Port Vendée

The port is located in the heart of a splendid 85-hectare estate of greenery with lake and golf course, restaurants, holiday residence. A deep-water marina, it has a capacity of 660 berths, 610 for tenants and 50 on the visitor's pontoon. Access to wifi on all the basin and the dock. It regularly hosts beautiful nautical events: Solitaire du Figaro, EDHEC race, Tour de France à la Voile and especially the Transgascogne 6.50 which connects the port of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire to a port in Spain every two years.

Protected from west winds, the Herbaudière marina offers a capacity of 574 places including 50 visitors up to 17 meters. The port has a careening area, sanitary facilities with codes, fresh water at the quay and on the pontoons, electricity on the pontoons, a laundry, a 30-ton crane. A fuel station is installed on the pontoon. It is accessible 24 hours a day by credit card. The port also has a black water pumping station and automatic barriers for parking.

The Port-La-Vie marina, ideally located in the town centre, accommodates more than 1,000 boats, including 800 berths on the pontoon and 200 on the mooring line. In the 1960s, yachting developed alongside fishing. The municipality decided in 1971 to build a marina in the mouth of the Vie River (which flows into the sea), which was then occupied by a mudflat. The first stone was laid in October 1974. The port of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie hosts sailing races including the Solitaire du Figaro.

The port of Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile is located in the city centre, at the foot of the castle, and is sheltered in the Étier du Moulin. Admire, all along the south shore of the harbour, wooden huts blackened with coaltar. They house the traditional activities of the island which are oyster farming, the salt cooperative, and especially the construction and repair of ships. In the past, it was the island's port of activity, allowing the export of salt. 200 mooring buoys (from the Souzeaux beach to the Sableaux beach) are available for rent from mid-April to mid-October.

Port-Joinville is located on the north-east coast of the island of Yeu. This charming port welcomes ferries from Fromentine or Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. The marina offers a 600-place pleasure boat basin, equipped with pontoons, integrated into the old fishing port and accessible at all times. Excellent shelter in all weather conditions. Two hundred places are reserved for boats in stopover. All the services of a modern port (amenities, technical services...). An essential stopover between Belle-Île and La Rochelle.

With its 1,400 berths, it is the largest marina in the Vendée. 24-hour access with a minimum draught of 2 m. In the summer, about a hundred berths are available to visitors. Maximum boat length: 20 m. A special pontoon is dedicated to catamarans. Complete port facilities: fresh water, electricity at each berth, fuel station at the quayside, slipways, lifts, 24-hour security. VHF weather station on channel 9. It is from Port-Olonna that the boats set off for the Vendée Globe race.

It is located 12 miles from Les Sables-d'Olonne, 5 miles from Bourgenay (Talmont-Saint-Hilaire) and 17 miles from Saint-Martin-de-Ré in Charente-Maritime. It offers 508 moorings and 211 pontoon berths. It is accessible within 2 hours before and 2 hours after high tide (draught less than 1.50 m). The approach at night is to be avoided as there are no lights. You will be able to enjoy its natural cove by relaxing in the shade of the café and restaurant terraces.

Located at l'Epine, the port of Morin has always been a place where sailors used to wet their small boats. But it was a poorly protected anchorage. It was in 1983 that the project for a port reinforced by dikes was decided. The work was completed in 2000. Today, the port of Morin is essentially a marina, although there are still some professional fishermen. Its total capacity is 935 seats. With 850 boats, this port lives at the rhythm of the tides, since it fails at times of high low water.