The Quelmer boat cemetery Old boat hulls sailing out of time

What better tribute could this place pay to the memory of this land of sailors and boats hidden in a small cove of the maritime Rance that has seen so many boats born in the days when shipyards were the pride of the Rance valley.

A history of boats that continues

A wink of history, a shipyard restarted a few months ago in the Quelmer cove. Alongside these hulls eaten away by the sea, which look in vain towards the renovated slipway at La Landriais on the other shore, other hulls come to repair their damaged frames and planking to continue sailing.

A place that inspires artists

Local painters were invited a few years ago to exercise their talent and as a symbol, the painter Kalvez based in nearby Cancale signed a fresco called “La Belle Endormie” on one of these hulls. As the tide goes out, some of them reveal their emaciated sides to show only the remains of their spinal column.

A walk to discover the maritime past of the Rance

L’Anse de Quelmer is located on a 7.5km walking loop that takes you from Anse de Troctin as far south as Saint-Hélier.

This tour passes through La Passagère, the neighbouring village, which today still houses the ferryman’s house, a witness to the days when a ferry linked the two banks of the Rance: another story of boats…