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Around the Baie de Morlaix The Baie de Morlaix offers pic­turesque scenery and enjoyable fair weather pilotage - though the many rocks and outcrops can make it a nightmare in poor visibility. The berthing options are varied with sever­al quiet anchorages for those who wish to escape the crowd. PRIMEL is a busy little fishing harbour, with some deep water moor­ings near the entrance and some drying berths further in. It's exposed to the north, but once inside the line of the breakwater it's reasonably sheltered. The easiest landing is on the west side, at La Diben which is somewhat dominated by the build­ings connected with the fishing fleet, but is otherwise a quaint little place with an off-the-beaten-track feel about it. The RIVER MORLAIX can be entered by two major routes, the Chenal de Treguier on 1900T (needs half tide) and the Grand Chenal (best option at night) on 176°T, both well marked by beacons, but needing rea­sonable visibility to make the approach with confidence. The Chenal Ouest de Ricard is the third, and deepest alternative, usable by day only. In the lower part of the river, there are various anchorages and mooring options, especially Terenez, Carantec and Pen Lann. The intimacy of the channels and the small islands make this area a picturesque place to spend a few days in good weather. Once the narrows of Pen Lann are reached, it becomes a tidal river jour­ney for the six miles up to Morlaix, with the landscape gradually closing in on both sides as the town, dominat­ed by a mighty railway viaduct, is approached. MORLAIX has a marina, accessed by a lock which opens by day only at HW -1K HW and HW +1. If heading up to visit Morlaix, the time to leave one of the deep water moorings of Pen Lann is about halftide, allowing plenty of time to reach the lock. Morlaix marina offers complete shelter, and good communications for crew changes etc, though the berths lie near the centre of the town. VHF 9. Tel: 02 98 621314 The RIVER PENZE is the second option after threading your way into the head of Bay of Morlaix. Running roughly parallel with, and west of the Morlaix River, the smaller Penze offers several anchorages/moorings in its lower reaches before progress upstream is limited by shallows near the bridge (16m clearance) at St. Yves. PORT BLOSCON is the ferry termi­nal for Roscoff, and is positioned to the east of the town, at the far north west corner of the Bay of Morlaix. There are restrictions on anchoring too close to the ferry turning area on the north side - with hazards marked by the Ar Pourven NCM on the south side - but between these limits there's room to anchor and several moorings. The location is sheltered from the west, partly from the south, and even a bit from the north by the ferry breakwater - but is open to the north-east. However, I've found it still feasible to lay to anchor here up to around Force 3/4 NE. Bloscon's advantage is that it's relatively easy to enter from the north and east by day or night at all states of the tide, and it's just a short distance off the main east-west coasting routes. The landing at the terminal is uninspiring but there are showers and a bar/cafe open around ferry times - with the town and drying harbour of Roscoff about 20 minutes easy walk away.

 

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