Never hate this town! Great place to stock up on great food and wine, only the best in Cannes.
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One of my fav places to anchor and chill for a few days.
Was a little nerve racking to watch these guys drill 2 inches of hull out of my bow but well worth it. My North Sail’s Code One Genniker is a thing of beauty.
Picked Mom and aunt Kathy up in Villefranche after a 15 hour solo sail across the gulf of Genoa. We have a lovely coastal wind and sailed to a nearby bay for lunch and swimming.
I got all my laundry and cooking done – always good to have mom onboard.
Esodo’s maiden voyage was out of my launch port of Lavagna, Italy. My great buddy and Natgeo photographer, Justin Guarigila joined me for the momentous occasion.
Quick note- the reason I’m looking deadly white in the below pics is due to a poor choice in sun protection cream.
Justin only gets a 5/10 on the guest rating scale. Mostly cuz he brought his marathon training schedule to the boat which included running 3-4 hours a day (on land), eating 5,000 calories every 12 hours – meaning he ate all the food onboard, used all the cooking gas and spent all his non-running time cooking in the galley.
On top of all this he would come back from a run LATE and lay on my new sofa cushions with his sweaty post-run body.
And to make maters worse, this accomplished Natgo photographer needed to be nagged to take photos of me.
By the end of the 4 day maiden voyage to La Spezia Justin and I weren’t even talking.
Despite the conflict we managed have a great adventure which included being shot at with a canon during an Italian military exercise, extreme heeling and great sailing.
Justing and I will always be friends but I plan to hobble him before his next visit to ESODO 🙂
Launch euphoria – like when ur child is born; it’s a magical moment that lasts about as long as it takes to say said child’s name..or said boat’s name. Shortly after launch you realize your life has changed forever – a virtual lifetime of wiping ur boats ass.
ESODO took about 6 months to build from the time I signed the sales contract. She is a new boat design from Grand Soleil (Cantiere Del Pardo) and was constructed in Forli, Italy.
The below images are from my exciting visit during the building process. Sort of like seeing a scan of ur baby while still in ur wife’s belly.
Image from Forli shipyard during the build. Took approximately 5 months to build her.
