We are spending this winter in the Porto Touristico at Marina di Ragusa, it is quite a modern marina, only opened in July 2009, and is well protected from all directions with very little swell even in high winds. It has all the usual amenities; laundrette, showers, WiFi and the marina office staff are very […]
We were having such lovely weather in Greece and happy that we had an extra week there, the apartment was very spacious with balconies overlooking a small park and the town quay to one side and the rooftops of the town from the other. The town was rebuilt after the devastating 1825 earthquake. The ground […]
Once we had collected the car we drove to the Island of Lefkas (Lefkada) where we had booked an apartment for the week. Lefkas only just qualifies as an island as it is connected to the mainland by a long causeway and a floating bridge. The bridge opens every hour to allow boats to pass […]
We had been in Marina di Ragusa for a couple of days and various countries were starting to make plans for a second lockdown, we decided that before this happens we needed to arrange collection of the old girl who had been left in the boatyard in Preveza, Greece. After researching our options to travel […]
As the weather is generally more unsettled during the winter in the Mediterranean it is not particularly enjoyable sailing, so we intend to spend the next few months in Sicily. It was another sunny day but there was some strong wind and rain forecast in a couple of days so we decided to head to […]
Once the strong winds and swell of the last few days had reduced, (we thought!) the forecast looked favourable to leave mainland Italy and continue our journey on to Sicily. We planned to sail on a southwesterly course across to Siracusa on the east coast of Sicily which is approximately 100 miles, so we set […]
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