Hamish follows up the pack as we head to the beach
Hannah and Olympic ILCA 6 Sailing, Marseille, France - 5th August 2024
The "Lads' Road Trip" has made it on the 700-miles-or-so drive to Marseille and the nice villa up in the hills in a gated community, only a 20 minute walk from the Olympic sailing venue where Sean's girlfriend Hannah is sailing in the actual Olympics. There's also a boost for the "school reunion" as Phil, along with Tanya, has also come over from the US for the occasion. We only have tickets for the second day in the venue itself, so for the first we content ourselves with the free-to-enter Club 2024, where it turns out there's at least a bit of shelter that's not packed with people. After the day's racing, Nosher and Hamish drop Sean off at the Team GB hotel and then stop at the next-door "La Cantine de Fred" for dinner. The next day, we're in the actual Olympic venue, where it's baking hot and there's almost no shelter, and the toilets are a mile away and mean having to re-enter the venue - sometimes with a 30 minute wait or more. The following night, our villa becomes "party central" as all the various Lymington Town Sailing Club and Cambridge University friends of Hannah, who are also staying in town, descend for drinks and a catch-up.
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A view over the beaches of Marseille
The ILCA 6's head out to the course
The group looks out from the overhanging promenade
Crowds on the Corniche Kennedy
Hamish gets some tourist info
Hamish hangs around with his binoculars
A 'welcome to Marseille' information point
Rowan, Sean and Hamish on the Corniche
The Maritime Gendarmerie heads out to sea
One of two shaded areas in Club 2024
Everyone's on their phones
Team GB's foiling kite heads out
The ILCAs are now but dots on the horizon
The kitefoils swarm around
More distant sails on the horizon
An inflatable climbing wall in action
Some boys play a bit of basketball
A covered viewing area
There's a VR surfing game going on
There's a huge list of banned things
Another queue for some water
Seafront buildings on the Corniche Kennedy
A French tricolour flies from a balcony
The steepest steps in Marseille
There's a giant thumb near Hannah's hotel
There's a 'Cantine de Fred' at the Ibis hotel
We have a bit of dinner at the Cantine de Fred
A Fred-themed corner
Sydney has Olympic nails
We queue to get into the actual venue
Nosher joins in with the Team Snellgrove photo
The group photo breaks up
An Olympic mascot does a photo with some USA fans
A military RIB runs around
Hamish waves a flag
A couple of dudes whizz around on foiling boards
Team Snellgrove is resplendant in bunting
Hamish with a patriotic garland
French flags fly in the crowd
The ILCAs depart from the Olympic marina
Hannah sails out from the marina
Hannah peers out from under the boom
Hannah's ILCA 6 sails out to the course
Hannah's Olympic dinghy
The fleet heads out to sea
The multihulls follow the ILCAs out
Hannah disappears off
Team GB's mixed multihull
A photographer gets a shot of the shore crowds
Standing on a rock to get a better view
More Team Snellgrove action
A crowd watches the kite surfing arena
A surfer packs away the kite
Sydney, Rowan and Casey under the tent
Sean takes a photo
A kite lifts up in the breeze
Kite boarders mill around
Hamish gets a phone photo
Tanya hides under a jacket
The men's ILCA 7s head out
A kite is wrangled in the arena
Spray misters offer a brief respite from the sun
Phil, Tanya, Hamish and Sean
More flag waving from Team Snellgrove
Flags on the pier
The Australian mixed 470
Team GB's 470 comes in
Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands
A Belgian sailor
The men's ILCA 7 returns
One of the ILCAs has been abandoned
Hannah comes back
The ILCA 6 fleet returns
Hamish visits the water station
The compering team on the microphone
Team Snellgrove hangs around waiting for Hannah
Marit Bouwmeester comes out for interviews
The Netherlands' Marit Bouwmeester roams around
Snippets of flags flutter in the breeze
A random teeshirt hangs on an Olympic ring
Some Spanish fans get a photo
Team Snellgrove by the Olympic rings
A view of the back of the teeshirts
Hamish takes a photo in the mist
Hannah appears with the Team GB coach
Hannah gets a hug from Sean
Hamish is in action
Kate Eddy, the team coach, and Hannah
Hamish poses for a photo with the Olympic mascot
Hamish runs the gauntlet of volunteers
There's a big wave from the volunteers
Hannah does a video call home
More video-call action
Sean and Hamish
Hannah gets to see the family cat
Sean and Hamish are in the kitchen
There's a teeshirt-customising session occuring
A Team Snellgrove teeshirt is signed
Hamish signs the teeshirt
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Hamish follows up the pack as we head to the beach
Hamish follows up the pack as we head to the beach
A view over the beaches of Marseille
The ILCA 6's head out to the course
The group looks out from the overhanging promenade
Crowds on the Corniche Kennedy
Hamish gets some tourist info
Hamish hangs around with his binoculars
A 'welcome to Marseille' information point
Rowan, Sean and Hamish on the Corniche
The Maritime Gendarmerie heads out to sea
One of two shaded areas in Club 2024
Everyone's on their phones
Team GB's foiling kite heads out
The ILCAs are now but dots on the horizon
The kitefoils swarm around
More distant sails on the horizon
An inflatable climbing wall in action
Some boys play a bit of basketball
A covered viewing area
There's a VR surfing game going on
There's a huge list of banned things
Another queue for some water
Seafront buildings on the Corniche Kennedy
A French tricolour flies from a balcony
The steepest steps in Marseille
There's a giant thumb near Hannah's hotel
There's a 'Cantine de Fred' at the Ibis hotel
We have a bit of dinner at the Cantine de Fred
A Fred-themed corner
Sydney has Olympic nails
We queue to get into the actual venue
Nosher joins in with the Team Snellgrove photo
The group photo breaks up
An Olympic mascot does a photo with some USA fans
A military RIB runs around
Hamish waves a flag
A couple of dudes whizz around on foiling boards
Team Snellgrove is resplendant in bunting
Hamish with a patriotic garland
French flags fly in the crowd
The ILCAs depart from the Olympic marina
Hannah sails out from the marina
Hannah peers out from under the boom
Hannah's ILCA 6 sails out to the course
Hannah's Olympic dinghy
The fleet heads out to sea
The multihulls follow the ILCAs out
Hannah disappears off
Team GB's mixed multihull
A photographer gets a shot of the shore crowds
Standing on a rock to get a better view
More Team Snellgrove action
A crowd watches the kite surfing arena
A surfer packs away the kite
Sydney, Rowan and Casey under the tent
Sean takes a photo
A kite lifts up in the breeze
Kite boarders mill around
Hamish gets a phone photo
Tanya hides under a jacket
The men's ILCA 7s head out
A kite is wrangled in the arena
Spray misters offer a brief respite from the sun
Phil, Tanya, Hamish and Sean
More flag waving from Team Snellgrove
Flags on the pier
The Australian mixed 470
Team GB's 470 comes in
Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands
A Belgian sailor
The men's ILCA 7 returns
One of the ILCAs has been abandoned
Hannah comes back
The ILCA 6 fleet returns
Hamish visits the water station
The compering team on the microphone
Team Snellgrove hangs around waiting for Hannah
Marit Bouwmeester comes out for interviews
The Netherlands' Marit Bouwmeester roams around
Snippets of flags flutter in the breeze
A random teeshirt hangs on an Olympic ring
Some Spanish fans get a photo
Team Snellgrove by the Olympic rings
A view of the back of the teeshirts
Hamish takes a photo in the mist
Hannah appears with the Team GB coach
Hannah gets a hug from Sean
Hamish is in action
Kate Eddy, the team coach, and Hannah
Hamish poses for a photo with the Olympic mascot
Hamish runs the gauntlet of volunteers
There's a big wave from the volunteers
Hannah does a video call home
More video-call action
Sean and Hamish
Hannah gets to see the family cat
Sean and Hamish are in the kitchen
There's a teeshirt-customising session occuring
A Team Snellgrove teeshirt is signed
Hamish signs the teeshirt