Yachting Monthly

INSIDER’S GUIDE TO BRITTANY

Brittany offers rewarding cruising grounds with many islands, estuaries and safe harbours. This coast is where the French passion for sailing was born, raised and honed.

The Imray and RCC by Nick Chavasse is a must for this coast, along with Imray’s charts C10, and C36-41. We also used Navionics downloaded to three separate devices. Some calculations are required for the Chanal du Four and Raz de Sein.

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