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Year: 2018

—  By Helm and CrewFebruary 4, 2018

Courchelettes Resort – Around Douai: 17/07 – 10/08

Courchelettes Honouring the proverb that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, we did not spend our time in the shipyard just sanding and painting. Indeed, we had a full social and touring experience to make this not only a productive stoppage…
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—  By Helm and CrewJanuary 17, 2018

Courchelettes Resort – Working: 17/07 – 10/08

Douai – Courchelettes <We’re sorry for the long delay. Some of the pressing tasks are out of the way now and we hope to drive an article out each week from now on> Monday morning, we set off for the short run to Courchelettes, the…
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