Becalmed

This morning we left Port Camargue in some good wind, probably about 20 knots or so and sailed until around 1:00pm when we were suddenly becalmed.  Turn on the motor again. 

We kept seeing these black fins come out of the water and so we finally turned around to check one out.  It was one of those Oceanic Sunfish (also called a Mola Mola) which look like a huge fish that is cut in half and all you see is the front.  We saw them all day long after that.  I guess they like the calm seas to sun themselves.

Tonight we stopped at Port Miou.  This is a long Calanque with many berths.  Anchoring is prohibited here but the Yacht clubs have laid Mooring buoys for you.  All you have to do is call VHF channel 9 and they come to help you as you have to get a line through the top of the mooring AND THEN a line to the back wall to the mooring rings.  This used to be a quarry for hard white stone that was exported all over the world and some used in the Suez Canal.  You can see the old Roman arches where they had chutes and quays for working the quarry.  Now the chutes are used by high divers who dive the 20-30 meters into the water.  Last night they were filming a TV show right above us…fun to watch.