We decided to do the cultural thing, so after days on beaches and floating around on our own we pulled into Naples and went to Pompeii. It's an awesome place, but it was a hot, hot day and we had grown unaccustomed to tourist spots and large crowds....and it was packed, almost too busy to enjoy.... Continue Reading →
Sardinia to the Pontine Islands
After Bonifcaio we headed back to Sardinia and the Maddalena Islands to meet up with another yacht, Calyxa, that we had bumped into in Menorca. Calyxa is a cruising family like us – they are a Danish-Cuban family with three kids Milla, Emma and Hannibal – all about the same age as our two and... Continue Reading →
Life aboard – Heather’s first post
Life on a boat isn’t that much different to life on land. We still eat, sleep, go to the toilet, kids still do schoolwork, etc. just things are adjusted a little. Eating/Cooking Apart from it being called a galley, there isn’t much our kitchen is missing compared to home. The fridge opens through a removable... Continue Reading →
The Fornell Passage and Bonifacio
We spent a couple of days working our way up the Sardinian coast and arrived at Stintino via the Fornell Passage. This is a passage between a group of islands on the north west tip of Sardinia that needs a bit of caution. We spoke to three yachts prior to heading through it and all had... Continue Reading →
Crossing to Sardinia
My Bro Damian and his nearly wife Helen joined us for the trip from Menorca to Sardinia. Helen, I felt, was particularly brave not just as she has no experience of sailing on small boats and had signed up for a 235NM Crossing off the bat, but as she was doing it confined space with... Continue Reading →
Menorca
The trip from Mallorca to Menorca is 35NM at its closest point. But we set out on the back of a 40 Knot Nor Easter. By the time we left harbor the wind was down to 15 knots but the waves were still big with foaming white tops. According to Passage Weather they were only... Continue Reading →