Harbour

Penvins

Name: Penvins
Address: Sarzeau, FR
Telephone: +33676068896

1.4Sarzeau, FranceMorbihan

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Maximum draught: 1.5 m

Small drying harbour on the pointe de Penvins, on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula in Morbihan, Brittany.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the south leaving the Pointe de Penvins and its rocks to the west. Maximum draught 1.5 m at high water. The harbour dries at low water on soft mud and sand. Plan arrival on a rising tide. Exposed to winds from south through south-west.

Practical

Moorings on buoys for shallow-draught craft. No fuel berth, no capitainerie on the quay. Bar and restaurant open in season near the chapel. Small grocery in Saint-Jacques, 2 km to the west.

Ashore

Chapel of Notre-Dame de Penvins on the headland, built in neo-Gothic style in the 1880s with views over the bay of Quiberon. Coastal path GR 34 follows the Rhuys peninsula past the harbour. Beaches of Landrezac and Kerfontaine within 2 km on foot.