Tuesday, 13 July 2010

10 July 2010 Sauzon to Etel

Thick mist at first - could not see the other side of the harbour (and it's small). Up early and motored out to the moorings outside the harbour, where we had breakfast and waited for the mist to clear. It soon cleared but there was still no wind so decided to motor to Etel. After a while there was just enough wind to sail, by which time the batteries were fully charged and the computer charged.




Arrived at Etel bar at the right time and were piloted in by radio across the bar (this is their standard procedure as there is a rather unstable bar outside the river) which made us feel rather important. The pilot welcomed us to Etel and wished us a good holiday and suggested we call the marina on channel 9. They immediately came out in a RIB and helped us to a finger berth - An excellent welcome to a rather nice place. Pam bought and cooked langoustines and we also had palourdes and oysters, with the help of a bottle of wine.

The marina has wifi (remember to say it "weefee") but unfortunately it's Orange wifi and not Netabord, so I am not paying again. Will have to wait for another port to update the blog.

Tomorrow we might go to Ile de Groix - or we might just stay here as it's rather a nice place.