alexincornwall
Active member
Hi All,
Next July I plan to take our take our Bowman 40 from Falmouth to La Rochelle with a couple of friends. We’ll complete the passage in one hit with the crew heading home a few days after arrival before my wife and two daughters (12 & 7) fly in. We’ll then spend the next month slowly working our way up the Brittany coast and eventually arrive back at Falmouth 5 weeks later before school kicks off again.
I’ve just picked up the Imray Atlantic France pilot book and there’s some good info to be had from the internet, but I wondered if anyone had any first-hand experience of these cruising grounds and would be happy to throw in their experience of must-visit ports? I’ve sailed North Brittany fairly extensively but never this stretch of Atlantic coast so any nuggets of info or tips would be well received, particularly if they’ve been discovered as part of a family trip with kids.
To preserve our sanity, the general idea is to spend a 1-3 nights in each port and break up the return sail into manageable day sails as the kids, whilst keen sailors, are easily bored. Based on our initial research, we’ve pencilled in La Rochelle & Ile De Re, Les Sables-D’Olonne, Gulf of Morbihan & Vannes (we might spend a bit longer in the area), Concarneau, Brest, Aber Wrac’h and then home.
Many thanks
Next July I plan to take our take our Bowman 40 from Falmouth to La Rochelle with a couple of friends. We’ll complete the passage in one hit with the crew heading home a few days after arrival before my wife and two daughters (12 & 7) fly in. We’ll then spend the next month slowly working our way up the Brittany coast and eventually arrive back at Falmouth 5 weeks later before school kicks off again.
I’ve just picked up the Imray Atlantic France pilot book and there’s some good info to be had from the internet, but I wondered if anyone had any first-hand experience of these cruising grounds and would be happy to throw in their experience of must-visit ports? I’ve sailed North Brittany fairly extensively but never this stretch of Atlantic coast so any nuggets of info or tips would be well received, particularly if they’ve been discovered as part of a family trip with kids.
To preserve our sanity, the general idea is to spend a 1-3 nights in each port and break up the return sail into manageable day sails as the kids, whilst keen sailors, are easily bored. Based on our initial research, we’ve pencilled in La Rochelle & Ile De Re, Les Sables-D’Olonne, Gulf of Morbihan & Vannes (we might spend a bit longer in the area), Concarneau, Brest, Aber Wrac’h and then home.
Many thanks