L'Aber Wrac'h

Sandpiper in L'Aber Wrac'h

We stayed in L’Aber Wrac'h for six days waiting for fair weather to sail down to S Brittany. To make this passage we would have to sail through two rocky channels with fierce tides and potentially dangerous sea states, so it was important to get the weather and timing right.

In the meantime L’Aber Wrac’h was the perfect place to wait. Our friends Rowena and Richard arrived on their boat, Galene, the day after us, and we managed to spot them in time to give them a welcome toot on the foghorn as they sailed into the port.

Galene finally arrives 

Our mooring had stunning views of the Aber Wrac’h  bay and the islands off it,  and (in between the rain showers) we enjoyed some great walks up the river and round the bays and headlands. The port has an internet café, basic provisions and good choice restaurants, we had an excellent seafood meal at L’Ecailler des Aber. However the supermarket is in the town of Landeda - a 20 minute walk up a very steep hill - so we quickly worked off any additional calories!

Unspoilt beaches around the peninsular

On June 18 we headed out of L’Aber Wrac’h accompanied by two other British boats, Galene and Tumbalong, and sailed down the first of the two channels – Chenal du Four. We timed the passage to coincide with slack tide and with a gentle wind the Channel was no problem at all. As the wind picked up we had a brilliant sail on a broad reach down to Camaret.

Calm seas in the Chanel de Four