La Turballe and Storm Miguel

La Turballe is a pretty little fishing port and we made it our "Port of Refuge" on seeing that a very nasty Atlantic storm was heading across Biscay towards the Brittany coast. Never seen anything quite like it. The marina crew were very active securing everything down and advising boats how best to keep themselves secure. It arrived with full force on the morning of Friday 7th and created some chaotic scenes. Alarge ,steel, powerboat was attached to a pontoon just next to us. We heard a loud crack and saw that half of the pontoon fixings had sheared off. A minute or two later the other side sheared and the boat, still attached to pontoon was adrift in storm force winds. The marina staff were  quick to react and fortunately no damage was done - but it could have been much worse. It's the first time that we have felt the need for a grab bag at the ready - whilst in a marina !