Fethard

This is an extremely small harbour a couple of miles North of Baginbun Head

...... or nine mile across Ballyteige Bay from Kilmore Quay. It is home to lobster pot boats and there is seldom room inside for visitors and anyway it dries completely to sand at LW.

It provides shelter in off shore conditions but in anything above a three from the NE through to the SW it is very uncomfortable and is not worth a visit. It is one of a couple of harbours on this peninsula known as "Hook Head"; the other being Slade further along the coast to the South West.

Although room is restricted inside the harbour it is a very pleasant spot and one can anchor off in good holding to the North of the harbour entrance; if you are a skipper who prefers quiet little places rather than the cheek by jowl conditions of a marina it is really worth considering this as an alternative to Kilmore Quay in the right weather conditions.

You would have to accept that all supplies would require shipping aboard by dinghy but, then again, if this is your sort of places you'll be used to that and anyway, if your luck is in, you may even be able to raft alongside a potting boat for the night as long as you can take the ground. It's the sort of place that Para Handy would have called "Chust Sublime" (if you don't know who Para Handy is then you need to add him to your wish list of required reading along with "We Joined the Navy")

For an overview of this coastline the following You Tube video is worth perusing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGRr3IACgpE&feature=endscreen&NR=1