MONDAY 16 JULY 2007
OUSSANT TO CAMARET-SUR-MER - 32 MILESPRAWN POT CATCH: 2 barnacles, Bait - bacon
Oussant had proved to be quite a rolly anchorage and we hadn’t bothered to put the flopper stopper out. It was a sunny morning, but the forecast was thundery showers, Force 3 – 4, possibly 6 later, so we decided to go straight to Camaret rather than go ashore.
We left about 9.30 a.m. to get the tide and managed to sail at about 7 knots, touching 8 knots over the ground on a beam reach. Northern Britanny has a very scary (for me) challenging (for Roger) coastline littered with rocks and a very strong tide that seems to want to put you on the rocks. We ran out of water again! We think there may be an airlock as the tank appears to be full as water comes out of the overflow, but then empties quickly.
We’d had an excellent sail, hardly dropping below 6 knots the whole way. We arrived in Camaret about 2 p.m. and berthed on the diesel pontoon to fill up. The pump would only take French credit cards. We had to call the harbour to pay with cash or foreign cards but they were closed between 11.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. The UK ought to adopt these sort of lunch hours!
We had lunch in the cockpit to wait until we could get diesel – first time in shorts!
We had a small bottle of champagne and went for a meal to celebrate our first landfall in France.
CAMARET MARINA FEES:
23.40 euros, but possible to anchor; shower 2 euros. Internet available through Netabord but very expensive – ½ hour – 4 euros, 1 hour – 6 euros, 24 hours – 24 euros. Possible to get free WiFi in a café – just needed to buy a coffee.
TUESDAY 17 JULY 2007
CAMARET-SUR-MER
PRAWN POT CATCH: 2 winkles, 1 small star fish. Bait - bacon
We had coffee and French bread and confiture for breakfast and planned our route through the Raz-de-Seine – looks very scary with up to 6 knot tides through a narrow passage between lots of rocks!
We spent the afternoon in the internet café, shopping and doing the laundry – all of which takes a lot longer than expected! We anchored in the bay overnight.
WEDNESDAY 18 JULY 2007
CAMARET-SUR-MER to MORGAT - 18 MILES
PRAWN POT CATCH: Lots of winkles and limpets, 2 inch long fish, 2 large star fish on the outside – too big to get in! Bait – chicken carcass
While having breakfast in the cockpit, we saw a fender floating, so as we motored past we managed to pick it up. We left about 10.30 a.m. and saw the lifeboat and helicopter practicing manoeuvres. It was a good sailing day but we wanted to see if leaving the filler cap off the water tank would overcome the airlock problem. We have to have the engine on to run the water maker and it didn’t start overflowing for over three hours! Which means the tank should now definitely be full and leaving the filler cap off solves the problem of air locks.
The coastline was stunning with beautiful sandy bays and plenty of places to anchor. We anchored in the bay at Morgat about 2.00 p.m. and went ashore in the dinghy. We heard a couple speaking Welsh to their children, so we had a chat with them – they come from Sketty!
It was a lovely evening and we had tea in the cockpit for the first time – the sprayhood sheltered us from the wind.
TUESDAY 17 JULY 2007
CAMARET-SUR-MER
PRAWN POT CATCH: 2 winkles, 1 small star fish. Bait - bacon
We had coffee and French bread and confiture for breakfast and planned our route through the Raz-de-Seine – looks very scary with up to 6 knot tides through a narrow passage between lots of rocks!
We spent the afternoon in the internet café, shopping and doing the laundry – all of which takes a lot longer than expected! We anchored in the bay overnight.
WEDNESDAY 18 JULY 2007
CAMARET-SUR-MER to MORGAT - 18 MILES
PRAWN POT CATCH: Lots of winkles and limpets, 2 inch long fish, 2 large star fish on the outside – too big to get in! Bait – chicken carcass
While having breakfast in the cockpit, we saw a fender floating, so as we motored past we managed to pick it up. We left about 10.30 a.m. and saw the lifeboat and helicopter practicing manoeuvres. It was a good sailing day but we wanted to see if leaving the filler cap off the water tank would overcome the airlock problem. We have to have the engine on to run the water maker and it didn’t start overflowing for over three hours! Which means the tank should now definitely be full and leaving the filler cap off solves the problem of air locks.
The coastline was stunning with beautiful sandy bays and plenty of places to anchor. We anchored in the bay at Morgat about 2.00 p.m. and went ashore in the dinghy. We heard a couple speaking Welsh to their children, so we had a chat with them – they come from Sketty!
It was a lovely evening and we had tea in the cockpit for the first time – the sprayhood sheltered us from the wind.
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