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Season 4, already back on dry land

My mother-in-law said to us recently, “You’re having a bit of a bumpy start to the season aren’t you”. She’s not wrong, and this week it got even more interesting. Last Friday we finally collected the...

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Sun 7 Oct – Ragusa!

After breakfast on Sunday we picked up anchor for the last time and set off for Ragusa. We motored for an hour or two then had a very leisurely sail along the south coast. We’ve heard amazing things about Ragusa as a...

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Sat 6 Oct – Last anchorage of the season

On Saturday morning we set off towards our last anchorage of the season, Portopalo, which is on the very south east corner of Sicily. As we left the confines of Syracuse we motored into a pretty hefty swell which soon...

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Wed 3 Oct – Storm sail

When we anchored on Tuesday night in Naxos it looked like we’d be nicely protected behind the harbour wall. It wasn’t to be. A north westerly swell picked up and by 01:30 we were up on deck assessing our options, as...

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Tue 2 Oct – Fouled prop

Today was probably one of the strangest days we’ve had since we’ve left our home in Barcelona. I woke up early and stuck my head out of the main hatch, just to be reminded where we are: the bizarre city of “Reggio di...

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Tue 25 Sep – Party in Lipari

On Tuesday morning we were up early, woken by the wind which had started to build. It was clear this wasn’t going to be a good anchorage to sit out the winds, so we decided to head over to Lipari. Up on deck we...

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Sat 22 Sep to Mon 24 Sep

Rome to Ponza to the Sicilian Islands. We left Rome at 05:00 on Saturday morning and arrived on Ponza just as the sun was setting and dropped anchor in a huge (and very busy) bay a short dinghy ride to the town. After a...

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Wed 5 Sep and Thu 6 Sep – Capraia

It’s been a while since we’ve been anchored in clear blue water. OK, a “while” is only about 9 days but we were were really looking forward to a swim. Once in the water however we noticed we were not alone. Floating all...

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Fri 31 Aug

We didn’t much fancy forking out another 45 euros to visit the next Cinque Terre town so we decided to sail up to Corniglia (6NM away) which had mooring buoys for the boat. After doing a short workout on deck (not the...

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Thu 30 Aug

After a quiet morning sitting out the rain we went for a walk around Porto Venere which, like the Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It’s main attractions include two very old churches (built in 1198 and...

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Wed 29 Aug

Having looked at options to anchor on the shores of the Cinque Terre, and found them almost non-existent we decided to leave the boat anchored in Porto Venere and take public transport. Our first town, Riomaggiore...

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Sun 26 Aug to Tue 28 Aug

Sunday Much of Sunday was spent cleaning the boat from top to bottom inside and out, and umming and ahing about whether we should spend a second night in the marina. Although the wind had dropped the sea in the bay was...

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