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Skyline statues
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And a very pretty sloop
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Another schooner
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Cannes was just around the corner and slightly beyond it La Napoule.
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Everywhere!
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They were everywhere.
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Antibes was a great place. The marina was full of ‘normal’ size yachts. And the town of these statues.
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As we neared Antibes we were enveloped in a race fleet
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Nice from Saint Jean Cap Ferrat. We were tempted ….. but resisted.
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An interesting house on the way to Antibes
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Jez enjoying Atalanta Mary
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Leaving Monaco afforded this great view of the Oceanographic museum
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The end of the holiday approached. The next stop was to be the splendid Antibes.
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St Nicholas Cathedral at night
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Port de Fontveille at night
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Monaco harbour at night
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Tree lined footpaths overlooking the Port de Fontveille and Atalanta Mary
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Old Monaco
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The view from the museum roof
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Stunning galleries
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Stunning galleries
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Alistair gets up close and personal with sharks in an open pool
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Sep 03c Oceanographic 014
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Sep 03c Oceanographic 009
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The museum is laid out over many floors, each spectacular in its own way
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And the equally impressive entrance hall to the Oceanographic Museum
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The impressive St Nicholas Cathedral
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The impressive St Nicholas Cathedral
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The square in old Monaco
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Looking down into the smaller harbour
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Looking over the main harbour from the top of old Monaco
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A present to the Prince this is an amazing Fiat
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The Isetta. Tremendous fun
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And yet another.
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And another pretty car
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Nice colour. And pretty
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We spent a day in Monaco to wait for another crew – Jez. We visited Prince Rainier’s garage.
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The small yacht harbour with Old Monace on the cliff top
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The main harbour was full of large motor yachts
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A102 Bimini in position.
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The small boat harbour, SW of the clifftop old Monaco. An impressive hole overshadowed but the the cliffs on which Old Monaco stands.
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Approaching Monaco on another windless day.
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Time to cross the border. First stop Monaco!
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San Remo backstreets
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Faded elegance in San Remo
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The harbour
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That is one VERY long mainsheet
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Preparing the topsail for hoisting next day. There had been an issue during the afternoon – witness the man walking up the gaff in earlier photo.
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Elena’s impressive sail-handling gear.
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Child of Eleena’s owner (?) posing with Marietta in the background
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Elena looked just as impressive up close.
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San Remo harbour – the classics masts visible over the harbour wall
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The Schooner Cup and 15m Regatta, San Remo, September 2016
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The Schooner Cup and 15m Regatta, San Remo, September 2016
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The Schooner Cup and 15m Regatta, San Remo, September 2016
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The Schooner Cup and 15m Regatta, San Remo, September 2016
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The Schooner Cup and 15m Regatta, San Remo, September 2016
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The Schooner Cup and 15m Regatta, San Remo, September 2016
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The Schooner Cup and 15m Regatta, San Remo, September 2016
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The Schooner Cup and 15m Regatta, San Remo, September 2016
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Elena meets 15m
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Schooner Mariette
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Elena
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Schooner Elena
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San Remo
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One of the 15m
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We had seen a solitary schooner drifting around from a distance. As we got closer it turned out to be a Schooner and 15m regatta.
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Off San Remo. Flat calm. Very hot. Swim time!
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A102 A fine vessel
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It was hot. The shade of this tree was very welcome.
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San Remo was to be our last stop in Italy. We had been warned about concerns with migrants in ports nearer the border.
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San Lorenzo had hotel by the entrance to the marina with a bicycle theme. This bike is made of wood!
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A102 Plenty of room. Doesn’t she look smart!
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The entrance to San Lorenzo was interesting – difficult to see until the very close in. It appeared we were heading for the beach and then a sharp turn to the left.
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Imperia
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Imperia had a late marina and a lot of marine activity.
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Saling off Imperia
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Impressive cliffs and roads.
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Leaving Alassio behind
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San Lorenzo Al Mare had been recommended as a stop by an English guy working on a large boat at Arnovecchio. So that’s where we went.
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Some interesting looking eateries
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We spent ages looking for one or two famous people’s plaques – very time consuming.
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ALassio is famous for its wall of tiles signed by all and sundry celebrities. It was very impressive.
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Our next planned stop was Alassio. It reportedly had some excellent tourist attractions.
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Alassio was busy but it was to prove difficult to find somewhere to eat.
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View from the chapel at the road entrance to the marina, looking toward Alassio
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The marina at Alassio.
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The port at Alassio is a mile or so the the East of the town.
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A102 And we sailed. An all too infrequent occurrence
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The beach at Loano
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Aug 30a Loano 024
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The town hall. Interesting approach to accessibility!
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A gilded church
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Aug 30a Loano 010
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We explored the colourful an narrow network of alleys in Loano.
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The beach at Loano, in the evening.
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We were allowed to stay. In the yacht club building we discovered this excellent rooftop bar where we dined one expensive beer and free nibbles. Oh, and the view.
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In Loano we entered a massive and half-empty marina. There was no clear guidance so we moored in a berth around three times the length of Atalanta Mary and headed for the Capitainerie
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We travelled South West from Savona rounding this headland just before Finale Ligura
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Heading toward Finale Ligura
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The view from the fort into Savona
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And down the port peninsula
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Samoan has a fine fort, with excellent visitor arrangements and a great view into the Med.
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Loano was our next target stop.
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Looking toward Savonal. The yacht harbour is at the Western end of a long, industrial harbour.
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The mountains inland of Cogoleto
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A102 Looking cool in the shade of the ad-hoc bimini rigged under the boom.
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Leaving Genoa behind.
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At Genoa we turned South.
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Genoa
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We couldn’t resist snapping this car.
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The next day we stayed to explore Genoa. One of the many churches.
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… decided on a rooftop bar, over an upmarket food shop. Later that evening on the terrace behind the food shop we were amused by street entertainers.
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… a food festival put on in our honour (?). But we ……
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The Genoa – a mass of docks, old and new buildings. There is a very large Marina to the West, amongst the industrial docklands. We headed for the more central Porto Antico
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Looking up the valley at Sori just to the East of Genoa
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Impressive stair block!
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Camogli and Recco marked the start of a very populated stretch of coat which stretched all the way to Genoa.
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The promontory behind which sits Portofino.
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Every morning all of the windows were cleaned by a crew member hanging from a car running on track under the handrail. The full length of the boat.
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And this one.
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… including these fine ladies
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The area at the head of the harbour is an art installation with many different features.
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Yet another area for lounging around.
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Another area from which to enjoy looking down at the plebs.
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Wedge Too had various seating around the decks, all beautifully deigned
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The rather elegant loungers on the Wedge Too top deck.
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On the promontory to the west/
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From the promontory between Portofino and the Mediterranean
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A102 Atalanta Mary rubs shoulders with the great and the good.
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Portofino to Genoa was to mark a move to a more industrial and populated coastline.
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A spectacular (if expensive) quayside.
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More gratuitous shots of Wedge Too
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A magnificent harbour.
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Atalanta Mary was just about the smallest yacht in town
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The view from the cliff above the main quay
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Wedge Too dwarfs everything
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Wedge Too reverses into the quay – she filled the fairway.
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Inside Portofino awaiting Wedge Too, the motor yacht, to berth
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We had to follow this large motor yacht in.
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We debated the cost of a night in Portofino but it had to be done.
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Leaving Veranda towards Portofino
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Vernaza. We picked up a buoy for lunch in water so blue and so deep! And it was so hot.
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Manarola
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Riomaggiore on the Cinque Terre.
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Looking up the Tuscany coast towards the Cinque Terre – the villages hanging from the rocks overlooking the sea.
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Aug 25a Leaving Portovenere 011
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The for and church on the Portovenere headland
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Looking back at Portovenere in the morning sun
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The Tuscany coast at its most attractive – Cinque Terre.
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Picturesque quayside buildings
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Mooring blagged in excellent style by the Skipper. They were full but Alistair blagged this spot on the main quay pending the person who had booked it turning up. They didn’t.
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View from the fort back to the East.
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It was very busy!
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Stunning- the blue sea, the magnificent fort and town of Portovenere
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The next step was a short hop through a break in the mountains to Portovenera
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These two yachts are operated by a UK Charter company
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La Grazie is a picturesque harbour, the more so for the presence of Atalanta Mary.
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The church overlooking the harbour.
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Schooners are definitely IN in La Grazie
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There were some fine yachts in the harbour.
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A short hop, under power in glorious sunshine.
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Aug 23c Past Lerici 001
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Still motoring.
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Lerici, on the way to La Grazie
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Lerici
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Lyrics – the first of the impressive cliff-hugging towns we would pass.
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A102 Sailing at last. This corner of the med is not the windiest, but we had a great sail today.
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A camera can’t capture the magnificence of the marble-bearing mountains past Sierra, Carrera and Viaregio
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Sail Handling the Aalanta way
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And more of them ….
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One of the amazing shore based fishing nets
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A102 Atalanta owner in his element. One hand on the tiller, other on the vodka bottle.
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Farewell Arnovecchio on a glorious, if not very windy day.
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You can’t see them, but the mosquitoes were definitely there.
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A102 Back into the water
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One of the many churches. Spectacular.
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La Terrazzo Bar – trendy, great views, nicely done. And the most expensive beer we had at over £12 each!
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Hotel Gallery Art Florence. Previously they have been covered in bicycles and spoons.
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Florence, looking at Ponte Vecchio, oldest bridge in Florence.
