Hello and welcome - before all the dopey idiots who frequent this site start responding - you could probably do to be a bit more specific. Are you talking Britain (as part of Europe) Mainland Europe (as part of Europe)
Scotland ( as part of Scotland) Ireland (as part of the British Isles and therefore technically Europe?
You will notice Wales has been left out - this is for your own good.
Similarly, England - I left this out because no-one in their right minds would sail all the way from over there and ignore Ireland or Scotland and go to England (or Wales)
where to live aboard in norther europe?
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little boy blue
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Ocklepoint
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After the erudite and illuminating discourse on pronunciation let me try to answer some of this chentleman's questions...................................
It all depends on what you are used to.
On the whole the further north you are, and the closer to Newfoundland then the colder and longer the winter, but unless you are in Northern Norway or the Baltic you are unlikely to be iced in.
So to put it briefly, not many winter liveaboards in Scotland, some in England more in France and loads in the Med. I suspect costs follow the same sort of curve but I hear the eastern Med is less expensive than the western part
Perhaps the denizens of this place http://www.ybw.com/forums/postlist.php/ ... LIVEABOARD may be able to advise you
It all depends on what you are used to.
On the whole the further north you are, and the closer to Newfoundland then the colder and longer the winter, but unless you are in Northern Norway or the Baltic you are unlikely to be iced in.
So to put it briefly, not many winter liveaboards in Scotland, some in England more in France and loads in the Med. I suspect costs follow the same sort of curve but I hear the eastern Med is less expensive than the western part
Perhaps the denizens of this place http://www.ybw.com/forums/postlist.php/ ... LIVEABOARD may be able to advise you
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bobnlesley
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Are you planning to sail directly from Newfoundland to the British Isles/Scandanavia or to go via the Azores? If the latter you have several options: -
From the Azores sail slightly south of east and make for southern Portugal or Spain, its relatively warm, has several marinas with large liveaboard communities which are also fairly cheap (Lagos, Portimao) or alternatively, Alvor just west of Portimao offers a safe winter anchorage; the down side is that if your plans for next year are ‘northern’ Europe, you’ll have a long windward beat up the west side of Portugal to get there; perceived wisdom is to either set of early in the season or go via the Azores.
Option two would be to sail slightly north of east from the Azores to NW Spain/SW France, this wouldn’t be as warm and will be a lot wetter, but it does save you a 600 mile beat next spring. There are livaboard communities in La Coruna/Bayona in Spain or Rochefort/La Rochelle on the French coast, alternatively the Rias of NW Spain or Hendaye/Arcachon in France will provide bullet proof anchorages.
A bit further north again will take you to Brittany in France, this gets you the top side of the Bay of Biscay so you’re well placed for next summers cruising and the temperature doesn’t step down again significantly provided you stay south of the Pointe de Penmarche (47.48N) A choice of marinas (Vanne, Concarneau and L’Orient are personal favourites) or safe anchorages in the Gulf de Morbihan or up the rivers from either Benodet or L’Orient.
The north of Brittany and English Channel are cooler/wetter still, though I’m they’d still be considered fairly mild by Newfoundland standards. There are plenty of pleasant harbours and marinas to choose from on either side, or there’s the Channel Islands in between. As a general rule the marinas on the French side will be cheaper, though there’s no language barrier on the British side of the water, which is helpful if you want to work/earn over the winter. We actually spent one winter living aboard in central London which was lots of fun and whilst relatively expensive; this cost was more offset by the easy availability of well paid work. For anchorages I’d suggest up the rivers Rance or Seine in France or the Tamar and Truro on the English south coast.
You could head further north still, but need to be careful as once you start going up the North & Irish Seas you quickly reach Scotish waters and things then get really grim. Ravaging wolves and feral haggis, an insurmountable language barrier; weather wise its freezing cold, pouring rain and howling winds – that’s just in the summer, I dread to think what winter’s like! I have some charts of the area though they’re not very detailed, mainly warnings along the lines of ‘here there be dragons’
From the Azores sail slightly south of east and make for southern Portugal or Spain, its relatively warm, has several marinas with large liveaboard communities which are also fairly cheap (Lagos, Portimao) or alternatively, Alvor just west of Portimao offers a safe winter anchorage; the down side is that if your plans for next year are ‘northern’ Europe, you’ll have a long windward beat up the west side of Portugal to get there; perceived wisdom is to either set of early in the season or go via the Azores.
Option two would be to sail slightly north of east from the Azores to NW Spain/SW France, this wouldn’t be as warm and will be a lot wetter, but it does save you a 600 mile beat next spring. There are livaboard communities in La Coruna/Bayona in Spain or Rochefort/La Rochelle on the French coast, alternatively the Rias of NW Spain or Hendaye/Arcachon in France will provide bullet proof anchorages.
A bit further north again will take you to Brittany in France, this gets you the top side of the Bay of Biscay so you’re well placed for next summers cruising and the temperature doesn’t step down again significantly provided you stay south of the Pointe de Penmarche (47.48N) A choice of marinas (Vanne, Concarneau and L’Orient are personal favourites) or safe anchorages in the Gulf de Morbihan or up the rivers from either Benodet or L’Orient.
The north of Brittany and English Channel are cooler/wetter still, though I’m they’d still be considered fairly mild by Newfoundland standards. There are plenty of pleasant harbours and marinas to choose from on either side, or there’s the Channel Islands in between. As a general rule the marinas on the French side will be cheaper, though there’s no language barrier on the British side of the water, which is helpful if you want to work/earn over the winter. We actually spent one winter living aboard in central London which was lots of fun and whilst relatively expensive; this cost was more offset by the easy availability of well paid work. For anchorages I’d suggest up the rivers Rance or Seine in France or the Tamar and Truro on the English south coast.
You could head further north still, but need to be careful as once you start going up the North & Irish Seas you quickly reach Scotish waters and things then get really grim. Ravaging wolves and feral haggis, an insurmountable language barrier; weather wise its freezing cold, pouring rain and howling winds – that’s just in the summer, I dread to think what winter’s like! I have some charts of the area though they’re not very detailed, mainly warnings along the lines of ‘here there be dragons’
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little boy blue
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come to west scotland. many places to anchor. probably many places to take up a mooring ( most moored yachts here are taken ashore for the winter and the owners would be delighted to rent to you for a modest sum, maybe even for free ) ample pontoon berths, lots to do and see.
( i am not connected in any way to visit scotland
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if you commit - lots of detailed info to follow.
( i am not connected in any way to visit scotland
)if you commit - lots of detailed info to follow.
In the baltic boats arnt left in the water becouse of the ice.In some ports air or water is pumped through pipes on the harbour bottem to stop ice forming.
In other ports liveaboards(very very few)leave their boats in but there GRP or metal never today wood (in the past some wooden boats were left in without sinking in spring)
North of Brest is cold all year round!There seems to be good reason why so many boats are crammed into certain parts of the med.The Atlantic coast of France is great it dose have a lot to offer even tides which can be a blessing or curse
Belgium has the best food towns villages & canals France the best Atlantic coast France & Italy the best wine Belgium the best bier Holland the most comfortable prison cell for a night or two and the worst gin
Europe is very varied,to really see it the canals are ideal Poland is not yet spoilt
In other ports liveaboards(very very few)leave their boats in but there GRP or metal never today wood (in the past some wooden boats were left in without sinking in spring)
North of Brest is cold all year round!There seems to be good reason why so many boats are crammed into certain parts of the med.The Atlantic coast of France is great it dose have a lot to offer even tides which can be a blessing or curse
Belgium has the best food towns villages & canals France the best Atlantic coast France & Italy the best wine Belgium the best bier Holland the most comfortable prison cell for a night or two and the worst gin
Europe is very varied,to really see it the canals are ideal Poland is not yet spoilt
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Alcyone
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Pah!claymore wrote:Hello and welcome - before all the dopey idiots who frequent this site start responding - you could probably do to be a bit more specific. Are you talking Britain (as part of Europe) Mainland Europe (as part of Europe)
Scotland ( as part of Scotland) Ireland (as part of the British Isles and therefore technically Europe?
You will notice Wales has been left out - this is for your own good.
Similarly, England - I left this out because no-one in their right minds would sail all the way from over there and ignore Ireland or Scotland and go to England (or Wales)