On our way again, to L’Île-Rousse
Finally late in the afternoon on the 8th August, we set sail again, well actually under engine even though we could have sailed, just to test the engine, to a gorgeous bay 5 miles...
Corsica
On our way to St Florent, with more troubles afloat!
On the 3rd August we set sail at 8 in the morning to head around Cap Corse, with its stunning scenery. Cap Corse is notorious for high winds with churned up seas, but today...
The Old Capital of Corsica, Bastia & Beyond
Despite the forecast predicting some nice winds to take us across the Tyrrhenian Sea on the 28th July, they just never materialised so we found ourselves motoring the 45NM’s across until we dropped our...
Our Final Stop on Corsica, Calvi!
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...
The Stunning West Coast of Corsica.
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...
Sailing the West Coast of Corsica up to Ajaccio
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...
Corsica to Elba, Tuscan Archipelago
Having accepted that our street cred was about to go out the window, David went to collect our lovely Renault Kangoo…. Notice the absence of any of us brave or silly enough to pose...
Bonifacio, Corsica
We are hiding out from the winds again! The Boys went off into town and David and I stayed on the boat for a couple of hours doing some jobs, and ordering a new...
