40 Euro taxi ride to the airport, two and a half hours flight time, collect car from the office and drive two and a half hours home to Belgium. Adventure over? Not quite… One week later I was back in Sardinia, for a short stay of 5 days. This time with my car, my mum [...]
A smooth sea greeted me this morning and while I motored through Golfo Aranci dolphins came to play beneath Eileen of Avoca’s bowsprit. I managed to make a short video and published it on youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtKDbN8hOl0
Impressed as I was with Porto Rotondo, I had planned to finish my trip in Olbia, a mere 4 hours away by boat (25 minutes by car). After checking the forecast for the next few days with the marina office, I set sail. Three hours later, just outside the buoyed channel to Olbia harbour, I [...]
I rounded Punta Galera, the northern tip of Isola Caprera at 10:20. Turning southeast, I kept Isolotti Monaci and the Secca delle Bisce shoals to port adjusting my heading to almost due south after passing the east cardinal marker at Secche del Cervo. A regatta was underway several miles east of Porto Cervo but I [...]
Sunshine and gentle winds from the NE provided me with a beautiful day to sail through the Maddalena group of islands, where I planned to find a sheltered anchorage for the night. I amused myself by occasionally letting go of the tiller (simulating falling overboard) and studying how the boat behaved when left to its [...]
