Our 2nd Chapter on the Aeolian Islands
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...
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Exploring the Start of the Aeolian Archipelago
After a wonderful evening in Scilla we left our safe buoy early on the 29th July and headed across the 43 NM’s to an anchorage on the west coast of Vuclano, the first of...
The Messina Straits and Scilla
On the 26th July, we set sail from Taormina up to the start of the Messina Straits. Knowing we had to time it right to be able to get through with the tide/current that...
Our Transit to Sicily & the Calabrian Coast of Italy
On the 21st July we set sail to Sicily. This was not a one day trip so we had to work out where along the Italian coast we could take shelter each night in...
The Wonderful City of Matera
On the 19th July we set sail from Taranto across the Gulf for 33nm’s, first close hauling, then as the wind came round, on a beam reach averaging 6.8 knots. It didn’t take long...
Up Inside the Italian Stiletto!
15th July we set sail from Santa Maria de Leuca heading to Gallipoli. The Approaches to Gallipoli Gallipoli is one of the very few places in Italy that offer a free dock, Greek style,...
The East Coast of Italy
We set off from Vlore, Albania on 10th July at 8:45am, for the most part we had a wonderful sail on a beam reach in a NW3/4 for 52NM reaching land at a place...
Our Departure from the Shores of Albania to those of Italy
On the 10th July, we left Orikum, although not without incident. With a healthy Force 4 blowing on our nose, negotiating out of our tight and shallow spot was not an easy task, not...
Albania by Road -Gjirokaster, the Blue Eye Spring & back to Seaclusion.
We woke in the morning, suitably refreshed and popped upstairs to our quirky hotel terrace, well roof top for breakfast and were initially served with this… Tea! Initially we declined but the hurt look...
Albania by Road – Tirana to Gjirokastor
The following morning, we woke after a surprisingly restful sleep, I say surprising because normally having spent a week onboard Seaclusion with varying degrees of rocking, it normally takes a while to adjust to...
