Saint-Quay Portrieux to Paimpol disaster!

Jane Smith

Super beautiful, no wind, again! yacht v rock, rock won! Paimpol has hidden, unmarked, rocks, which we found out the hard way!!! Now awaiting a lift out to check the keel. Cross fingers the Swedish design of heavy lead has done it's job and protected the boat... All somewhat shaken up. Did everything right with height of tide etc, but some things are simply unpredictable. Lesson: hyper slow over drying areas, even when there's theoretically plenty of water. Keep someone on the bow. Communicate, and everyone eyes on the channel markers, AND the chart! On reflection, two days later, there was no pilotage plan, nobody properly assigned to navigation, and effectively unprepared for an extremely difficult and dangerous narrow, twisty channel over drying areas. Relying on a tiny phone with Navionics, inexperienced crew, without prior research into the route, is a recipe for disaster.