The Boat
Red Roo is an Alliage 38, a French designed and built aluminium centerboarder designed for blue water cruising. Builder: Alliage Constructed: 2004 Designers: Berret/Racoupeau Length: 12 m Beam: 3.9m Draught: 0.8m / 2.2m (lifting centre board) Material: Aluminium Rig: Sloop Cabins: 2 Sleeping +…
The Crew
Captain – Phil After being exposed to various boats, yachts & elements of sailing on and off all his life Phil made the plunge into sailing life full time with a two part adventure initially from Tasmania to New Zealand and then part two being…
Our Journey
Our Journey So Far . . . We set sail from Le Havre (France) in November 2015 to explore Europe and beyond with the plan to eventually sail our way back home to Australia. However Australia is a long way off, we have heaps to see on…
Ile de Bréhat, a place I could happily call home
Ile de Bréhat just 3.5 km long and 1.5 km wide at its widest point and undoubtably one of the most beautiful places we have visited so far. We had planned to anchor off the island in deep water and then scope out…
Au Revoir Normandy, Bonjour Brittany – working our way West
This leg will see us change regions in France leaving Normandy and entering Brittany. France is dived into 13 regions, (similar to Australia being divided into States). It was our intention to leave Îles Chausey early in the morning (7am ish) with the tide…
Îles Chausey
We decided to back track a little and visit the Iles Chausey which is a group of small islands, islets and rocks off the coast of Normandy, in the English Channel just 10 nautical miles from Granville. They are the pride of the area…
