Wednesday 15 July, Calvi
A free day in Calvi to catch up with sleep and to explore a bit. So took the small coastal train to Rossa for lunch and a laze, followed by people watching from the boat in the evening. …
Mon 13 and Tue 14 July, La Ciotat to Calvi
The weather forecast suggested favourable lightish winds, picking up a bit later in the week, so we made the decision to try for Calvi on Corsica, knowing that we could abandon the passage and stop at the Ile de Porquerolles…
Sunday 12th July, Port Napoleon to La Ciotat
We weren’t quite sure where we would end up today, either the islands off Marseille, or Port Miou or beyond. In the end despite motor sailing all day, we reached for La Ciotat, a lovely albeit slightly industrial town that…
Sun 5 to Sat 11 July, Port Napoleon
We spent the week getting ready to sail, doing things like fitting a new accumulator, several times in fact, with more and more ptfe tape and ptfe liquid until it stopped dripping. Trying unsuccessfully to get AIS targets displayed on…
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…