Returning to this French Seaport 26 Years Later (Single-Handed)
Footage from 2025-09-06. This is episode s6, e08. After being trapped in Dover for 10 days by a relentless storm, the weather finally cleared. It’s 6:10 AM, the two Perkins engines are roaring, and Lady Liselot is setting a course for Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
But this crossing turned out to be more than just a trip from point A to point B. The forced delay in Dover taught me a tough lesson about my constant need to hurry, and why I was really chasing the sun.
Join me on this single-handed channel crossing featuring harbor maneuvers, a sudden emergency engine shutdown scare, and a nostalgic return to the French coast 26 years after my very first entry here in 1999.
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Dr. Henk-Jan van Essen balanced a PhD defense with single-handed trawler voyaging on 'Lady Liselot'. Follow his 2026 mission to London and Paris in this feature.
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