Cam & Tom's Sailing Blog

Sun 28 Apr to Fri 3 May – First sails of the season!

Marina di Ragusa to Portopalo Distance: 35NMSunday 28th April. Departed 09:00, arrived 15:30 Our original plan was to sail around to Syracuse today, a journey of approximately 12 hours so we wanted to be up...

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Last few days in Ragusa, already?!

I’m writing this update on a train half way between London and Hastings. “How did they end up in England?” I hear you ask. Frankly, we’re wondering the same thing because last time we checked we were in Sicily on 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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