Discovering the shores of the Côte d'Azur from anchor to anchor

with Cyril V. 56 years old

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Departure on 10 June 2023
7 days 6 nights

French Riviera and Porquerolles
France

Travellers of all ages are welcome!

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Brief description of the holiday

The raw beauty of the Mediterranean , an exceptional climate in summer, moderate winds allowing very pleasant navigation, a warm and translucent sea, white sandy beaches, make the Côte d'Azur an exceptional place. Sailing there is a permanent pleasure and the best way to visit wild places away from mass tourism.

Departing from Saint Mandrier , we will sail between Cap Sicié and Cap Taillat , stopping for the time of an anchorage, depending on the weather, in the magnificent islands of Porquerolles and Port Cros , at Cap de Bregançon and on the peninsula of Gien. We will sail every day, from wild anchorage to wild anchorage, to help you discover the richness and diversity of this wild part of the Côte d'Azur.

We only welcome on board a maximum of 4 people in order to offer you the most comfort possible. To accommodate you, we have two large double cabins and a single cabin. We will share common areas. The large teak deck, very comfortable, will allow you to indulge in contemplative idleness, reading and tanning.

During your cruise, if you wish, Cyril will teach you the basics of the art of sailing, and will make you participate in the maneuvers. He can also introduce you to snorkeling and apnea . A 2-seater kayak , a paddle and a large tender will be at your disposal to go for a walk along the coast and to go ashore.

Depending on the wind and your sailing preferences, we would like to share with you the following anchorages:

The Port of Saint Mandrier
Our port of departure and arrival. Away from the major tourist centers of the Côte d'Azur, Saint Mandrier is a very charming port located in the center of the town. This place is ideal for stocking up and giving you time to moor a little before you start your cruise.

The Bay of Langoustiers in Porquerolles
A real postcard setting. A superb wild anchorage bordered by a magnificent white sand beach, a translucent sea, hundreds of fish, an ideal place to explore the West of the island on foot, a magical place to contemplate the sunset.

The Silver Beach in Porquerolles
One of the most beautiful beaches on the island, very fine, very white sand, a magnificent pine forest along the beach. Located about twenty minutes on foot from the village of Porquerolles, this anchorage is ideal for discovering the charm of the capital of the island, its cultural offer and its many restaurants.

Courtade Bay in Porquerolles
A magnificent place to indulge in the pleasures of swimming. A transparent sea resting on an immaculate bottom of fine sand. A beach lined with eucalyptus trees for basking and sunbathing. A superb playground for playing Frisbee.

Anse de la Galère in Porquerolles
One of the most beautiful and wildest anchorages on the island. A rocky coast conducive to exploring the seabed while snorkeling. Three small charming beaches provide access to paths criss-crossing the east of the island.

Port Man Bay in Port Cros
The wildest and most spectacular anchorage in Port Cros, a breathtaking panorama. Magnificent deserted coves surrounded by rocks and pine forests. Sand paths along the coast allow you to explore the east of the island. An ideal place for kayaking.

Cape Taillat
A very wild place offering two excellent anchorages on each side of the isthmus of the peninsula. A great site for snorkeling. A very pretty walk on land on the rocky massif constituting the cape.

Cap de Bregançon
Splendid beaches along an uncrowded coastline. A grandiose panorama embracing the harbor of Hyères, the Fort de Bregançon and Porquerolles.

The peninsula of Gien
Very wild anchorages in the heart of the pine forest. Omnipresent cicadas. Spectacular walks on the paths crossing the peninsula. An ideal place for kayaking.

Cape Sicie
A majestic promontory of schists dominating the crystal clear sea, an arid and impressive landscape hemmed with almost deserted beaches, a magnificent view of the peninsula of Gien and Porquerolles.

See you soon aboard our magnificent sailboat!

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Gérard M. 60 Male
Françoise M Female
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The boat

Beaufort 14 - Société Etudes De Carènes

cabins: 3
toilets: 1

length: 15m
year: 1978

We invite you to board our magnificent 15-meter wooden ketch, very comfortable both at sea and at anchor, equipped to ensure that navigation is done in total safety.

It has been completely refurbished and modernized in recent years in order to benefit from all modern comforts. Solar panels and a wind turbine provide
completely ecological electric autonomy.
Spacious and very well equipped, it has, to accommodate you, two large double cabins and a single cabin, a large saloon, a real kitchen, a bathroom and plenty of storage space. Outside, its spacious cockpit will accommodate our aperitifs and our meals. Its superb teak deck allows the practice of many activities (dance, Yoga, Qi Gong, reading, tanning, ...).

To get to land and to walk along the coast, a very large tender, a two-seater kayak and a paddle will be at your disposal.

Our itinerary

Our trip starts here

Saint-Mandrier, Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer, France
Saturday 10 June from 11:00 until Saturday 10 June at 18:00

Our trip ends here

Saint-Mandrier, Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer, France
Friday 16 June from 14:00 until Friday 16 June at 15:00

Reviews of Cyril

36 reviews
9 / 10

Great cruise/workshop with Cyril: we spent very much time on the water, sailed on his beautiful ketch and shared a lot. Cyril is a very good trainer to learn how to sail on a sailboat, learn to maneuver and make all the necessary adjustments. Highly recommend!

Unforgettable internship aboard Solal with Cyril. I can only recommend it to all those who read these few lines and would like to live fascinating exchanges about sailing, its history but also about science, ecology or life in general:)

We did a sailing course on Solal, a ketch of 15m with Cyril, great serious and very effective learning, the weather was not good but it did not take away the pleasure of these four days. Cyril and a real sailor of the line of Moitiessier and other great navigators, we sympathized and leaving Solal was a pinch in the heart. our goal is to live on a sailboat and Cyril made us fall into oblivion we last doubts.

Thanks to Cyril and Nadine for this beautiful cruise. Cyril is a very safe sailor who we feel that he perfectly masters his boat with a very large margin of safety. Cyril on boat is the old-fashioned sailing with the advantage of current instruments. The anchorages are beautiful and Cyril is at your disposal to bring you ashore to walk in uncrowded corners. As Olivier says, life takes on its meaning during such a cruise.

Beautiful cruise aboard Cyril's boat, where time stops and life takes on its meaning ...... It feels good in this magnificent sailboat I really appreciated Cyril's personality And Nadine who shared with us a very nice experience We feel safe, Cyril is a real sailor Very experienced and from a disappearing school ..... Simplicity and wonder! In my opinion of a rarity nowadays and Nadine's smile adds a special touch

It was my 1st experience on a sailboat, Cyril is a passionate who knows how to transmit his passion and knowledge. very nice week with Cyril and his boat, very nice region, and a very good team... make you want to leave... good wind and good road Cyril

Cyril is much more than a conventional skipper, he is a sailor in the authentic spirit of his beloved unforgettable master Bernard Moitessier, who was a real "free soul" on top of being a sailing legend. And this is what made my week on board a special gift to me. Cyril was very skilled and safe in whatever he did, but also very clear and generous in answering my tons of questions and sharing his expertise, as well as pleased to involve us in boat maneuvering: thanks to him, I refreshed a lot of what I had got from my past sailing experience and learnt new things. His boat is very comfortable, agile and well-equipped to reduce its environmental impact. Porquerolles & surroundings are simply outstanding for beauty of wilderness and really not too crowded (despite it was August). My crew-mates were very funny and easy to get along with. Also I much enjoyed all our conversations about ecology, politics, impact of life-styles, books, meditation, etc. Bon vent toujours, Cyril! :-)

We had a wonderful week in the Mediterranean! Thanks to Cyril's knowledge and experience, we escaped the bad weather of the last few days and were in the only sunny anchorages on the coast! Swimming, snorkeling, shore walks, kayaking... the days are rich and make this experience unique. Thank you Cyril for your pedagogy which allowed us to understand the basics of navigation and especially thank you for welcoming us aboard your sailboat. A great adventure to renew! Gabrielle and Charles

Beautiful boat, all equipped and comfortable. Cyril is a very competent captain who keeps safety at highest level. The beaches and paysages were beautful indeed. I’d loved to go to port cros or cap benat but its the wind who decides every day. Au revoir Cyril!

More than a holiday, a magnificent meeting. Cyril, beyond being an experienced sailor, is also an incredible pedagogue, who transmits with accuracy, patience and passion, his knowledge and his love of the sea. He showed it all the more as we sailed with our two children aged 3 and 8, which could have been a challenge for many. Cyril knew how to find the right tone, with them, with us, to ensure the safety of all but especially to make this week a unique experience. The chemistry that was created on board between him and us, and with Lana, our teammate (what a beautiful person!), says a lot: a lot of laughter, lightness, epicureans who discover themselves around a good dinner, endless discussions to remake the world, music in the background, ours or that of the waves. When I left, I told you Cyril that I would most likely forget something about the boat. I think it's a little piece of my heart...

Without talking about it very long (many good times), I would just like to say thank you to Cyril for this more than magical discovery! Very beautiful memories, hoping to relive the same experience again!

Cyril is a true captain, he manages to bring the right balance between moments of extreme focus on sailing and moments lightness, without ever losing sight of his beloved boat. He has found a great way to team up, from partecipating in manoeuvres during navigation to taking us to wonderful bays during each amazing sunset. He owns a very beautiful and comfortable boat. We would have gladly sailed another week in his company! Diana e Andrea

A friendly week of sharing and very pleasant moments, Cyril satisfied my thirst for knowledge and my desire to learn. A free sailor in search of aesthetics and values. A great traveler that I loved to meet and with whom I had the pleasure of pulling from the edges. Thanks again and a kiss to Nadine.

My partner and I spent two weeks on this beautiful ketch with Cyril, and it was an exciting two weeks. He shared with us his passion and vision of sailing. Life on board was very pleasant and we discovered idyllic anchorages at the end of the season with beautiful and flamboyant sunsets... Cyril is a very experienced sailor with a certain experience, he is a real sailor! Cyril likes to pass on his knowledge, he is a great pedagogue and he has generously transmitted to me his competence, both for navigation and for maneuvers and in all the positions of crew that it is possible to occupy on his boat. He was very available and always answered my many questions. Thanks to these two weeks, I was able to complete my skills and acquire a good mastery of sailing. Thank you Cyril for a wonderful holiday that I will not forget!

To travel with Cyril and his sailboat is to show contemplation and acceptance. Now a seasoned sailor, Cyril lets his sailboat be carried by the wind and carries it to the wind. Sailing in short, pure sailing. It is therefore time to spend a week to let yourself be carried away also, in the calm of this authentic navigation, in the serenity of anchorages always chosen with full knowledge of the facts, for the comfort and safety of all. It was a first to spend a week on a sailboat. It will be hard to spend another one... on another sailboat.

Thanks to Cyril, and his sailboat for this week. Thus, that to Sevim and Fred, also present A week of sailing bathed in sun, and wind, ... Sailing, essentially. Cyril took me on a walk, sure of very nice anchorages, and evening music .. another ballad. On the last day we had a beautiful storm, perhaps, to crown in sounds and lights, these moments lived together, in sharing, contemplation and our differences. It's hard to talk about feelings... But it was a week away from everything, ... Thank you again, for having this beautiful sailboat Thank you Cyril (you know why)

We spent a magical week aboard Cyril's boat, a sailboat of character that took us to Porquerolles, Port-Cros, Brégançon, to discover a wild part of the Côte d'Azur. The anchorages were beautiful, as was Saint-Mandrier, a charming little fishing and pleasure port. Cyril has been a wonderful skipper. He taught us the basics of sailing, answering each of our questions with a lot of pedagogy. The ends and the marine knots now have no secrets for us! Every day, after a few hours of sailing, Cyril made us reach in annex the most beautiful beaches and coves, and came to pick us up at the end of the day. When the day waned and everything around us fell silent, it was time for an aperitif and dinner on the deck, very convivial moments during which we exchanged to the sound of superbly chosen music, under a studded sky, dotted with shooting stars. Like in a dream.

We had experience with previous sailing cruises, but this was totally different, and in a good way. We were used to engine sailing in the mornings and mooring in harbours in the afternoons with maybe a stopover for a swim in a secluded beach/creek, so we got to see "civilization" every day. With Cyril, it was sails sails sails, anchorages, beaching by dinghy, and homemade food, and we were pleasantly surprised. We honestly didn't think we'd enjoy it this much. Being anchored in a beautiful bay at night by le Fort de Brégançon, having homemade dinner and drinks on board and then laying on deck to watch a full display of stars has no price. We also had the luck of "scorting" the Zaca, Errol Flynn's boat, for a couple of days! re Cyril, he's a very experienced mariner and you'll always feel very safe in his hands, and the boat is beautiful and charming, with loads of personality, same as her owner :) We got along very well with him and he's honestly a character we'd love to see again.

The experience that could only have been happiness given the magnificent landscapes and the very good weather conditions (between 5 and 15 knots of wind except Thursday 20/25 knots) was spoiled by the organization of the navigations and the aggressive attitude of Cyril towards the crew in particular the 2 other teammates (verbal aggression almost systematic for banalities, hours imposed for meals on board, lack of answer to questions etc).) Cyril has never sought our opinions / desires unlike our initial exchanges in writing and the good conduct of a skipper who of course decides unilaterally when it comes to the safety of all but who must at least keep us informed and try to respect the program which was not the case despite the wind conditions. The duration of the navigations was very limited by Cyril (from 1h to 2h per day except the 1st- 3h and last day- 4h). No Kayaking. Did we fall the wrong week? We are very disappointed.

The islands of Hyères form an exceptional setting and have made this week of cruising magnificent. Unfortunately, for some reason that escapes us, Cyril had a dry and brittle behavior with us at the slightest question, which quickly cooled us to ask him anything. However, he was full of goodwill when he sent us an email a few weeks before the cruise asking us what we would like to do. And yet there was not a single consultation at the beginning of the cruise. Certainly, Cyril is a good skipper and wanting to sail only by sail is commendable but when there is no wind, difficult indeed to be able to visit all the places offered without putting the engine ... We only made 2 stopovers: 1 in Giens and 1 on the peninsula of Giens. In short, we did not feel welcome and comfortable on his boat, the atmosphere was more than icy throughout the stay, which can quickly seem long.----------- ANSWER FROM THE SKIPPER ------------ Hello Elsa, I am very surprised by your particularly malicious comment. During this cruise, I was constantly listening to you, even when your requests were disrespectful. Every day, I explained the possible navigation choices for the next day: due to the changing weather conditions, especially at this time of year, it is impossible to predict a priori a fixed route and stick to it. We did not visit all the sites stated in the description of the cruise (but the vast majority, I even made you perform sailings not being on the initial program of the cruise), not because of the non-use of the engine, there was enough wind each day to move us sailing (we did an average of four and a half hours of sailing per day), but because of the orientation of the wind. Indeed, for our safety and for your comfort, I chose, after having told you about it, to anchor in bays located downwind and not in places in the wind (I assure you, as I had explained to you, that if we had wet in the wind of the coast when there were 25 knots of mistral, you would have been in great physical difficulty). You are talking about 2 stopovers... in fact we did 5, in 5 different places... I also do not understand your comment about the atmosphere on board. She was pretty good with your two teammates. Perhaps your feeling is due to the fact that you have systematically isolated yourself from the group during the navigations and as soon as the meals are finished. Perhaps it is also due to your lack of command of English which was mainly used because of the nationality of your teammates. I am sincerely sorry that I did not systematically do simultaneous translation. I am nevertheless happy that you found this week of cruise magnificent, this validating the itinerary that I made us take.

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Other important information

Don't forget to bring t-shirts, shorts, swimsuits, light sweater, windbreaker if you have one, fins, mask and snorkel if you have them, cap or hat, sunscreen, sunglasses.
If you are a musician, do not hesitate to bring your instrument. ;-)

Concerning the food , each of the customers will do their shopping for all the meals of the cruise that they will have to prepare (1 evening meal for the whole crew and their morning and midday meals) before departure from the port of Saint Mandrier. It is possible to do your shopping directly on the port (food shops, supermarket, etc.). There is no problem storing food on board for the duration of the cruise: plenty of storage space, refrigerator.

KITCHEN AND MEALS: customers themselves take care of the kitchen. Everyone makes an evening meal for the whole crew, I take care of the remaining dinners. For lunch and breakfast, everyone takes care of their own meal.

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In addition to the price, there will be some additional expenses that you will incur during your trip. Expenses have been listed below.

The estimated expenses for the rest of the holiday are approximately 50-150€ per person.

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