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Usually end up at Carrefour in Cherbourg but prevailing winds mean we end up with a long windward slog back to Plymouth afterwards. Any suggestions for somewhere further west? We have to stock up for a wedding this year so need bulk plonk with transport to a pontoon rather than a posh marchand de vin.
 
...but you could go alongside at Roscoff. A fairly short cab ride to St Pol for Le Clerc or Lidl (If you are not snobby about it they do good tinned lager about 1/5th UK price, their bottled German stuff is also very good and has the benifit of looking upmarket. They also do cheap chamfers from time to time. The wine is variable probably better to stick to Le Clerc) I am sure both would deliver a big order to the boat.
 
Roscoff would save a few miles and possible give a better angle. Many years ago we used to anchor off the public slip at Bloscon and row ashore to the wine warehouse. However acording to the 07 almanac this is no longer possible. Still with your keels you should be able to dry out alongside in Roscoff and organise a shipment from Roscoff's Wine Seller. (http://roscoffswineseller.com/index.php), an email address is available to negotiate delivery.
Cheers Peter.
 
I anchored off Bloscon last season, without problem, south of the new fish quay. There is a dinghy slip there as well. Perhaps the almanac is just pointing people away from the Bloscon big ship area? Brian
 
There's a nice marina round the corner from Paimpol and down the coast a bit at St-Quay Portrieux - its been a few years but it was quite sheltered with good access and good shops....
 
Perros Guirec is a definite nono - our beam is 7m. It is possible to get over the wall at HWS but I wouldn't fancy it. Reeds doesn't give a width for the lock at Morlaix but anything less than 8m would be pushing it.
 
Ever considered Camaret or Brest. Neither has a wholesaler as such but both have good supermarkets. At Camaret just take the dinghy to the slip by the square and after filling your trolleys just push them up the road (400 yards) and then load the dinghy. At Moulin Blanc (Brest) the supermarket is about a fifteen to twenty minute walk but the manager will provide transport back to the marina although once there it can be a bit of a job to get the stuff to the boat as there seems to be a serious shortage of carts there.
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Don't worry about it - he is seriously misguided as we all know - not only does he live on the wrong side of the Tamar but is also misguided about the correct number of hulls - after all if he didn't have a requirement for an 8m lock then he'd have a much bigger choice of wine destinations. Personally I blame his parents for a poor upbringing /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
I have seen very wide cats in Perros Guirec that presumably went over the wall, it looks a lot easier than the lock and we are just 4m wide! The other option at Perros is to stay outside on the corner where the east/west channels meet, there are quite a few white waiting buoys there which we have often used and there is a slipway to go ashore at that is the same walking distance from the town centre. Otherwise as Scillypete says, Camaret has a good Supermarket and you can take a dinghy to within 100m of it above half tide but there is the tide gate of Le Four to consider. Another option would be L'Aberwrac'h, either in the usual moorings area with a taxi ride each way to Leclercs Supermarche in Llanilis (about 2 mls?) or go upriver to Paluden and walk to Leclercs, about 1ml uphill, and take a taxi back.
 
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