Tuesday, 10 December 2013

The rest of summer

The remainder of the European summer consisted of a 5 week owners trip in Turkey, as well as a few weeks there afterwards before a trip back to France and Monaco for the Monaco Boat Show (this trip included a little 4 day stop in Greece waiting for the weather to get better.

Turkey was hot, and after doing the same trip two years ago, it is safe to say I can go a little while without going there again. Nothing against it, but there are other places in the world to see!

For those playing at home, the Monaco Boat Show is not like any other boat show you would ever go to. It doesn't have the little weekender trailable boats you see at the Sanctuary Cove Show or the Brisbane Fishing Expo. if you have a cool $100 Million Euro in your pocket, you may have some change from buying an average boat here, it is basically the Billionaires Boat Ball, of which we as crew are lucky enough to be involved in to a degree. See the photo's for a better explanation.


Ears: Chloe Howl

Turkey






Us and Prana one morning in Turkey

The usual ladies coming around to sell towels and bread.


Jim dreaming

Doug, where he should be.




Up the rig

Foot portrait


Jim after the owners trip.


Zakinthos, Greece




The Aeolian Islands just off Sicily 

Creperie, Juan Les Pins in France

Looking towards Monaco from our rig, for an idea of the size, keep in mind the boat farthest left is 98 metres long

Looking the other way from our rig

The Red Arrows did a show

..... on top of us.

I hope this never gets popular back home.

Juan Les Pins, France

Our trip from France to Mallorca coincided with the annual Tuna run out of the Med, as a result, we hooked in to about 5 of these guys in one morning. Not bad when moving at 12 knots and not actually trying to catch them!

Doug - too short.

Jim showing doug how to bring one in.

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