SECRET SPOT

We all have ONE anchorage... A dream spot where we like to return as a family or with friends, to share the beauty of the place! And if there is one thing which is inseparable from a voyage by boat, it's sharing. So take advantage! This column is open to you to tell the magazine’s readers about your most beautiful anchorages. It’s your turn to have us dreaming!

SECRET SPOT

Published 01/08/2014

By Jean-Christophe Guillaumin

Issue: 137

Published: sept. / oct. 2014

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Perlas Islands - Panama

The Perlas Islands in Panama are often the first stopover after crossing the Panama Canal, but also the last before crossing the Pacific to Polynesia via the Galapagos. These islands are therefore the ideal place for a good scrub off, before several months and a long passage... Jean-François also took advantage of this stopover and at the hottest period of the day, took refuge under his cat to enjoy a bit of shade. This demonstrates once again the undeniable advantages of a cat!

Les Glorieuses

Les Glorieuses is an archipelago situated 140 miles from Mayotte, and completely prohibited to boats. To go there, you must ask the ‘Prefet des TAAF’ (Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands) for a permit, and only Alamandas Boat’s catamaran has this permit, for the moment. It is thus a genuine Eden, that only a few privileged people are able to walk in each year.
The archipelago is made up of La Grande Glorieuse, the Ile du Lys and the Roches Vertes. It consists mainly of a sandbank 5 miles long and a coral platform just at the surface which stretches over 17 km.