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Name : Laure
Born : 7th May 1982
Cup : blue and yellow
Occupation : engineer, consultant, any topic any country (based in Oslo according to a still-to-be-confirmed rumour)
Passions in life : discovering the world, why not on a sail boat ?
Sees herself in 10 years: towards a new eslewhere
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Name : Camille
Born : 8th April 1982
Cup : blue and yellow too
Occupation : engineer in Oslo, specialist in managing projects more or less technical
Passions in life : sailing, why not to discover the world?
Sees herself in 10 years: by 7°30'
N and 134°38' E if my calculations are correct
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| When leaving
the Belon river to the high seas on July 20th 2011, we were sailing to
the unknown, unconscious of what such a trip would have to offer. When
sailing again along the red beacon "la Médée" marking the
entrance to Concarneau on July 20th 2012, our backstay wearing all the
flags from all the countries visited during the trip, we are now sure of it: we will leave again. |
Back to Concarneau, July 20th 2012 |
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A snow-saltimbanque !! October 2012
| Until the next big departure, we need to fill up the bank account, and make the most of our
time onshore from both a personal and professional point of view. An
opportunity arises and we promptly grab it: Norway here we come ! Let's
kill two birds with one stone :o)
First in Bergen on the west
coast: may be the most beautiful city in the world when the sun shines,
that is a good 60 days a year in average ! We got actually very
lucky and had 2 exceptionally dry years. It's a small change, from the tropics to scandinavian winters, and from free
diving to cross-country skiing... |
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| During all this time,
Saltimbanque waits for us on a craddle, in Lorient (Brittany). Then as
Laure lives most of the time in London where she still works, we decide
to sail our floating friend to the south of England for a few years.
Norway is far away and outside of European Union, so it's neither easy
nor free to sail in there (for residents at least). We then share for a while our
summer time between British cruises and kayak or hikes i Norway. |
Alternative to sailing, not for the worst, Askøy summer 2014 |
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Checking the Oslo channel during the winter 2016, we sail here quite often with Saltimbanque in the summer... |
At the end of 2014,
Camille changes job and has to move to Oslo. Good excuse for Laure to
leave England for the capital city of Norway. Oslo is close to the
Swedish border, member of the European Union this time. We see an
opportunity to bring Saltimbanque closer to us. The Böhuslan coast is
absolutely gorgious amd we enjoy it for the entire summer season. When
winter comes, boats are sytematically lifted up onshore: the coast
line is too exposed to winter storms and in the sheltered bays... water
freezes... We then keep working on our winter skills, both in
cross-country skiing and in... walking the sea-ice !! |
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| Eventually
in 2016 we go for it and cross the Norwegian border at sea. One more
capital city for Saltimbanque who settles in Oslo. We now
live at 15 minutes by bike from our boat ! Which is actually very
convenient when it comes to maintenance... No more week-end spent in
sanding and painting: we can take care of it after work during the week
and enjoy our week-ends, on the skis in the winter and on the islands
in the Oslo fjord in the summer. |
A random Saturday evening in Oslo, September 2017 |
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| So we are not ready to
leave again for good yet, but after 5 years spent onshore, it is time
to find again the true meaning of life: going where the wind pushes us ! |
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