Filled up with Water before we left. We noticed that we had lost of water on our channel crossing, about 2/3rds of our water had disappeared into the bilge!! Never happened before but the thing the 16hrs heeled over not the crossing may have caused a leak through the breather pipe. never-the-less, its now something we are going to have to keep an eye on. At lest it wasn't water coming into the boat!
Our passage to Cameret was going to take us through the Chanel du Four. Steve agonised about sailing through it. He read through various books, watched and read forums about it al east 4 million times until I said 'how much more difficult can it be to The Needles or the Portland Bill, which we had sailed through many many times. Finally we set off with fantastic weather, calm seas and the trip was absolutely fine. The weather is definitely warmer this side of the channel - just what we were looking for. The landscape is stunning, albeit rocky in parts this just made fora wonderful passage.
We anchored in Cameret just outside the harbour. This is where we are meeting up with Matt & Anna on Nomad who are due in a day or so.
We dinghy'd into the marina the following morning, tying and locking the dinghy to the dock (this is the first time we've locked up the dinghy) but definitely won't be the last and we need to get into the habit of locking her up.
Cameret is lovely fishing village with a line of restaurants/cafes overlooking the harbour. It has a large supermarket with a petrol station just minutes away from the front. There was a super Sunday artisan market running the length of the harbour front. We meandered through the market and then further round the harbour where the more commercial boating area and fish market is located. We were lucky enough to arrive just in time to watch the fish market open up (4pm on a Sunday afternoon lol). The fish market is open to the public selling lobsters, spider crabs and about 15 different varieties of fish. It was fascinating to watch - I love being part of this local activity, it's not something I would normally do in the UK.
Matt & Anna, Kev & Emma from Thuro arrived. They'd had a bit of a battering across the channel in 20knt winds all the way and like us had sought refuge for one night in L'Aber Warc'h before coming to Cameret. We dined out that night in a Crepe Restaurant. Not my cup of tea and I didn't really enjoy the crepe too much. They are very thin pancakes covered in cooked cheese, ham, mushroom, onion and a what appeared to be a raw egg on top - I won't be having that again.
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