latest update September 2nd 2023..
It would have been al too easy to stay at La Rochelle but other ports were calling so we headed further south to Rochefort.
Guarding the entrance is Fort Boyard one of Frances finest follies. This white elephant of a building was constructed to protect the entrance of Rochefort where Napoleons ships were beiing built. Unfortunately, the geography of the surrounding islands meant that the English could blockade Rochefort from some distance and equally far beyond the fire power of the fort
Due to now being so far inland at Rochefort, Vessel Finder may well have lost us
This is now the furthest south Le Jouannet has ever sailed.
Fort Boyard
