Antibes, France – Hyeres, France
On Thursday we had a wind window that we did not want to miss. Therefore we woke up at 0700, had breakfast and prepared the boat for leaving.
Pointzero ready to leave; Sunrise over the Antibes harbour; Crew happy with a sunny start to a new day
On the way tried the gennaker on as we had good wind. Having a month and half off sailing we got rusty fingers, so we hoisted gennaker a couple of times (it got twisted like sweet wrapping). Unfortunately we enjoyed this sailing for an hour or so, then the wind died and we were forced to motor for the rest of our passage. The day was beautiful, sunny, it was a real pity that we could not sail.
After lunch (selection of sandwiches and warm cup of soup prepared by mother watch of the day Max and Marco C) the “little” boys went for afternoon nup and Gaby helmed in a peaceful sea. Around 1600 we cought a tuna and seconds later another one to full joy of especially our skipper Andrea. He gutted the first one and Max the second. The sun went down around 1730 but before that treated us with a great spectacle.
Another beautiful sunset – we never get tired of them!
It was dark by the time we arrived in Hyeres harbour, moored stern to, put the boat to bed and went in. We knew that the wind next day will be strong for us to continue so we planned to explore the town and nearby beaches. Andrea and Gaby took the advantage of sunny morning and explored the salty lakes by bicycles – Andrea mused over his windsurfing days back to when he was still young, fit and skinny. The flamingoes were resting on the lakes, majority of them with heads tacked in as it was quite cloudy day.
Hyeres welcomed us with exceptional natural and geographical sites.
The rest of the day spent on the boat by reading, checking weather forecast and resting. Andrea started preparing the dinner quite early as it is always a huge task. We had sushi from the tuna we caught the day before – very delicious indeed.
Another “sushi feast” prepared by Andrea; the crew happy to tuck in!