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We expect to weight anchor and head south. However, after a swim to check our anchor we notice we have a real problem. Our anchor chain is wrapped and caught tight around a series of rocks. It will prove a chore trying to unwrap this mess. Also we can see
Yep…we made it to Malta and dropped the hook on small bay outside of Valletta. The next morning we made our way to the small island of Kemmuna, located between the Main island and the smaller sister island of Gozo. We were looking for a spot to anchor that would
We make our way to Malta which is a mere 55 km south of our marina in Ragusa. We set out in the morning after a refuelling stop with dock dog Posto and quickly find ourselves in the shipping lanes separating Malta and Sicily. And so dodge’m boats begins. You
After a whistle stop in the port town of Licata, we made our way towards Marina Ragusa. This marina is quite some way away from the actual town of Ragusa which is some 30 km inland. But this spot has long been a boater oasis. The facilities are modern and
We have been expecting the weather to turn as we are now in mid August. The warm water temperatures and humidity start to destabilize the atmosphere and sudden summer squals are frequent. Sad to say, one such event just swept past Mallorca leaving a host of beached boats. Elsewhere, fierce
” Sciacca !! ” …say that three times and you can be forgiven for feeling like you have just insulted someones mother. More to the point, you probably haven’t pronounced it correctly. That is entirely besides the point, just the mouth-feel of the vowels rolling off the tongue speaks to
How to explain the surprise when, as we were skirting along the sea coast some 20 km east of Marsala, we came across the startling scene of large Greek temples perched on the hillside overlooking the ocean. We diverted to the shore and anchored in 4 meters of sandy bottom
The name Marsala seems to give off a cheery sunny tone. One expects the sweet and tart flavour of the eponymous wine to set the tone in this large seaside city. Certainly Garibaldi thought enough of it to make this his first landfall in his campaign to unify the Italian
we made landfall just after sunset on the western most island off the coast of Sicily, Isola de Favignana. The small bay “Cala Rotundo” looked perfect on the map and, as the name suggests, was a rounded inlet that promised shelter from the prevailing southern swell and winds. In failing
After catching up on sleep after arrival we arranged a trip into Tunis for the following day. We hired a driver , Yusif, and decided to take in all the important sites. This was going to be a busy day! Tunis is about 40km east of Bizerte along a mostly
We arrived to the Port of Bizerte by early morning. we had made good speed and had a following tide and currants that sped us across the Skerki strait. After a rather lengthy process with customs and the local police to officially ‘enter’ the country we made our way in
We had to cover 127 km before we made port at Bizerte. Averaging a speed of 4-5 kn we know that we had a 25030 hour sail ahead of us. It was 10:00 am when we decided to turn and head towards the Tunisian coast so we calculated an arrival
We are up early today since we need to fuel up and we have been told that the local fuel dock is expecting a large yacht that will be taking on 10,000 litres of diesel this morning. An early start might get us into the fuel dock and filled up
This being our last day on Caligari we thought we would replenish our supplies before heading out to Tunisia. First, breakfast to start the day…. We cycled to the large super market nearby. In many harbour towns one can get the local supermarkets to deliver directly to your boat at
We have spent a wonderful and peaceful week plunking along the east coast of Sardinia and gradually making our way to the southern tip. This is in advance of our transit to Tunisia and the Port of Bizerte. The east coast of Sardinia is largely empty. There are very few
Somewhere along the east coast of Sardinia:……. https://youtu.be/ByuY_nqzXaU Just another day ………
We dropped anchor our first night out of France (Corsica) in Sardinian waters on the small island of Madellena. The winds we stiff and holding on the weedy bottom was not great. The following morning we made our way to an adjacent island, passing another Amel-50 along the way (Paloma).
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