Piers posted several pictures from his Riviera adventure to his Instagram page. He captioned the image on the left 'I fully intend living up to the name of my boat this week' and the image on the right 'my office for the next 10 days'. Lazy P accommodates up to eight guests in four cabins, and sports its own tender, water-skis, wakeboard and snorkelling kit. We had a two-person crew including Captain Ross, a very experienced Kiwi skipper, and a delightful young lady named Lucy, who acted as deckhand, cleaner and expert cook โ preparing us a series of delicious breakfasts and lunches.
Lazy P sleeps eight guests in four cabins and can accommodate 10 people on day charters. Our days were spent carousing the French Riviera, finding charming bays to anchor in, and our nights were spent berthed in ports and sampling the delights of French gastronomy in a series of fabulous restaurants.
Lazy P comes with a variety of toys - water skis, mono-skis, wakeboard, donut and snorkelling gear. Sunseeker Charters says that Lazy P 'effortlessly blends luxury with practicality' and has a 'graceful profile'. Le Maschou, a charming cave-like restaurant in the old part of Cannes, is famed for its set menus where your only choice is a main dish of chicken, beef or fish โ and you then sit back and watch platefuls of gorgeous grub arrive at your table.
The days were spent swimming, sleeping, reading and arguing about Trump and Brexit, writes Piers. It wasn't all relaxation, Piers reveals that he did do some exercise on the trip - lifting weights and arm wrestling with his son Stanley. I did try to do some exercise too, even asking Captain Ross to source some weights to be brought onboard. Predictably, given how competitive we all are, it soon descended into an arm-wrestling contest that he comfortably won.
The picture on the left was taken by Piers at Beaulieu-sur-Mer. The next morning, when I stumbled upstairs for morning coffee feeling like a two-ton truck had run me over, Lucy was waiting with a glass of water and some pills. Part of the magic of the South of France is the sense of glitz, glamour and showbiz that pervades the whole region.
