Which charts for Northern Brittany?

[albionahoy]

Hello all

Any reccos on charts for North Brittany cruise? we won't make it past Ushant, so it's just the coast from there back towards St Malo. (We're going to Guernsey first, then on to Treguier). Best charts? Best buys?

Thanks if you can help

J

 

[Angele]

If you are going west of Paimpol (and it sounds like you are) then the Admiralty leisure folios are insufficient. I would go for SHOM charts, and I think 3 of them would supplement the Admiralty CI portfolio to get you as far as Ushant. http://www.shom.fr/fileadmin/data-www/NAU/PetitCatalogue2014.pdf

Edit: Well, four strictly, to include Ushant itself, but I doubt you would need that one if not going beyond L'Aber Wrac'h

 

[LadyInBed]

+1
Wot! No chart plotter

 

[Iliade]

The last time we were there another skipper showed me an excellent and very worthwhile pilot guide. Unfortunately I cannot for the life of me remember what it was called, but hopefully someone else here will enlighten us both?

I used mostly Admiralty charts and the Imray C33 Channel Islands charts.

The tidal atlas was probably more useful than both the above!

 

[sailorman]

cruising companion by cumberlidge and or the channel pilot by Tom Cunliffe

 

[Iliade]

Oh, and we had three chart plotters on board! A very old B/W Garmin with a nice big screen, sadly now dead, a 60 CSX, that one sadly now dead due to the vibration of the MD2B, and a cheap notebook running both Garmin and Mapsource software. If too impecunious get Navionics software for your smartphone. If you don't have a smartphone you can get really good ones for about £100 from India.

 

[SHUG]

Just get the Imray charts and go for it!

 

[AIDY]

I always use imray for pilotage and admirality for passage making.

 

[Sybarite]

The last time we were there another skipper showed me an excellent and very worthwhile pilot guide. Unfortunately I cannot for the life of me remember what it was called, but hopefully someone else here will enlighten us both?

I used mostly Admiralty charts and the Imray C33 Channel Islands charts.

The tidal atlas was probably more useful than both the above!

My favourite :

http://www.4-oceans.com/pilote-cotier-guide-nautique.asp

 

[sailorman]

My favourite :

http://www.4-oceans.com/pilote-cotier-guide-nautique.asp

& the English version ????

 

[Sybarite]

& the English version ????

Sorry. However it is so well illustrated that a smattering of schoolboy French is probably all that you would need.

 

[albionahoy]

Thanks all, now for the planning!