Life as a Physicist

A few weeks ago my Dad visited me here in Marseille and we took a trip along the coast to Nice. We went the slow road - a long the coast - right a long the coast. At one point we got caught in the traffic jam that is St. Tropez. St. Tropez is a playground - made famous by Brigitte Bardot.

The harbor was packed with boats that were… well excessive. Most of them were large motor boats, but there were plenty of sailboats.

However — it was cool to see that it was a sailboat that took the “excess” grand slam gold metal title. That is the picture you see here. The thing is completely computer controlled too. In fair weather I wonder if you could sail it with one person? We also joked that it probably made sail “snapping” and luffing sounds so the captain could hear what was going on — being so far away from the actual sail!

And how deep does the keel go!?!?

I’ve got a few other excessive pictures, including a panorama that shows exactly how out of hand it was in that small port.