Our course from June through November 2023
Our Berth in Brest
Gradually the decision had been made to travel south to the Mediterranean and now we needed chart data for this area of the world. We had confirmed with the marina in Brest that we could use their address and placed the order. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to contact the marina we arrived June 8th and headed into the harbor. We continued to attempt contact by radio and phone as we entered. The harbor was somewhat intimidating – large, very busy, lots of military boats, but we needed our package. Ultimately the marina responded and sent a man out to direct us. We were assigned space on a large concrete wall with little protection where we spent one stormy night and moved on in the morning. We are certain that ability to speak and understand French would have made this a much more comfortable stop, in any case we had what we needed and would be on our way.