a family sailing blog
Anchoring is often likened to a black art, but we have learnt that there is some science to it, a bit of commonsense and a whole lot of luck! I know plenty of weekend sailors and racers who loath it, even the old sea dog that took me through my RYA Coastal Skipper qualification didn’t... Continue Reading →
When we first bought Vega, we had envisaged spending a season in the Mediterranean then sailing her home to Australia via the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In the end we loved the Med so much we spent three seasons there. I ended up sailing across the Atlantic with friends in 2016 and settled my itch... Continue Reading →
Lots of people want to know the costs of sailing in the Med. Well.. as for your personal budget that’s your call. We met families who cruise on under 250 Euro a week and those who have the means to spend considerably more. We seemed to average about 400 Euros a week. Location is an... Continue Reading →
Our first trip to the mountains was so much fun we decided to head back for a second time. This time in the central and northern regions. We left Vega in the old port of Bastia, hired a car and went to explore. First we explored the Asco valley, which was magnificent. We decided to... Continue Reading →
Whilst in the Alta Rocca Mountains we decided to go canyoning. For those that don't know, and there can't be many, canyoning is a fancy word for throwing yourself, and your kids, down a pristine, freezing cold mountain river. Location southern Corsica. On the morning of our canyoning expedition we were running late and as... Continue Reading →
After the mistral the weather was fine and settled so we headed back to Porto Veccio to meet up with S/V Intention and head into the mountains. Given our previous experience, rather than head into the marina we decided to leave the yachts at anchor and after a pre dawn start, took the dinghy ashore... Continue Reading →
There was another mistral coming. At present they seem to be an almost weekly occurrence, but vary from fairly mild to really quite nasty. With winds gusts of 50 knots forecast we had decided to leg it from north Sardinia to shelter in Porto Veccio on south east Corsica. It actually worked well, as we... Continue Reading →
The passage from the Aegadis to southern Sardinia is about 140NM and the forecast wind looked good but the swell/waves looked a bit gnarly. As we left Marettimo the wind was a good F6 on the beam and we were flying, but soon we were out out of the island effect the wind dropped away... Continue Reading →
1. Kaissiopi This is the largest town in north Corfu and worth a look around, the town has plenty of history and a nice little square fronting on to the water. There is room to med moor a few yachts inside the fishing port, but its shallow. Occasionally yachts anchor stern to the breakwater, but most... Continue Reading →
Well, its taken a while, but I've finally managed to put together a bunch of footage taken last year and produce our first sailing film clip... Hope you enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WETmw1CIvxU
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