Current Position:
47 35 287N
002 51 496W
Golfe du Morbihan
It was a 15 mile run from Port Haliguen with very light winds from the east so we motored to the entrance of the Morbihan. I have to say that looking at the entrance on the charts it looked daunting - a narrow entrance that needed the right state of the tide to get through. But, with our usual careful passage planning we got in without any difficulties and it was easier than we had anticipated. The Golfe du Morbihan is a large inland tidal sea which covers about 50 square miles and contains about 60 islands. I would suggest you Google it to see for yourselves as it is quite impressive. I was expecting narrow areas of water between islands but that was not the case at all. There were parts that reminded us of Southdeep and Goat Horn in Poole harbour and other little islets where we could have been sailing the coastline of Ikaria. All but two of the islands are privately owned. Some of which are just about big enough to build a small holiday home. We had a motor around and then settled on a sheltered spot in which to drop the anchor. It was hot so we put up our sun awning and as the sea temperature had risen to 21degC, I joined Andreas in a couple of laps around the boat. Initially it felt cold, but after a minute or two it was gorgeous and I was glad to have made the effort. Andreas laid his 3 lobster pots for the first time which was very exciting as we have spoken about catching our own crabs and lobsters and he took himself off in the dinghy and laid them within eye distance. He left them for a day but sadly when he went back to pick them up the first two were empty and the third revealed 2 star fish, a crab the size of a 10p piece and a conger eel weighing in at approximately 6 lbs!!!! Not what we had hoped for at all!! He was not sure just how he was going to get the eel out of the lobster pot whilst bobbing about so lashed the pot to the side and towed it back to the transom of Stiletto where it was easier to deal with. The fear was it would escape into the dinghy and be impossible to get out - it was very angry!!! With some careful manoeuvring he gently tipped up the pot and Mr. Eel made his escape. I remember as a child, watching my dad chopping up very large conger eels, that he had caught. My mum says they're the best sea fish- a sentiment I could never agree with!!! We spent our time on the anchor doing nothing more than swimming and chilling and generally being very lazy.
Song for this post: The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars
Thought for this post: What a fabulous cruising ground - you could spend weeks exploring this vast inland sea
Highlight for this post: My first swim !!