Concarneau, a seaside town which was well known for it fishing industry but is becoming a dedicate ship building port www.concarneau.org Our first visit of the day was to JFA, where we were accompanied by two potential EGE (NZ – GSE) members for the trip to New Zealand in March.
JFA specialise in high end boats and yachts and showed us around their design area and ship building facilities, where we were taken through a new super yacht that was about 25m in length. Amazing! www.jfa-yachts.com
Chaintier Naval Piriou was our next stop which specialized in the design and construction of tugs, fishing boats and fast passenger ferries. This was an impressive factory with boats up to 50m being constructed in three different warehouses.
Lunch was at another seafood waterfront restaurant filled with men and Moule (muscles). Once again were we amazed at the quality of the seafood.
The afternoon was spent at the Musee De La Peche, which showed us the history of fishing. The models within the Musee were amazing.
We had some time to wander the walls of the La Ville Close which was a medieval town from the 16th century, spectacular in the sun! We were also shown an art gallery that had works by Sydney Thompson, a well known New Zealand painter that lived in Concarneau from the age of 23.
The evening meeting went well, with the refined presentation proving to be a hit, with numerous ohhhss and ahhhss at our amazing scenery.
By now the amazing Antoine had graduated to agent 002, with a licence to kill rabbits (late at night in our Renault Transit Van on back country roads).
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