Hyères to Nice

Be careful what you wish for! After a wonderful day exploring the quaint town of Hyères we made the decision to keep moving East to avoid the strong NW winds coming across France. It had been a day of strong winds and the wind and swell direction were favourable to head towards Italy. And as I love night sails I suggested we head off at 8pm to enjoy a good sail. With the most glorious sunset behind us we began our trip. And so after my moaning about our disgusting crossing with no wind we definitely experienced the Gulf of Lyon power and reefed twice and still managed a personal best top speed of over 13! Our brand new antifouling is definitely paying off. Go GypsyDjango! Playing chicken with high speed ferries kept us awake on our night watch. Anchorage destination Nice - not bad 😜. And wow is it spectacular ✨🔱💛

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