Yachting Monthly — November 2017

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the beautiful dark shape of a
very large dolphin as it arched
gracefully into my bow wave.
It startled me several more
times as it popped up again
and again out of the water
over the course of the next
half-hour.

Gliding silently up the

channel, I was flanked by

a fleet of darkened shapes

looking for all the world like

anchored ghost ships; these

were the ragged rocky edges

of this coastline that rise

20 or 30 feet straight out

of the water and make it so

treacherous – technology

notwithstanding. A sobering

thought is that there were

just as many rocks that did

not quite make it out of the

water yet still sit there under

the surface ready to rip the

belly out of any unsuspecting

ship that strays off course. By

0100 we were safely inside the

mouth of the river and found a

quiet spot to drop the anchor

and turn in for the night.

After a late breakfast on

Sunday morning, with time

for Woody to approve the

skipper’s anchoring from the

night before, we motored the

last few miles upriver to the

ancient town of Tréguier. As

we approached the marina

we were met by a visual feast

of bunting as the Yachting

Monthly triangle race arrived,

having taken a battering on

their leg from Ireland.

A very pleasant walk that

afternoon took us to the west

side of the Tréguier peninsula

and we found ourselves

looking out to sea at the red

granite rocks that had formed

my ghost ships the night

before. A suitable finale to

our perfect passage. W

Woody inspects the

anchoring

Jagged rocks at the

entrance to Tréguier

Moondance has the

benefit of being able to

take the ground

Melanie and Woody keep

each other company while

off watch