St Tropez

4/6/09

 

Quick update from St Tropez where it is a sunny 25 degrees with little wind – perfect for doing absolutely nothing. Today, after a short motor around a headland, where we were anchored overnight, we docked in St Tropez marina, where we took a brief stroll through the beautiful town (full oven even more beautiful women), then proceeded to lie in the sun, reading and sleeping for the next 6 hours. I feel like it’s becoming a bit of a cliché here on board to say; ‘life is tough’.

 

Yesterday was a fun day sailing from Bormes-les-Mimosas to an anchorage in a quiet cove just west of St Tropez. On the sail, we did a bit of fishing (unsuccessfully), relaxed to a bit of music, and even tried swimming next to the boat while it was sailing. It turns out you can’t swim faster than 2 knots – which I almost found out the hard way! After that episode, we let a rope drift out the back, which made it easier to climb back aboard if a gust of wind sent the boat shooting past you. It was amazing swimming in the bluest water I have ever seen in depths of over 400 metres. I also had a go of climbing up the mast to hoist an Australian flag once we’d anchored.

 

So all in all life continues to progress at an enjoyably slow pace. It’s amazing to think I’ve been on the boat for less than a week – it feels like forever! I was saying to Simo today I am beginning to hate him because I have realised that when I get off this boat nothing will compare to the amazing life here onboard. I’m pretty sure life can’t get much cruisier than this – but with almost a month still left onboard, I guess I’ll find out soon enough!

 

Matt.