Sailing Solent to Bordeaux

Can anyone refer me to useful information about sailing the coast of France to Bordeaux, safe ports/anchorages, interesting ports/anchorages etc ? Apart from the normal charts of course, any best pilots ?

Thanks, Robert

The Raz is fun - as long as nothing goes wrong!  Cameret is a good place to hold out if the weather is too bad for the Raz. Once around the corner and into the Bay of Biscay the weather always seems warmer.  I thought Benodet and Concarneau were great places to stop off en route.

Make sure you've looked at the Raz using Google Earth with Geographic Web turned on and then have a look at some of the photos - its an impressive place!