Malta to Siracusa
Well we promised a rapid addition to the blog, so here it is, all about Malta to Siracusa, where we are now, getting ready to depart for a 2 day sail to Crotone, which...
"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 June 19, 2015 · Last modified February 12, 2020
Well we promised a rapid addition to the blog, so here it is, all about Malta to Siracusa, where we are now, getting ready to depart for a 2 day sail to Crotone, which...
by Chantal & David · Published June 17, 2015 · Last modified February 12, 2020
Well it has been a long time since we left Seaclusion in Marina di Ragusa on Sicily. In fact we have been away a month now, so it has been very remiss of us...
We left Marzamemi last Thursday and had a great sail, tacking around the south eastern tip of Sicily, right until we got to a harbour called Porto Palo. Harbour, in the loosest sense of...
Having finally left Siracusa, we headed off round the corner to a Marina Reserve called Plemmirio, where you were not allowed to drop an anchor and had to take a buoy (kindly provided for...
5th September – No sooner had we arrived safely in the bay of Guardiano Naxos & Taormina, we were approached by a guy in a dinghy, as ever, trying to extract 50€ for the...
Having sadly, but wisely decided to give the Aolian Islans a swerve this trip, we decided to leave Tropea on Thursday heading for the Messina Straits and Sicily. Before doing so, some repairs, namely...
Our last blog saw us safely tucked up on a mooring buoys in Bay Infreschi, a place recommended to us by one of the locals in DÁrechi. Well worth the visit, which included a...
24th, we arrived in a placed called Acropoli and managed to dropped anchor inside the breakwater. The town didnt seem to have much character to it so, after the last few hectic days, opted...
August 18th – We were sad to see Steven leave us after 6 weeks on board, suffice to say, Steven probably landed in Gatwick before David found his way back to the boat from...
Finally we have decent WIFI again, hence the delay in our blogging, so where were we? Thursday 31st, we woke up safely moored up in Porto Turistico di Roma and waited patiently for an...