Yes, but compare Audierne just across the road and a 1/2 mile hike. Come on now, I have used both many a time. As a place with all its amenities, Audierne is hard to beat.
Not if you wait for the wind. Why rush? Life is too short. We are probably old fashioned. We go with wind and tide. No point in trying to beat the elements.?
Not really comparing like with like. Audierne has a small, expensive Casino near the port. The decent supermarkets are a mile and a half up a hill, albeit accessible by a pleasant coastal / woodland walk. Camaret has a decent Super U in the town on the flat with nearby dinghy access.
So? You should avoid deadlines as far as possible. If you feel compelled to move on you are likely to make poor decisions. Using weather information Sensibly often avoids being in the wrong place at the wrong time.You might wait a long time in that corner.
The only time that we have had to stay longer than we wished was in 2000 on our way to the Med. This was before GRIB files. We had intended Dartmouth to A Corunna but, going through the Chenal du Four, heard a forecast on R4 thst did not sound good. I made the best decision of my life and diverted to Ste Evette initially, then went up river. There were F10s on the way and we could not leave for a fortnight. Otherwise, we have never been stick there longer than we wished. Nowadays, it is all about using weather info sensibly and systematically.When you're in Audierne, you're not just waiting for the wind, you're waiting for the tide too.
And for both to be in your favour, you could be waiting a LONG time.
And none of us are getting any younger.
But, in Audierne, you have a good traiteur, two poissonneties, fresh veg in the covered market. The Casino has the heavy items, use the local shops for the rest. Who wants a big supermarket? We don’t. Get the weather right and Penmar’c is not a problem. We have “done” the area several times before our Med trip. Since 2013, being >80, we go no further than Charente Maritime. We have been through the Chenal du Four, the Raz and Penmar’c every year bar one since then. No problems. You guys are making mountains out of molehills or Cape Horns out of =really quite insignificant headlands.
Well, in our younger days, starting from Dartmouth we would plan a passage through the Four on the basis that it left options open. In our boat, 5 days would have been the expected passage time to A Corina. In those days forecasts were nowhere as near as good as nowadays. Even so, from that direction, I would still go down the Four. Not crossing the Bay, we used to prefer to carry on to Audierne rather than divert to Camaret. But we have done both.
The issue with the Raz isn't anxiety but the 4knts of tide running through it. It can be worked around but why have this obstacle when alternatives are simpler?
