Ile d'Arz
Moonbeam
David and Lynn Wilkie
Wed 16 Jun 2010 08:09
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47.36.927N 002.50.980W
Lundi
Mor Bihan means a small sea in the Breton language
describing 50 square miles of tidal water peppered with islands so we
headed for one of the quieter anchorages. It was a bright morning but with a
cold NW wind. Left at slack water and headed around the North end of Ile aux
Moines and eventually anchored after another marathon passage (5.5 miles!) in
the big bay to the south of Ile d'Arz.
  pictures on route
Went ashore to the small village of Le
Bourg.
      The village is immaculate with little sign of life
but I imagine that July and August will be different. The houses are nearly all
old but mostly sympathetically restored. When we got back to the beach there was
a school picnic in progress, presumably children from the mainland, and it was
difficult to discern who was making more noise- the children or the teachers! In
the afternoon we had heavy showers with thunder and lightening by nightfall
and plenty of wind from the north.
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