24th August. Haliguen to St. Catherine, Locmiquelic

We had to hang around most of the day as we had to time the Teignouse channel. This is the short cut through to Quiberon Bay which we missed out on the way down because of fog. Slack water was predicted for 14.00 hrs so we could safely leave Haliguen at 13.30. The boat inside us was going to the Morbihan and was leaving at 11.00 so we handed the boat in to a space so they could escape. It was a bright sunny day but the wind forecast had changed early morning for higher winds after lunch but we decided to leave any way because the forecast for the rest of the week was worse!!!
The Teignouse was in a good mood. A bit lumpy but nothing like the bay the day before. The wind was only blowing 8knts which surely helped. And I had been promised a sail. But through the channel it was on the nose!!!!But as we turned to go up hill to Lorient we were able to sail. We just stuck out the genoa and had  a really good turn of speed although the wind blew from 9knts which was a bit slow up to 14 knts which was better. We sailed all the way under blue skies. We passed a number of boats that had everything up but you can't beat an enormous genoa.
And we were able to see the whole of the coastline we had missed seeing on the way down.
It was about 18.00hrs as we entered the outer channel and the weather was changing. Phil pointed out Le Trois Pierres that we almost hit on the way out in fog last time we were here. It is about 400 yards from the fairway!!!!!
We were met by the dory and escorted to a berth. We moored up,had supper and then decided to put up the conservatory. It seems to go up better after two glasses of wine!! We were really glad we did because not long after settling down for the night the wind got up and it started lashing it down.

The lighthouse at the entrance to the Teignouse

There is a pot in the water. No its yellow.
We think this measures the height of the houle for CROSS ETEL

An old friend. Last time we passed it I could have touched it.
We were at least 400 yards away this time.
Much safer.

We shall be here for a while as on Monday there will be the highest coefficient of the year. Which will be a very high springs and we are sure we have enough depth here to cover the low.