Portofino
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Wuss ! What weather ? Get out there man
Dunno what make of boat that was but it was well out of its depth as regards seakeeping. It was too light and flimsy to take the head sea so by 22seconds the skipper had turned 90degrees left to get the waves onto the beam. It then rolled like a wet sick pig (37 seconds) and by 55 seconds it had dropped to displacement ish speed. Then at 1:25 it had turned its stern to the sea and was heading home. Nice try by an adventurous crew but the boat couldn't handle that sort of sea if you want to do more than a 15minute spin around the bay - you need more weight, a roof and fin stabilisers, in those conditions imho.Wuss ! What weather ? Get out there man
There aren’t many visitor berths in the port of Miramar....empty places are probably boater’s out for the day. Also the port is restricted by its small size...they did us a favor and let our friends visit with their fifty foot boat...but it was a squeeze. There are many downsides to being a Brit in France but I never felt any animosity at the Capitainerie ...water restrictions are very common there...and leaky pipes in ports in this region are common but obviously any employee and official vehicle gets priority but that’s everywhere (and only official vehicles can drive to the fuel dock).... All in all it’s a good port... in fact it nearly always has the cheapest fuel.Been to Miramar once in the Porto 35 mid August stinking full Med heat wave 40 degrees in Paris .French gov renting refrigerated trailers to store the dead old folks dropping off the peg ….that kinda summer .
It only had a 170 L water tank and the previous berth in Porquerolles had intermittent water so couldn’t really top up due a shortage and greedy Fr yachties abusing the 1 hr a day I’d was supposed to be switched on .
Anyhow popped across to Miramar and tied up by the fuel pontoon see pic number 1 ^ and proceeded to fill up with diesel .
Saw a hose coiled up with a dripping faucet .Asked ( takes 1/2 hr to fill up ) if I could top my water tank .
Was told on no uncertain terms NO !
OK .
While we were filling up with fuel a Fr guy rolled up in his car chatting with the marina staff proceeded to wash his car ….quite liberally wasting a lot of water and then left the hose running while leathering it off .
Water shortage my arse !
I wonder if we were French if we would have been treated differently?
They tolerate Brits but there was an undercurrent I felt often .
Any how we went W round the Geins ( Sp ? ) peninsula to another marina ( the one with Paul Ricards island off the entrance ) got a berth with full facilities Using the VHF .Bandol if I recall correctly?
Turns out the Capitainerie was 1/2 Canadian born in Canada and just a normal bloke no Brit hatred interbred in his DNA . .
Very welcoming the place was full but a 20 M boat was in the yard so he let us have that berth and charged a 12 M rate even promptly sending a sparky round to adapt the shore power down to 16 A from 64 A .
Nothing was too much trouble .
We did see empty berths in Miramar and asked going into the office while refuelling , but just got a gaelic shrug of the shoulders …..while water poured out the hose on to the floor from the mate washing his car ! There was supposed to be hose pipe ban .
Definitely !!! It’s F9 today ????^ by car ?
You need an Itama…………….Definitely !!! It’s F9 today ????