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Along the Cote de Granit Rose Working west from the Treguier River, the chief harbours are Port Blanc, Perros Guirec, Ploumanac'h and Tregastel, plus the daytime anchorage of lie Aux Moines (Les Sept lies). There are other minor anchorages, some only feasible with local knowledge and a large scale chart. PORT BLANC has visitors' moorings and room to anchor afloat, though few facilities ashore. Bilge keelers might try the drying areas to the south east, near the small old quay. PERROS GUIREC offers a large, modern marina, created by the build­ing of a retaining wall with an extreme­ly narrow entrance. At dead neaps, access may be restricted for several days, otherwise the marina gate is normally usable around an hour either side of High Water, subject to height of tide. The whole of the approach through the Anse de Perros dries, and keelboats may need to anchor off for several hours around LW before progress can be made. There's a good anchorage off pte de Chateau - also useful on passage - if entry to the marina is inconve­nient. Ashore Perros Guirec has all facilities, but the town is usually busy with tourist traffic in summer. VHF 9. . PLOUMANAC'H is the picture-postcard harbour which prominently fea­tured in travel literature for this coast - the approach under the Disneyesque presence of the Chateau Costaeres makes a first visit here always memorable. Though not easy to spot from afar against the background, the granite light tower of Mean Raz marks the east side of the entrance channel (good target for a walk from the harbour). Subject to tide there may be a mooring or room to anchor in the approach channel, though space is very tight. From about halftide onwards there should be at least 1.6m over the entry sill to the inner harbour, and its mooring trots. Again, space is tight, but shelter is complete in depths which vary up to around 2m at LW. The northern and eastern part of the harbour is deepest, shallowing rapidly to the south and west. Ploumanac'h has much to offer, with good beaches and walks nearby, as well as the inter­est of the harbour itself. VHF 9. Tel: 02 9691 4431/0296233782 TREGASTEL, just a couple of miles further west, enjoys a quiet life in the shadow of popular Ploumanac'h, but has good moorings and an anchorage (in at least 2m) with generally much more elbow room than its glamourous neighbour. A popular holiday resort, with beach bars and good sands to the east and south, the west side is much more rugged, guarded from the sea by rounded out­ crops of granite. Entrance by day in quiet weather is reason­ably straightforward, once the unlit port and starboard markers have been located, but not at night. Just east of the entrance is a promi­nent rock precariously balanced as if on a pedestal, called La Pierre Pendue, which is the most obvious landmark. Tregastel's weakness is its expo­sure to the west and north, though local boats spend the whole summer season out on the moorings.

 

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