Our Final Run for 2023!
On the 13th September, having left La Ciotat and its wonderful scenery behind us, we motored in no wind along the coast for a while, enjoying the surprising scenery up to the Baie of...
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer
by Chantal & David · Published September 21, 2023 · Last modified January 3, 2024
On the 13th September, having left La Ciotat and its wonderful scenery behind us, we motored in no wind along the coast for a while, enjoying the surprising scenery up to the Baie of...
by Chantal & David · Published September 18, 2023 · Last modified January 3, 2024
Having arrived in the Baie de Cavalier very early on the 6th September, we were all set to spend the day in this lovely bay, catch up on some sleep and chill out. However...
Having left our peaceful bay we headed around the north west top, (although not the northern most point) of Corsica we headed towards the citadel that was Calvi. Approaches to Calvi We had a...
Having finally left Ajaccio behind us in calmer seas, actually whilst there was still some residual swell, there was not sufficient wind to combat it, so we motored for 20NM’s dropping our pick in...
2023 / Corsica / South of France
by Chantal & David · Published September 13, 2023 · Last modified January 5, 2024
On the 26th August we left the shores of Sardinia and set sail for 42NM’s to the South West Coast of Corsica, normally we would have waited until we had some wind but given...
On the 20th August, we left Bosa, passing the Torre de Bosa with its surrounding white beaches as we left the port, and motored due to a complete lack of wind, for 21 NM’s...
Before leaving the Sulcis Archipelago entirely, we had to pop into Carloforte, the capital of the adjoining island of San Pietro, even if it was going to be a whistle stop tour. We found...
We left beautiful Palermo and our happy memories there at 10.30 on the 9th August, heading to the most northern west tip of Sicily, our launching point for Sardinia, Capo di San Vito where...
We must firstly apologise for the length of this blog, but when, if 😉, you get to the bottom, you will soon see that Palermo cannot be done in a day or a short...
On the 3rd August we set off from Salina to cross the 50NM’s back to the northern shores of Sicily, in particular the city of Cefalu which we have never been to. The first...
2023 / The Aeolian Archipelago
by Chantal & David · Published August 27, 2023 · Last modified January 3, 2024
A new dawn, a new day, and with our dinghy safely back on board Seaclusion we set off on the 1st August northwards to Stromboli, the northern most island of the Archipelago, passing the...