Saturday 4th July 2020 Port Napoleon
At least the wind has dropped a bit, no longer gusting 25 knots, particularly important as we are being lifted in at 1130. In true Port Napoleon efficiency, the cradle lifter turned up at 1045, so a bit of panic…
Friday 3rd July, Port Napoleon
With guests turning up at our home in Weymouth on Saturday and with travel and quarantine restrictions gradually being lifted, we decided to make a run to Jacana in Port Napoleon. Rather than flying to Marseille, we decided on a…
End of June 2020
End of June… The lockdown is now easing we we are keen to get sailing again, so we’ve booked the car on a ferry to Bilbao to then drive east to Port Napoleon to resume sailing.
Monday 10 March 2020
Driving down to do a bit of work on Jacana. Arrived about 1700 to find that the tent cover had survived the winter Mistral although slightly ripped in places and inside she was totally dry. Over the next few days…
Day 161 to 167 Port Napoleon
Wednesday 9th to Tuesday 15th October This is unfortunately the end of sailing for the year, but still lots to do before we fly home. Change the engine oil, fuel filters, take off the leaky raw water pump, clean the…
Day 160 Sausset-les-Pins to Port Napoleon
Tuesday 8th October This is it, our final day of sailing for the year, unfortunately no wind, so a gentle motor 14 miles to the marina at Port Napoleon via a quiet lunch anchorage at Anse de Bonnieu. Here we…
Day 158 to 159 Sausset-les-Pins
Sunday 6th to Monday 7th October With the Mistral gusting to over 40 knots we have no choice but to stay here until it calms down on Tuesday. On the Sunday we took our bikes on the train to the…
Day 157 Port du Rouet to Sausset-les-Pins
Saturday 5th October We're taking our time to get back to Port Napoleon, where we plan to arrive on Tuesday for a lift out on Thursday. Although when we left Port Napoleon a month ago, we went straight to Marseille,…
Day 156 Port du Rouet, Anchored
Friday 4th October We decided to have an easy day so stayed anchored in Port du Rouet. Unfortunately we are boat bound, as ashore was a bit too far to row, and the outboard remains a non starter! At least…
Day 155 Marseille to Port du Rouet
Thursday 3rd October Unfortunately we couldn't stay longer in Marseille as the two sailing clubs in Marseille port, the only organisations offering visitors moorings were hosting a Regatta this weekend. So we waited as long as we could whilst waiting…