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...
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The Tiny Island of Capraia.
So, on the 1st August, intending on going ashore to visit Macinaggio, we woke to an un-forecasted SE4 and 1/2M swells blowing straight into our safe harbour, typical. With only 2 metres under us...
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 Circumnavigation of Isla di Elba
We left Marcianna on the 23rd July to go around the western part of Elba to Fetovaio, under sail the whole way. The bay, which has beautiful clear turquoise waters was not surprisingly very...
The Start of the Tuscan Archipelago
First a little bit of information about these wonderful islands. Legend has it that when Venus was born from the waves, seven precious stones fell from her tiara, creating seven islands off the Tuscan...
Livorno & Florence
On the 13th July, we set sail in a fabulous southerly wind pushing us the 44NM’s sail to Livorno. Despite the sailing conditions, there were very few boats about, although we do have to...
Lerici & Portovenere
On the 11th July, we headed the short distance across the Gulf of La Spezia, to Lerici, a pretty little town, one that could have been the 6th Terre! Thankfully for us, its geography...
Cinque Terre
With no wind forecasted for the next few days, which we really couldn’t wait for, so on the 8th July we finally left Savona, and motored rather dully for 7 hours straight across the...
Our Road Trip Day 2 to Genoa
We awoke in the morning to see the new arrival in Savona, completely dwarfing the harbour, so glad it wasn’t there when we first came in! Without much ado, we jumped in the car,...
Road Trip Day 1 to Portofino and its neighbouring villages
On the 5th July we jumped in our little hire car and took the quickest route to beyond Genoa, picking up the coast road to drop down to visit the cute seaside town of...
