This is what it’s all about: three weeks of great adventure, dozens of wonderful memories, great new friends, and not a marauding orca pod in sight (see below). Hey, we’re going to do it again next July and August. Come join us!
August 2022 Expedition Update—The Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival
Here we are today at the Inter-Celtic Festival in Lorient with Charles Bertrand, a former QBE crew member who now plays with the National Marine Corps Breton Bagpipe Band. When he was a teenager, Charles brought his bagpipes along on an expedition and routinely piped us into port. It always created a stir when people jockeyed for a good vantage point from which to watch and listen.
There are several Celtic “Nations,” including Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, Galicia (in Spain), and Asturias (also in Spain). All share indigenous cultures that descended from an ancient proto-Celtic progenitor, all are represented at the festival, and all have a thing about bagpipes!
You never know what you’ll discover on a QBE sailing expedition.
Stargazing
There are many surprising things to see and dozens of things to do on a QBE sailing expedition. But of all the memories our crew members take home, many cite spectacular stargazing as among the most indelible. The heavens are always above us, but often barely visible. When you’re at sea or on a small island, the fog caused by light pollution lifts and the heavens reveal themselves. It’s, well, a revelation. And some claim a spiritual experience.
https://www.visitguernsey.com/magazine/stargazing-on-the-islands-of-guernsey/