Thursday 12 September A good breeze gave us a really good and relaxing sail 20 miles along the coast into the Rade de Toulon, and to an anchorage off St Mandrier sur Mer. A chance to swim from our boat,…

Friday 13th September Another great sail, this time close hauled for most of the way the to Port of Porquerolles on the island of the same name, where we picked up a mooring buoy in the harbour. We soon discovered…

Saturday 14th September A day of relaxation and exploring a small part of the beautiful Ile de Porquerolles.

Sunday 15th September After a quick row ashore in the tender to shower and buy bread, we slipped the mooring buoy about midday and tacked eastward into the 15-18kt wind and 15nm to the next island in the Hydras Isles,…

Monday 16th September After a very restful night at anchor, we woke up to the realisation that we only had a half bottle of wine left and one small bottle of beer. We definitely need a supermarket. So after relaxing…

Tuesday 17 September A short run of only 5 miles today with a slow sail across the Baie de Cavalaire, round the next 2 headlands and anchoring in about 5m in the sheltered and beautiful Baie de Bon Porte. From…

Wednesday 18th September Well, it had to be done, parked up amongst the super yachts in St Tropez! But at over €64 a night, we're definitely only here for one night. We arrived at the marina just after mid day…

Wednesday 19th September What with exorbitant marina fees, plus €2 for a shower we decided that one night in St Tropez was enough. After a short morning walk away from town past a couple of wrecked yachts (big motorboats) we…

Friday 20th September The forecast was for the wind to pick up from the east at 6, and right on cue it did, gusting to 25 knots, and set for 3 days. We therefore had 3 options, stay put for…

Saturday 21st September Strong easterly winds, and rain forecast so we decided to stay anchored in a relatively well sheltered cove across the bay from Cavalaire. Also a chance to catch up with reading and sleeping! and watch some of…