01 Before launching There were many scenes to watch even before the boats...	05 The Penfold The Penfeld is effectively a gorge. The upper Penfeld is...	10 Shore attractions There were numerous attractions ashore from music and...	15 Port du Commerce The port du Commerce was the area where the more...	16 Castle Marina In the Castle Marina were the yachts - classic and modern...
20 Drascombes at Brest There were many Drascombes at Brest from the UK, Ireland,...	25 Sailing in the Rade de Brest Out in the roads was where the craft were to be seen...	30 The L'Elorn river & Relcq-Kerhoun The E'lorn river was where our flotilla was invited to...	35 Roscanvel Roscanvel, another "cruise to a fete" venue was as you...	38 Cameret sur Mer Cameret, with excellent facilities, made a convenient...	40 Brest to Douarnenez The cruise of over a thousand boats from Brest to...
45 Douarnenez The little port of Douarnenez was swollen by a thousand...	50 Return to Brest The journey back to Brest saw the coast in much quieter...	60 Homeward Three pictures from the ferry home to close the gallery

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