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Summer 2025

Underwater Community

After enjoying a few days in Beaulieu Sur Mer, we continued our journey along the French Riviera. With a light southerly wind we had a relatively slow but very calm sail along the coast, dodging many boats anchored around Cannes. We headed for the tranquil Îles de Lèrin, two small islands facing the bay of […]

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Summer 2025

The French Riviera

We left Menton and had a short trip west along the coast to Beaulieu Sur Mer, sailing past Monaco on the way. We anchored in crystal clear blue water at the bay at Beaulieu Sur Mer among super yachts, which were all very well lit up at night Being much smaller, we were able to […]

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Summer 2025

Monaco

Monaco is only approximately 10 km from Menton, so while we were waiting for strong Mistral winds to pass and with Ziggy safely moored in the marina, we took the opportunity to visit. Monaco is a sovereign state situated on the French Riviera, ruled by a prince with Prince Albert II as the current head of state.  […]

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Summer 2025

The Pearl of France

We continued a few miles along the Italian coast after leaving the marina in La Spezia bay, and spent a couple of days at Porto Venere, where we anchored in the busy bay next to mussel farms, and a pretty village with colourful houses, a fort and a tower. Fireworks entertained us in the evening, […]

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Summer 2025

The Cinque Terre Coast

Having been in Livorno for some time this summer, we had definitely made full use of the free dock. With our VIP guest now safely back in the UK, it was time to move on, but first we needed to provision. We visited the huge market  ‘Mercato Centrale’,  apparently the second largest indoor market in […]