Port

Pen-Mané

3.9Locmiquelic, FranceMorbihan

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Maximum length: 59 ft
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 9 ft

Marina of 150 berths in Locmiquélic, on the east bank of the Lorient harbour, facing the city across the Blavet estuary.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Enter Lorient harbour by the marked channel between Port-Louis and the Île Saint-Michel. Pen-Mané lies north of the ferry terminal, entrance marked by a breakwater. Maximum draught 3 m. VHF 9. Strong tidal stream in the Courreaux on the ebb. Shelter is only moderate and boats can move at the berths in the harbour wash.

Practical

150 berths on pontoons. Water and electricity. Fuel berth at Kernével across the harbour at 0.8 NM. Passenger ferry to Lorient centre from Sainte-Catherine at 0.6 NM, crossing about 7 minutes. Bakery and small grocery in Locmiquélic village at 500 m. Car parking at the marina is limited.

Ashore

Sentier côtier along the Anse de Pen Mané to the Pen Mané nature reserve at 400 m, a wetland of the Natura 2000 Rade de Lorient site with observation hide. A disused fort, now overgrown, stands beside the harbour. Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly and submarine base of Keroman at Lorient, reachable by ferry.

History

The Blavet estuary was fortified by Vauban from 1696 at Port-Louis opposite, and became the main French submarine base on the Atlantic during the German occupation of 1940 to 1945.