Just finished the Fête de la St Pierre, a local fishermen's festival which involves the lifeboatmen. I ended up serving on two boats, the lifeboat and the fishing boat acquired by the Copains des Pointus d'Antibes. The best part was the Copains excursion, with the BH, round the Cap d'Antibes to the bay in front of Juan les Pins, where we had a deep water swim and a fantastic picnic on board. We were joined by the lifeboatmen, who were there as safety boat, but who appreciated a tot of rosé, willingly offered. I was on the lifeboat later, though, as one of the water cannon detail, when hosing down the rowers from the traditional rowing race in pointus.
This morning, though, the lifeboat beeper went off just as we were about to have breakfast. We were ordered out to sea, 46 kilometers, to assist a boat which had had an engine-room fire and was dead in the water. So a lot of sea time, and plenty of opportunity to observe the dolphins and tuna in their feeding frenzy. The sea was really frothing...
Set off at eight in the morning, only finished preparing the boat for the next shout at five in the evening. Felt like a long day. But an ice cream from the Gelateria del Porto put everything into perspective (peach flavour, made that morning from fresh peaches).
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