Running for home!
Ok, we really are now running for home literally. We left Frioles heading to Carry-Le-Rouet because of this… 2 miles outside of Carry-la-Rouet we contacted them to make sure they had someone available to...
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The Island of Frioles, off Marseille
We are now on our final couple of legs of this years journey, trying to get as far westward as possible when the wind allows, so on the 1st September, with southerly winds, we...
Port Grimaud – The Little Venice of Provence
Our next stop was Port Grimaud, somewhere I (Chantal) have always wanted to go primarily because it was my late Father’s dream when he and Mum were still married, to have a house and...
Nice, really is nice!
We set sail on the 18th August for the 6NM’s to the old port of Nice where we had booked a mooring for 2 nights. Our entry into the old harbour really set the...
The Town of Beaulieu- Sur-Mer
On the 16th August we set sail, with the iron spinnaker, back to Cap Ferat, where we dropped our pick for not quite such a peaceful anchorage as the time before, but then we...
A brief stop in Italy before heading back to Menton, France
Having arrived back in Sanremo, David headed off to the port police to check in, and see about handing our transit log back in, to be told, a) we could only stay 1 night...
The French Medieval Old Town of Menton
On the 27th June, we set sail in an easterly F2 to 3, sadly under grey skies again, heading for Menton, passing Monaco and Monte Carlo, which is all we can do as Seaclusion...
Èze-sur-Mer & its Medieval Sister!
With Seaclusion safe in her anchorage, we decided to “pop” across the bay to go and explore Èze. “Pop” we laugh, Navily said it was about 1.9NM’s across, but 30 minutes later, passing under...
The Old Fishing Village of Villefranche
We left the Lerins Islands on the 24th June heading for Villefranche, bypassing both Antibes and Nice for now. We had very little wind so ended motoring most of the 20NM’s, but still it...
Cannes and its tiny Iles de Lerins
With absolutely no wind we motored 12NM´s across to the Port of Cannes…and opted for a safe mooring in the harbour so we could relax and enjoy Cannes without any worries… well that would...
