It's been an interesting few days, yesterday in particular. We were on a buoy right in front of the ancient city of Tharros in the Gulf of Ositano since the evening before and had a nice visit to the ...
Kerry &Kim left a couple of days ago, leaving me time to do more boat yoga. Most importantly, I installed the replacement fan for the battery compartment, which I had had shipped to this marina. ...
The last week has been a bit of a blur. We arrived in Hammamet on a Sunday and yesterday evening we arrived here in Sardinia - back in Italy. In the meantime, we covered some 200 km by car, 1000 km ...
The days in Trapani passed quickly. Kalle, Jutta and I did a bit of sightseeing but unfortunately, the weather was still cold and rainy. We nonetheless enjoyed Trapani quite a bit. The old town see ...
We just arrived here from the island of Favignana. It was supposed to be a quick, spirited sail in 20 knots plus but the wind struggled to stay with us and it was downwind - things can be easy! Favi ...
Palermo has been a very successful stopover for Kincsem. We’re moored here in the Sitimar “marina” (a couple of docks, a functioning WIFI (unheard of!!) and not much else) and things are gett ...
The sail to Salina was as we've come to expect, upwind most of the way. But we don't mind if the breeze can be called such, which it could. We anchored just South of the harbor of Santa Maria Salina ...
Reggio was surely one of the least attractive places we've stayed since the boat was new. Right on the highway and the railroad tracks, run down buildings everywhere. But "only" Euro 80 for the nigh ...
The big news this morning was that our long lost package has been found. It is on board the other Amel 55 in the harbor, Fortuna, which is owned by an Australian by the name of Paul. Paul received a ...
We're sailing upwind in about 11 knots, heading North to Catania on the East Coast of Sicily. The sun is shining and it's reasonably warm - things are good. This is Kincsem's second day of sailing t ...