Arrivederci

We're ready to say goodbye to Italy and head to Spain. But before we leave we wanted to spend one more night at anchor. After five days in a marina in a big city, being at anchor again is serendipity. We found a lovely bay just 15 NM south of Cagliari with clear water for …

Cagliari

We’ve been in Cagliari since Monday. It’s an interesting city, a mixture between ancient history and modern city living. We enjoyed visiting the historic centre and its beautiful cathedral set within very old city walls. Apart from some sight-seeing we spent the rest of our time doing maintenance and fixes to the boat, catching up …

Sardinia

We're nearly in Sardinia, just a few miles off the coast. The most exciting part of the trip for all of us was definitely catching a fish. It was around 5pm yesterday (just in time for dinner!) that we noticed the fishing rod was bent and started pulling it in to discover a tuna at …

we’re off again

We're off to Sardinia! Bye bye Favignana! We enjoyed being here for a few days and yesterday explored the island which has some beautiful bays and a rugged coastline. It should take us between 24 and 36 hours to get to Sardinia depending on wind speed and direction...

Favignana

We're in Favignana and will be staying here for three days until the wind dies down a bit ... After many calm days it started blowing hard early this morning. Our next stop is Sardinia so we want to pick a good weather window for our crossing (which is approx. 175NM). We were anchored in the …

Jellyfish

We had a minor first aid situation on board yesterday. After arriving in Capo San Vito we all went swimming and jumping of the front and the back of the boat. As we came out Tyrii was stung by a jellyfish (even though we hadn't seen any as we went in). We cleaned and disinfected …

Cefalu

After a gentle day's sailing we arrived in Sicily yesterday. We visited Cefalu, a historic town with a cathedral dating back to Norman times (12th century). Today is another calm day and we are cruising along the north coast of Sicily. There's not much else to report apart from the fact that we are really …

Salina

We arrived in Salina this afternoon, a beautiful green lush island in the Aeolian archipelago. This group of islands are all peaks of volcanoes of which two are still active (Volcano and Stromboli). Aeolus was the god of the winds and it was he who gave Odysseus the contrary winds tied up in a bag, …

Scilla

We had a very productive pit stop in the marina. We cleaned the boat and had a good sleep and ate some amazing food. The little marina restaurant served the most delicious lunch: spaghetti a la vongole, mussels, veal steak and the juiciest lobster I ever ate (for only 12 euros!). In the evening we …

Italia

We're in Italy ! We got here a bit faster than anticipated so had to slow down and stand off until sunrise as we didn't want to make our approach at nighttime. It was quite a challenging crossing. The first 18 hours were very relaxing. We cooked dinner and had a quiet night. Didn't see …