Today was the big day – my eagerly awaited paddleboard should finally show up. I’ve been hitting “refresh” on the TNT tracking page for days now, I literally couldn’t wait to get my hands...
The first order of business (after a latte and cornetti in our favourite coffee place) was a shopping run. Now that we’re in the swing of things we usually buy more or less the same stuff, and the question...
Today we made the best use of the fact that we’re still moored up on a pontoon and not rocking around, plus having precious 4G! There’s a long list of things that we wanted to get cranking on for savvy...
We wanted to take advantage of being moored alongside the town quay to do our engine service. It can get pretty messy so having the boat as stable as possible is a huge advantage. First order of business was to go to...
Saturday was a pretty quiet day, we got through some admin and sat out the Mistral winds whilst watching the super yachts in Cala de Volpi. On Sunday morning we did a workout on the beach then got Bini ready to sail to...
The weather forecast showed signs of a strong westerly Mistral wind building today then blowing through tomorrow and into Sunday. Where we were in La Maddalena was open to the west so we headed around the east side of...
Having gone from never having done a single pull-up to doing significantly more than that, my shoulder is not happy. It’s worse in the mornings, but on the plus side it means I’m straight out of bed when I wake up so...
Tuesday was a pretty quiet day. We stayed anchored in the bay next to Palau (off La Sciumara beach), went shopping in the morning and swam in the afternoon. We contemplated getting more water but what we’d filled up...
After a good night sleep we got up and did a workout on a tiny beach on one of the rocky islands nearby. The sky was overcast and we were so grateful for the shade. Back on the boat we had breakfast and decided to head...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
