St. Tropez

We arrived a bay outside of St. Tropez at dusk and anchored for a nice comfortable night. The next morning, we sailed jungle around a couple of miles and anchored just out side the St. Tropez harbor.

We immediately liked the town as it was very quaint and very calm as compared (we imagine) to the summer.

Little streets and alleyways leading every which way.

I think we walked them all.

We ended up with a very ice view of Jungle at anchor ...

... From inside this restaurant on the water.

Another great French meal. They never get old.

This is the patio just outside the restaurant.

Back in town, it is "waterfront artist day". Maybe that's just my opinion.

This artist likes to work with reds.

This one prefers yellow.

It was also classic yachting day in the harbor.

This are perfectly restored beauties. I believe this may be S&S designed. Probably from the 1950's.

They are wonderful to look at and will be out racing later.

We stroll some more and see pastry shops.

And more art galleries.

More alleyways.

We found this cool old sign buried under an archway leading out to the old harbor.

And this is it. Not much left.

But still a nice place to sit back and relax.

Back trough the archway, the main harbor is quite busy.

All kinds of local boats lined up.

A look back at the classic yachts.

We hop back on board Jungle and decide to continue our journey west and make some distance before sunset. A look back at St. Tropez. We liked this place more than we thought, very pleasant. Probably extremely busy in the summer.

Around the point we go.

3 hours later, we end up at this quiet, protected anchorage inside Cap Taillat. Time for dinner.

The next morning we have coffee with the sun shining off the rocks.

We sail for 5 hours to Ile Porquerolles (pork-er-rolls). This is part of a small island chain on the very south of France that is a favorite among all the French sailors we spoke with.

It is very beautiful indeed.

We found a lovely quiet anchorage for Jungle.

That night the grill master is enjoying a glass of wine at sunset.

The next morning rises with a bit of fog.

Makes for a spectacular sunrise.

We sail for another 6 hours along the French coast. As we approach Toulon, we notice Navy warships and submarines putting around. Immediately after our astute observation, we are intercepted by the French Coast Guard and asked to change course and head due south for 5 miles to avoid the exercise area. Oui Officer. At once!

We kill another 1-2 hours and get back on course to make it to our anchorage at Ile Embiez (em-bee-at) in time for dinner.

The next morning we high tail it to our last French port of Sanary-sur-Mer as there is a serious storm coming in today, although tough to tell from this picture. Later this evening it poured all through the night and early morning. Abiento (see you later)