Mouillage

Plage de Port Pinard

France

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Shelter: SE, W
Seabed: mud
Anchoring: Allowed

Mud-bottom anchorage on the French shore of Lake Geneva, 0.5 NM E of Port de Ripaille and 0.8 NM NW of Port d'Amphion-Publier, Haute-Savoie.

Beach

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Freshwater lake mooring, no tide. Depths drop quickly offshore; holding on mud in 5 to 15 m within the 150 m coastal strip. Shelter from SE (foehn) and W winds rolling off the Jura; open to the Vaudaire wind from SW and to the Bise from NE, which both raise a short steep sea.

Practical

Forain mooring, no services. Use Port de Ripaille 0.5 NM W for water and berthing, or Port d'Amphion-Publier 0.8 NM SE for shops and the Évian water spring. CGN paddle-steamer service calls at Évian 2 km east.

Ashore

The Château de Ripaille is open to visitors, with gardens classified Jardin Remarquable. The forêt de Ripaille has walking loops of 2 to 5 km. Évian-les-Bains spa town is 2 km east along the lakeshore promenade.

History

The Château de Ripaille, on the shore west of the anchorage, was built from 1434 by Amédée VIII, first duke of Savoy and later antipope Felix V. The surrounding forêt domaniale de Ripaille covers 53 hectares of oak.