Words and photos by Haley
After the Outremer cup and days of preparation and provisioning, we finally left La Grande Motte for Corsica!
Our first stop on the journey to Corsica was the Iles de Porquerolles, a small group of islands between Marseilles and St. Tropez. The trip was an all-day sail, so we woke up super early in order to make it there in daylight.
The sail was uneventful, with very light winds and thus a lot of motor-sailing.
We spent the night at anchor in the Porquerolles, a nice little anchorage off the town of Hyeres.
The next day we headed towards Corsica, once again facing extremely light winds and glassy seas.
The sail was roughly 20 hours, with some ship traffic but nothing too exciting.
As we approached Corsica at dawn we were greeted by a gorgeous sunrise!
Corsica is a very mountainous island, with beautiful vistas along the coast. We pulled into Saint-Florent, a small resort town on the northeast coast, around 8:00am, ready to explore.
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