Cahier Plaisance à la page Cannes, vu depuis Le Suquet. Sylvie Ernoult, sur la plage de la Croisette. Sur l’île de Saint-Honorat. Cannes, view from Le Suquet. Sylvie Ernoult on the beach along La Croisette. On Île Saint-Honorat. Sylvie Ernoult: spotlight on Cannes Cannes holds no mysteries for this woman, who’s been overseeing the Yachting Festival since 2013. She lets us in on some of her favorite spots. Sylvie Ernoult, who’s in charge of the Cannes Yachting Festival, Fred l’Écailler “This is the chic shellfish bar in Cannes. I lunch hasn’t got time to wax lyrical about the nightlife, museums and there with people from city hall and the harbor master’s office. exhibitions in Cannes. When she’s on La Croisette, she’s too They’re incredibly helpful and do all they can to ensure the best busy sorting out last-minute technical hitches before the opening conditions for the show. The restaurant is on Place de l’Étang, of the biggest floating boat show for vessels over 10 meters— a charming area near Port Canto. Squid, cuttlefish and octopus and this year the world’s largest sailing festival is being held at are popular, but they also do wedge clams, a little known shell- Port Canto. She’s working nonstop, battling away and rallying fish, and Mediterranean fish like sea bass, tuna and swordfish.” her employees, partners and clients, who follow in her wake. 7, place de l’Étang. Tél. +33 (0)4 93 43 15 85. www.fredlecailler.com Ernoult’s personal Cannes is all about the sea air, platters of shellfish, elbow grease—and chocolate ice cream. Île Saint-Honorat “The Planaria ferry company run by monks from the Lérins Abbey connects Île Saint-Honorat, Le Suquet “A charming old Provençal neighborhood, with the smallest Lérins island, to the continent in 15 minutes. the prettiest view over La Croisette and the Vieux-Port. Cannes You embark at Quai Max Laubeuf, which is also where our was built on a hill as a refuge from pirates and invaders. Here, shuttle service departs for Port Canto. This year, there’ll be 66 meters up, you catch the smells of the garrigue and pines, three pontoons anchored at the end of the pier for mooring the salt air blowing in from the sea—and sometimes from about 30 superyachts. It’s a herculean task performed by North Africa, depending on the direction of the wind.” professional divers who look like bodybuilders!” Saint-Jin-Jin market “I grew up in Le Havre on France’s The little ice-cream stand This is where Ernoult escapes north coast. My brother’s best friend is a fisherman and for a few minutes every day during the Yachting Festival, I’d never visit a port without meeting the local fishing folk. to get away from the pressure, take a breather and indulge In Cannes, the best place is Saint-Jin-Jin market, between her weakness for Italian-style chocolate ice cream. “I don’t Port Canto and the sailing club. During the show we take up have time to go to the real ice-cream parlors in the city center. part of their space in the port and on the quays, but we’re But this simple stand at the end of the pétanque pitch, to the careful not to disrupt their professional activities.” right of New York New York, where kids come to buy candy and players their drinks, is good enough to satisfy L’Ardoise “An eatery located near the Vieux-Port where our my craving. I also like the elegant numbered kiosks designed staff go for their meals. It has red-and-white-checkered table- by Jean-Michel Wilmotte along La Croisette.” cloths and serves a variety of fresh fare from the market. It’s simple, but good. The food is part Italian-inspired, part-Med- iterranean. They do a great homemade Provençal daube with YACHTING FESTIVALDu 10 au 15 septembre. pasta. It’s really nothing out of the ordinary; just the pleasure 51 000 visiteurs. 542 exposants. of sharing good food in a friendly atmosphere.” 638 BATEAUX dont122 AVANT-PREMIÈRES MONDIALES. 5, rue Rouguière. Tél. +33 (0)4 93 68 60 43. YACHTSau Vieux-Port.VOILIERS au port Canto. 224