Ploumanach

48º 50' N 3º 29' W

Ploumanach is not a marina in the sense we know it. There are no pontoons and you will have to moor and row ashore. However they do have a sill that retains the water so you stay afloat all the time. There are size restrictions, by memory it is around 35', although larger boats (42') have been welcome in the past.


Ploumanach inlet - picture by marinas.com


Difficult to find and care needed to navigate, but so worth it once you are there - picture by Speedbird


Visitors buoys you moor two boats along side each other when busy - with buoys in between - picture by Edward Fattorini


Ploumanach Harbour


The beautiful paradis of Ploumanach. Difficult to find from the sea, like any paradis it is hidden from view to keep it 'secret'.

Pilot information
As you can see from the top photo, the channel is thin and there are rocks everywhere. Previous visitors who have had many years of uneventful arrivals recommend calm weather with good visibility. As one intrepid sailor explained "this year (2010) there were breaking waves rolling up the inlet and uneven water everywhere. Very scary, knowing there are drying rocks on both sides before you reach the certainty of the perches, and the channel was not clear. The wind was northerly" Thanks DC

http://www.sail-the-net.com/marinas/europe/france/Brittany/ploumanach/pl...

Contact information - http://www.bretagne-info-nautisme.fr/Ploumanach.html?lang=en&retour=back
E-mail: port.perros.guirec@wanadoo.fr

One of Rod Carr's favourites - http://www.rya.org.uk/newsevents/enewsletters/Cruising%20news/mar/Pages/...

If you leave around half tide going up, motor boats will have a good following tide all the way back to Guernsey.


Other sites
http://www.france-for-visitors.com/brittany/perros-guirec-and-ploumanac-...

http://www.brittanytourism.com/page/p-234/art_id-430/html-nature-great-b...

http://www.darkskills.org.uk/photos/ploumanach.html

http://sophie-g.net/photo/bret/granit/ploumanach01.htm

Boat Excursion to the Sept-Iles - departing from Ploumanach - http://www.armor-decouverte.fr/en/default.htm

Tourist Information
You can catch a bus to Pleumeur-Bodou where there is a triple exhibition site.
The Brittany planetarium, with an English commentary on one day of the week
A telecommunications museum, bang up to date.
And the Gaulois village.

Restaurants
PLOUMANAC'H

** Hotel du Parc: Tel 2 96 91 40 80. Under new management. (Logis de France) now offers a bistro as well as the main restaurant. Will update this year.

*** Hotel Coste-Mor: Tel 2 96 91 40 89 - Good menu and good prices. The view of Chateau Costères and Plage St Guirec - great! The seafood platter at €27 is amazing (includes lobster, crayfish or whole chancre). The extra * is for the view. New extended terasse to enjoy the excellent view with canopy.

* Le Cabastan: Good meals especially the mussels and the sole. The dessert ice creams are the best in France. Great for children and semi-grownups.

*** Le Mao: Tel 2 96 91 40 92. Very busy but the seafood platter at €15 is excellent. Mostly eating al fresco. The menu of €18 includes a whole Canadian lobster and sole meunière with muscadet at €8. Just get fat! Best value for money in Bretagne but NO credit cards!! The extra star is for QUALITY and PRICE!!

*** are based on value for money, good service and cuisine - with thanks to ©Stan Cleal

Weather
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