Our forced stay has gathered new friendships, among all we remember " Le Grand Marc" aboard his trawler Hoasis. To reach Revellata there's a nice trekking from the Citadelle in Calvi all a ...

In Calvi at the Aire de carenage we had the chance to find #1 TRAVEL LIFT OPERATOR Duma and a good mechanic that helped me in removing the ZF hydraulic gear box to be checked. First surprise was ...

The Mistral is still blowing after 10 days no stop. We wished to sail to Corsica but the sea conditions were not so nice. So we moved to Porquerolles in order to visit by bike that island waiting the ...

The 10th of June I was ready to set up the sails taking advantage of the last wind tail of Mistral in order to suffer less the long wave running across that part of the Med since 11 days. But my crew ...

Port-Cros really is an island of beauty and quietness. Since 1963 it has been a French National Park. When Madame Henry, the owner of the island, died in 1966, she bequeathed the island to th ...

On Monday June 1st 2020, the Pius crew finally leave Cogolin harbor after 75 days of lockdown; with our destination the bay of Portsman in Port Cros Island. A Paradise! (especially in June ). One ...

Feb 1st - With the new Genoa, storm Jib and the FFR (new generation Code 0) on board...let's have a test sail on a cold, grey winter's day! March 1st - It was time to load up everything we nee ...

After engine works, cleaning the tanks and sanding the hull for new antifouling I sailed to Chiavari to do some plumbing works, take measurements for the new sails and installed the washing machine.. ...

November 4th, hauled in Genova Sestri for a big month of works.Sailing fast from Cogolin to escape from a F8 SW, I reached the yard in Genova Sestri. Pius was longer than the quayside ! :/ We b ...

Sailing from Portofino (Italy) to St.Tropez/Port Cros/Porquerolles (Fra). Portofino, a real pearl. Here we spent some days admiring the beautiful Italian towns of Portofino and Santa Margherita. ...