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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Category - Italy

Captain's LogItaly

Sun 5 Aug

We had a surprisingly decent nights sleep as the violent rocking subsided when the motor yachts all went in for the night. It wasn’t to last however as by 09:00 we were swinging rail-to-rail again. Time to go! We picked...

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Captain's LogItaly

Sat 4 Aug

This morning we set off at 10:00 for Palau which is on the north east coast of Sardinia, just opposite the Islands of La Maddalena. We’ve bought a 7 day permit to the national park starting on Sunday so we wanted to get...

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Captain's LogItaly

Fri 3 Aug

Having been up early to do a workout on Thursday (our first in months) we were clearly on a roll so we dragged our aching bodies off the boat in search of a suitable spot. I saw what I thought was a little patch of...

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Captain's LogItaly

Thu 2 Aug

Today must have been one of the hottest days of the year. Either that or I’m hitting my menopause. I woke up at 5am being taunted by a mosquito that somehow managed to escape our very rigorous debugging routine. I...

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Captain's LogItaly

Wed 1 Aug

Sometimes I just wake up in the morning and I feel like I have to move my body. I guess being in the confines of the boat all the time just makes you want to move. We decided to make use of this energy and rowed to the...

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Captain's LogItaly

Tue 31 Jul

After spending a few days at anchor we were both itching to get some sailing done. The forecast didn’t look very promising (not much wind), but we set out anyway. Just as I was about to settle in for the motor out...

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Captain's LogItaly

Sun 29 Jul and Mon 30 Jul

We’ve had a lovely couple of friend-filled days in La Pelosa because by chance, two of our longest friends are in Sardinia with their families. Yesterday we met with Jorgen and Debora and today we had lunch (in the same...

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Captain's LogItaly

Fri 27 Jul and Sat 28 Jul

On Friday we spent most of the day catching up on admin, preparing the newsletter and doing some savvy navvy work. Our crappy internet connection turned what should have taken a few hours into practically the whole day...

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Captain's LogItaly

Mon 23 Jul to Thu 26 Jul

Monday 23 The beach on La Pelosa is rumoured to be one of the most beautiful in Sardinia (or in the world as the local tourism board claims!) so we caught the bus in the morning to go and see for ourselves. It was...

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Captain's LogItaly

Sat 21 Jul and Sun 22 Jul

Saturday was absolutely roasting hot and without a breeze the boat was pretty unbearable. It gave us the perfect excuse to walk into the village and find a restaurant for a nice long lunch. The place Cass found was...

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Captain's LogItaly

Fri 20 Jul

This morning we were all up relatively early and settled in the cockpit for breakfast. Our plan was to leave Alghero’s town quay for Porto Conte at around 11am, which was cut slightly short by the arrival of a...

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Captain's LogItaly

Thu 19 Jul

When I went to bed last night for some reason I thought it’d be a great idea to set the alarm for 06:45 and do a couple of runs to fill up the water jugs. We’re moored up on the busy town quay and during the day lots of...

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