Making our way up Sardinia´s West Coast
Before leaving the Sulcis Archipelago entirely, we had to pop into Carloforte, the capital of the adjoining island of San Pietro, even if it was going to be a whistle stop tour. We found...
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Sailing to Sardinia
We left beautiful Palermo and our happy memories there at 10.30 on the 9th August, heading to the most northern west tip of Sicily, our launching point for Sardinia, Capo di San Vito where...
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...
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...
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,...
