We're home

The passage back was calm and beautiful and Lilly sailed like a dream, it's not often on passage you can get a photo like this...

Although of course we got a bit of this as well...

And gave new meaning to the french 'bidet'

Kieran abandoned ship in dismay at our progress, but the sight of her fair lady lonely without the wind and her captain soon brought him home again and the wind soon followed

We had so many calm days that we swam regularly, avoiding sharks and the smaller yet stingier jellyfish cuningly disguised as bubbles

But eventually we arrived home and sat on solid land for lashings of pirate rum

It's been an incredible advenutre and the future now beckons, who knows where we'll go next. What I do know is that we make a wonderful threesome, me, Kieran and the lovely Lilly, and I hope the winds will continue to be kind to us as we move forwards into the next adventure. Thanks for staying with me, I've had a ball

xhil

Before we go....

After a day like this....



...we couldn't quite bear to leave, so we headed for the Iles de Pins for a few days for some last rays of sun...


...some last aquamarine waters...


...some last white sands...


...some last tropical sailing...


...and some last sea snakes (we saw 7 in 2 days, which for those of you who know me well is 7 times of total freak out)

As the sun set and the wind had still not swung round we knew it was just time to go, so it's farewll to the turtles and the warm clear waters and off we go into open waters....