We left Ushant and made our way to Camaret. We'd be spending a bit of time there as Emma was joining us for a week, and we'd made good progress down from the UK. So time for a bit more relaxing.

On our way from Ushant, we passed the imposing La Jument lighthouse, made famous by Jean Guichard's photo of the wave encircling the lighthouse as the keeper waved from the door. Not that bad when we were out there... We passed by the notorious Pierre Noires light and saw that it had claimed another victim. Due to the French SNSM's policy of only rescuing people for free, fisherman often take the opportunity to tow in a yacht in exchange for a salvage fee. However, they're not professionals at it and sometimes get it wrong. In this case, the large fishing boat was towing a yacht and got the towline around its prop. The result was that both nearly ended up on the rocks. The fishing boat did - quite spectacularly.. We spent some time in Camaret, and plenty of time on the hook in the Brest Rade (see the map). We dropped into the older marina (Moulin Blanc) which turns out not to charge extra for cats and was a thoroughly pleasant place to spend a few days. Emma arrived and we hit Oceanopolis before heading out to anchor again. We had great weather! Our bread making skills are improving slowly... At this point we discovered that some other CA members who we're planning on crossing the Atlantic this year were also in the Brest Rade. Anne and Jonathan had been on the Aulne river and came and picked up a buoy near us overnight. They dropped by the next morning for a chat which was lovely. We've had a few email exchanges since then which is proving handy as they're ahead of us on their way south. Looks like we may not be able to visit Vannes as building work has restricted the bridge width.

All too quickly it was time for Emma to head home and for us to escape Brest - lovely as it is. However this meant we were heading for the infamous Raz de Sein...