Celebrating our 20th Anniversary in Beautiful & Lively Palermo
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...
Italy
Visiting one of the most beautiful cities in Sicily, Cefalu
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...
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...
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...
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...
Syracusa to Italy and around the Italian Boot!
Having spent a peaceful night on anchor in Syracusa, we left early for the overnight cruise across to Crotone, which is at the back of the ball of the Italian Boot. We had a...
The Italian Boot!
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...
