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Winter 2020/21

Boat tour

This week has been mostly sunny but with some strong winds (gusting 35kts) so we have been relaxing in the orangery. The sun has heated it up and it’s been like sitting in the cockpit on a hot summer day. Of course with the suggested gin and tonic. A few people have been asking for […]

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Winter 2020/21

Cockpit Enclosure

Sicily has returned to the red zone of restrictions which means only essential stores are allowed to open and travel is very restricted, therefore we have had to amuse ourselves with boat jobs. Work on the cockpit enclosure has been continuing over the past couple of weeks, we have had a few days of strong […]

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Winter 2020/21

Walk to the Nature Reserve

There is a Nature Reserve just a few miles to the east of the Marina and with a couple of our neighbours, we went for a walk to have a look. We set off along the east beach past Marina di Ragusa town. The beach is nice and sandy for nearly 2 miles, then it […]

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Winter 2020/21

Gone Sailing

We have been keeping busy with some boat jobs this week. Paul has serviced the engine and changed the oil, he also installed a new filtered drinking water tap and sorted out the leaky sink while he was at it. Everything is difficult to get to in such a confined space. Apparently he wasn’t just […]

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Winter 2020/21

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone, after the crazy year we’ve had, lets make 2021 a good one! Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, it was a hot sunny day here and we spent most of the day sitting outside in the cockpit (as the restrictions prevented us from going anywhere). Dinner seemed to go […]