Recreational sailing remains well represented, amid the solo ocean racing with which Les Sables d'Olonne has become synonymous.
A row of regularly sailed, small, simple wooden 'classiques,' is moored before the images of the Vendee Globe greats. Bringing a smile to their weatherbeaten faces.
As they remember simpler times and pleasures.
Of setting out purely for the pleasure of discovering what sailing joys the day has in store.
Stargazer's skipper shadows the outbound fleet, from the shade of Quai Garnier's alleyways.
Whilst maintaining a sharp lookout for a barber. His last haircut harking back to Poole.
Eventually he emerges, sharply shorn, at the pierhead.
Where the classiques are bobbing over the Biscay swell. Making for an anchorage, off the Grand Plage. To enjoy a picnic stop followed by a cooling dip.
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