CLASSIC SIX METRE NEWSLETTER

Cabri IV on the Med in the 1960’s. Below, sunbathing at Frioul Island in the bay of Marseilles
With the recurrent Mistral wind, we lived in constant fear of dismasting. Once the mast did
in fact split and we glued it back together. Another time, I remember leaving on a cruise to
Porquerolles Island with my brother with a Force 5 Mistral pushing us at 9:00 a.m. when we
left. It then rose to Force 6 and even 7 as we zoomed by Sanary-sur-Mer on the way to our
destination.”
Editor’s note : Today, nearly fifty years later, Madame Loubier still has a boat at the Société
Nautique de Marseille.
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