We stayed a third day in the anchorage at Capo Palinuro. Time flew by with paddle boarding, swimming, eating and drinking. The Admiral is now an established “stand up” paddle boarder - congratu ...
2017 Spain to Greece
We arrived in this little bay yesterday afternoon and decided to stay for today. There were only a handful of sailboats here this morning but now, at lunchtime, we’re in the middle of a little Ital ...
We’re here at the “Yacht Club of Agropoli” just 30 miles south of Salerno and are enjoying every second. Nicki is running the washing machine and I’m splashing around on the deck with a hos ...
Next on the agenda was Positano and Amalfi, if possible. I say “if possible” because there is no guarantee one can stay at either place. Positano is a completely open, unprotected anchorage an ...
Marla and Daniel have a plan: See the sights! And here we are next to Marina Piccolo, the small harbor of Capri, which is in fact an anchorage entirely open to the South, not a harbor. And everythi ...
The gulf of Naples is difficult in August and HOT. There is no or little wind but the boat and ship traffic is incredible. Sometimes it feels like every single resident of the city is out on an over ...
The sail from Eastern Sardinia to the Italian mainland is about 200 miles, one of the longest ocean passages in the Med you can make. But you can reduce that to 160 miles if you stop at Ponza, a very ...
After the Costa Smeralda, Isola di Tavolara was next. Yes, as indicated by the name, it is a table-like mountain of impressive height with white cliffs everywhere. It also lies in a marine reserve a ...
The Admiral and I had a great sail from the northern Maddalena Islands to Cannigione on Sardinia. Quite a bit of upwind work but it's easy around here. You go up to the scary looking rocks until the ...
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 ...