Balmain Bug causes a stir

Moored up in St Valery, we were sat minding our own business in the cabin and Allister noticed that there were a couple of people on the harbour wall taking photos of the back of our boat. After a few minutes we heard a loud voice speaking French with a heavy English accent:


"Pourquoi vous avez nommé un bateau 'Balmain Bug'?".


The Galley Slave went up on deck and started trying to explain in French. The Skipper informed her that they were English. He was wrong. They were Australian, hailing from Sydney and were impressed that they had found a boat in France that had the name of a widdy little crustacean that only lives in that part of the world.


It made them very happy!