64.Corsica back to Cavalaire sur mer
64. Corsica back to Cavalaire sur mer The weather forecast indicated good weather for crossing on Sunday and Monday so we made our way up the West coast of Corsica to anchor in a lovely small bay with calm sea ready to make the crossing early the next morning. We had a beautiful swim in this idyllic bay with clear water and sandy seabed. We then had an early night. An Idyllic Bay Unfortunately the dreaded swell started around the headland at about midnight and we had another rocky night with little sleep. At 06.00 hrs we headed off across the Ligurian Sea for Cavalaire sur Mer our home port in France. For the first part of the journey we had to use the engine to help the sails as although the wind direction was at a favourable 60 deg it was not strong enough to keep the speed sufficient with only the sails. We were about 30 Nm off the Corsican coast when Lesley saw a plane flying towards us about 100 metres above the sea. It was a private jet possibly an 8 seater ...
