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Bonifazio to La Maddalena

Kincsem is sitting on a mooring in a bay right out of science fiction at La Maddalena Island. Strange reddish rock formations with a bit of green garnish rising out of crystal clear turquoise and blue ...

Isla Piana

George and Martina Gates arrived one day late thanks to Air France which gave us another day in Ajaccio. Ajaccio is the biggest city in Corsica and not very attractive but the Tino Rossi harbor was ...

Anse Pelligrino

dsc_0060-10.43.00-am.jpg Another phantastic anchorage here underneath some high mountains. The only drawback is the tripper boats that race through here with some regularity and make a bit of swell. ...

Calvi

dsc_0134-10.43.05-am.jpg The Antonis and Richmans arrived on July 1 so Floatel Kincsem is now fully booked for the week. Our first day we sailed a bit and motored a bit and got to Maccinaggio, a som ...

Bastia, Corsica

It was tough to get here on Thursday of this week. It has been blowing hard from the West in the Med the last few days. We “had” to get from Elba to Corsica by yesterday and Thursday was the o ...

Portoferraio, Elba

We got here on Monday and it was a bit of a disaster. We were motoring along when entering the bay of Portoferraio and we had the bright idea to maybe cruise along the coast for a bit and maybe go f ...

We have WIFI!!!

We arrived in Porto di Pisa and there is good WIFI here. This means that we can finally upload pictures from the last several weeks, all the way back from when we were cruising the Cote d'Azur. As ...

Marina di Pisa

Everyone says Pisa is a must so we stopped here for a day. The masses of tourists everywhere are truly astounding but the town was better than expected, particularly after we found a nice restaurant ...

Portovenere

We're at anchor here outside the port in a very protected bay. Good choice because we're away from the tourists and noise of the port. This is not to say that Portovenere is not charming and picture ...