After a lovely sail from England (apart from crossing the shipping lanes) , we entered Camaret harbour to a beautiful morning of sunshine. Falmouth had rained a great deal before we left and we were beginning to wonder whether we would see the sun again. The whole harbour was full of little racing dinghies darting everywhere. As it was early morning there were plenty of visitor's moorings to be had. After a few days we headed down to the scenic town of Benoit stayed on visitor's buoys which include free dinghy service to the shore.
Most of these days we tend to do short hops of no more than 50 nm, so that we can enjoy these lovely towns. Port Lorient was to be our next stop, but realised we wouldn't get in due to our length. However we compromised with staying at Kernival which was to be a ferry ride away. My birthday was to be on the Sunday so we stayed a few days and did a few lunches instead. There was a Celtic music festival on and the town was teaming with tourists.
We left at first light, to a light breeze but enough to put the sails up and see how far it takes us. The town of Le Herbaudiere was only 40 odd nm away but the only berth available for us was with the fisherman. No problem as we were looking to move on early the next day. The harbour master was very hospitable and gave us a really good discount. Moving on down the coast we motored most of day down to Les Sables D' Olonne which is where the Vendee Globe Races start. Our berth was alongside previous racing boats. Some are now used to take tourists out and about.