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'Anitra' is Gordon and Doreen Fraser's
cutter-rigged Victoria 34. They bought her in 2004 and many
of you will have known her when she was called 'Tigger'.
We bought her last September and brought her down to Cornwall.
We over-wintered at Gweek boatyard where we did a lot of
work in all areas to bring her back to a good standard.
The engine had to be re-built, something we had not reckoned
on, as well as lots of overhauling and generally smartening
up. We re-named the boat 'Anitra', launched her in
May, and keep her on our mooring near Flushing.
We spent a couple of months familiarising ourselves with
the boat and making sure that everything worked as it should.
We then took 'Anitra' on a cruise to South Brittany for
the first two weeks of August. We got down to Belle Isle
and the Morbihan in good time and re-visited familiar places
from previous trips with our former boat. Houat, Hoedic,
the Glenans are old favourites and we also went well up
the Odet and stayed at Bono near Auray.
We had some super weather and even tried out the cruising chute
3 or 4 times. On the way back we stayed on Ile de Molene
and did a lunch stop at Lampaul. We had hoped to stay there
overnight before crossing the Channel but
a forecast of W5 did not attract the crew, so we had a bouncy
passage through the channel to the south of Ushant in order
to stay the night at L'Aber il Dut.
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Anitra at anchor in a secluded anchorage on the Odet River
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