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Historic racing yacht seeks new captain in France

Built in 1890, the restored English cutter is now on sale in Brittany for €35,000

Rouen Armada: Sailing ship festival set to buoy northern French city

The 10-day extravaganza will include more than 40 ships taking part in a special maritime parade

Fungus attack repairs on historic French ship need further €6.5million

Fundraising has started to save a replica of the 18th-century frigate L’Hermione that fought the British in the American War of Independence

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Le Havre and Dunkirk to host 2025 Tall Ships Races

World’s most spectacular sailing event to start from Le Havre amidst a fanfare of nautical festivity

Irish film festival celebrates French cinema with historic French ship

A 126-year-old ship, which was classified as a Monument historique in 1984, sailed into Cork and served as the centre of the festival’s opening

Marseille mayor in row over giant ‘polluting’ cruise ships

He is calling for new measures to limit the pollution emitted by ships that come to dock, saying current levels are ‘unacceptable’

Ferry updates: P&O still suspended, arrive early for Calais-Dover

P&O passengers have been told not to go to the port unless they have booked onto another carrier. Services will not resume until Wednesday at the earliest

France’s historic upturned boat houses offer clue to Dickens mystery

On the country’s north coast lies a cluster of upside-down boats converted into dwellings. Could they explain a confusing quirk in the classic tale of David Copperfield?

Good news on ferries, new air routes: eight France travel updates

We also cover plans for a ‘hotel on wheels’ night train service linking Paris to Venice, Nice and Barcelona and how France is welcoming Ukrainians in stations

War in Ukraine: Russian oligarch’s €120m yacht seized in French port

Customs officers took possession of the vessel in La Ciotat near Marseille where it was undergoing repairs. It was said to be preparing to set sail urgently with the repairs incomplete

Video: watch the world's biggest cruise ship arrive at Marseille

The Wonder of the Seas will undergo the finishing touches of its construction at a shipyard in the city before being put into service in March 2022

Brittany Ferries reduces autumn Plymouth to Roscoff services

The company’s Armorique ship, which usually sails this route, will be redirected onto the Portsmouth to St Malo route

France should ‘let UK deal with migrants’ in Navy ship row

A French MP has said France should stop all controls on migrants, in retaliation to the UK’s plans to deploy Royal Navy ships to patrol French fishing boats

World-beating French boat firm kept afloat by R&D cash

Boat building is a fickle business, but it is one in which France now leads the way.

French retiree crosses Atlantic in a tiny barrel

A veteran adventurer has crossed the Atlantic in a barrel powered only by wind and water currents to reach his destination of the Caribbean sea after four months of travel.

French navy ship festival celebrates 30 historic years

The French navy ship the Maillé-Brézé is celebrating 30 years of being moored up at the Fosse port of Nantes (Pays de la Loire), with a festival in its honour taking place this weekend.

World cruise plan for French ship Hermione

A world tour might be next for the Hermione, the magnificent replica 18th century frigate which returns home to Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, this month after a Mediterranean cruise.

Hermione ready for trip to the Med

Replica of 18th century ship will travel around France and Italy

Historic Hermione sets sail on Mediterranean voyage

L'Hermione, the replica of the frigate that carried Lafayette to America in 1780, has set sail on a voyage around the French and Iberian coast, with tickets available to buy to visit her.

French sailor departs on solo world record attempt

The international sailor from Charentes, François Gabart, has this weekend set off on a solo circumnavigation of the world, which he hopes will take him under 49 days and 3 hours.

Toulouse start-up tests massive ship sail prototype

A start-up company based in Toulouse is developing the prototype for a gigantic parachute-style sail that could help large ships reduce their fuel consumption by up to 20%.

France’s “billionaire” yachting industry in crisis

The luxury yachting business in France is in crisis, according to an open letter written by local officials to President Macron this week.

Dunkirk ‘little ship’ reborn as restaurant

One of the ‘little ships’ that took part in the Second World War Dunkirk evacuation that saved nearly 340,000 Allied troops from the Germans has been given a new life, as a floating restaurant in the Channel port’s harbour.

French navy ship flies pirate Jolly Roger flag

One of the French navy’s ships flies the Jolly Roger...

'Mayday' emergency call originated from m'aidez

English may be the international language of travel and aviation but did you know that the key emergency words are French in origin?

Will Hermione pass near you in 2018?

Route will include 11 stopovers at various ports in another epic journey

Ship

Historic racing yacht seeks new captain in France

Rouen Armada: Sailing ship festival set to buoy northern French city

Fungus attack repairs on historic French ship need further €6.5million

Le Havre and Dunkirk to host 2025 Tall Ships Races

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