We had a final stop on Asinara at Capo D’Oliva. There is a small village here and a hostel. Right down on the waterfront in the terracotta colour building is…
We have arrived at the north western tip of Sardegna and passed through the channel into the most pristine turquoise water of La Pelosa. The channel separates the main island…
We continue to have good weather and we make our way further north up the west coast. Bosa is our next stop. What is unusual about Bosa is that we…
We sailed out of Cagliari having safely deposited Chris at the railway station. Cagliari is very central and offers great sea, land and air connections around the Mediterranean and beyond.…
From Capo Carbonara we crossed over to the western side of the bay of Cagliari. The harbour of Cagliari is huge- the largest and busiest port in Europe. Not surprising…
One year ago we planned this trip and decided on mid July to make the overnight crossing from Sicily to Sardegna. It is 180nm and generally we average 7 knots…
We had never ventured around the Cape to Palermo before now. We sailed from San Vito Lo Capo, another enormous Cape, and the sail around was invigorating. One thing that…
Favignana is one of the Egadi Islands – Levanzo and Marretemo being the other 2. Favignana is the closest to Trapani and is a butterfly shaped island with long low…
We ‘motor sailed’ back to Sicily very successfully. With current assist and and a great day we averaged 9 knots – very fast! We crossed the highway of tankers and…