After a fantastic weekend in the UK we were back in Rome and in full-on tourist mode. On Wednesday we visited the Colosseum which really was just as impressive as we’d hoped. After having seen the long queue for tickets...
Wednesday was a bit of a weird day. We had a decent 60 miles passage to Rome ahead of us, and I always get a bit restless when we’re planning to sail through the night. We also had to figure out how to get diesel...
Our plan on Monday was to sail from Marina di Campo on Elba to another, even smaller island named Giglio over night. I had a video conference call in the evening at 22:30, so we’d planned was to leave right after...
On Friday we sailed from Capraia to the island of Elba; a 30 mile trip which would take about 7 hours. We started on a nice beam reach then as we left the lee of the island the wind came around further behind us so we...
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...
Over the past few weeks we’ve been unlucky with the wind. Whenever we’ve wanted to sail there’s either been none at all, or it’s been coming from exactly where we’ve needed to go. After La Spezia we’ve been planning on...
The last two days summed up? Utterly fruitless. We had two things to do; laundry and fill up the gas bottles. Sounds pretty simple, right? Google revealed a trip to La Spazia was on the cards as there weren’t any...
Last night ended rather abruptly. I was in the middle of a cosy dream when I was jolted awake by a loud noise and a sense of movement around me. A quick look at Camilla, who’d also just woke up next to me...
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...
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...
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...
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...
