This section records our experiences when we have attended sailing festivals such as Semaine du Golfe, held biennially in Brittany and Seafair held biennially in Wales.

These sailing festivals are not competitive sailing events, rather they are an opportunity for sailors to socialise and to go sailing in company and they also provide a bit of a spectacle for land based tourists, which I think is the reason that they sometimes get a some financial support from local authorities.