Continuing our tour of the Sahara, we set off towards Tozeur. The city is located between two salt lakes, Chott el Jerid, and the smaller Chott el Gharsa. The route would take us across the former. Just as we approached the salt lake we first stopped at Dune de Sable Dur, which translates to ‘hard […]
We had some friends visiting us in Monastir, so we packed our bags, hired a car and set off with them on a road trip south to the desert. The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world and the third largest desert overall, smaller only than the cold deserts of Antarctica and […]
Monastir is a city on the east coast of Tunisia and our home for the next few months. The name originates from a monastery in the Byzantine era. Since arriving in Monastir, we have been busy preparing ZigZag for the winter. Our first task, once we were safely tied up in the marina, was to […]
It was all quiet on board now that our visitors had left and it was time to start planning our final passage of 2023. There were more strong north westerly winds forecast so we first headed for shelter back at Mellieha bay. Once the wind passed, we had a calm couple of days which was […]
My sister and her family were due to arrive in two days so we lifted the anchor leaving Mellieha bay behind, and headed south again. There was no wind but quite a lot of swell so we decided to go to Rinella bay which is just inside the protection of Grand Harbour. It was very […]
With a light northeasterly wind, we slipped our lines at Manoel Island Marina and headed 10nm towards the southern region of Malta. As we left Grand Harbour behind, full sails went up. Unfortunately, the wind was not quite strong enough to fill the sails, so it wasn’t long before the motor was back on. At […]
Sailing ZigZag 