Can’t believe that the wonderful summer is coming to an end. We’ve spent the last two weeks as land lubbers, initially seeing the boat lifted safely ashore, and then exploring the wonderful mountainous regions of the Gennargentu National Park, Barbagia and the Supramonte. The days are shorter but still sunny and it’s decidedly chilly in …
Sardinia continues to stun us with its magnificent terrain and is certainly living up to its reputation of the ‘windy island’. The wind is steadily blowing at 30 knots as I write this, sitting or bouncing around the boat in Arbatax Marina. We are in the midst of a mistral that started yesterday afternoon with …
Time seems to fly here in Sardinia: another week and a half gone, and only a short while before our sailing season ends and we return to the UK. Fortunately, Sardinia continues to delight us. Leaving Cagliari, we have been travelling anti-clockwise around Sardinia, heading for the archipelago of La Maddalena on the northeastern corner. …
Sardinia is fabulous and we love it here. We left Mahon, Menorca at first light on 4th September and arrived in Portoscuso, on the south west tip of Sardinia, on the afternoon of the next day – 195 nautical miles in 31 hours. It was a fabulous crossing in fairly calm seas with a spectacular …
This last week we have been getting a taste of Menorcan life: a touch more laid-back and relaxed after the cosmopolitan life in Mallorca, and certainly less wild than the party atmosphere in Ibiza! Arriving in Menorca after a straightforward passage across from Mallorca, our plans were turned topsy-turvy when we got a call from …
We’ve now made our way from Mallorca over to Menorca, having had a lovely week touring Mallorca’s southern and eastern coasts. We spent two nights at anchor in Cala Ponsa on the south western tip, hoping for shelter from some strong northerlies. This was a really pretty spot nestled between the cliffs but the wind …
We’re sitting at anchor in Cala de Santa Ponsa on the south eastern tip of Mallorca and we’ve just had a fabulous week in Palma, the capital. We booked into the Marina, initially for a few days in order to get some work done on the boat, but extended our time there, partly to get …
Relaxing on the boat at the Real Club Nautica de Palma, the 11 days we spent in Ibiza seem a million miles away. Our memories of Ibiza include beautiful anchorages, crystal clear waters for swimming, fine food, and some great, if challenging sailing. But also crowds, uncomfortable nights, party music blaring, and sky-high costs in …
https://youtu.be/TUlH9-KylnE A crew change, a passage to Ibiza, and Merryn gets filmed by a drone… Quite a week! After Cate returned to the UK to visit family and friends, I was joined by my brother Richard and nephew Christopher for a week’s sailing holiday. They flew into Alicante on the 31st of July, and we …
As I write this, we are relaxing in Cartagena, a major port for tourists, commercial shipping and the Navy. It is also a lovely town, full of history with extensive Roman foundations, much of which have been excavated and are on display. Plenty of street life, too, and we have already enjoyed a couple of …