Saturday 18th July, Macinaggio to Marina di Campo, Elba
A grey and windy start to the day, with a few drops of rain, and of course, the wind is blowing directly from Elba, our destination for the day. So after a quick hose down of the deck and topping…
Sunday 19th July, Marina di Campo to Laconella
We decided to get the tender out and visit the very pretty local town. Despite two chandleries and loads of clothes and tourist shops being open, we failed to find a bread shop. (not sure yet what bakery is in…
Monday 20th July, Elba to Isola di Giannutri
Yet another windless day, although it did pick up slightly during the day allowing us a fairly speedy motor sailing passage at close to 7kn with the wind almost behind us and the genoa out. We passed close to the…
Tuesday 21st July, Isola di Giannutri to Santa Marinello
Finally managed a decent sail for probably two thirds of the 40 miles crossing to the Italian mainland, to anchor for the fourth consecutive night just outside the harbour at Santa Marinello. We toyed with the idea of a run…
Wednesday 22nd July, Santa Marinello to Capo d’Anzio
With 50 miles to go today, we managed an early (for us) 0715 start, motoring in a totally flat and windless sea. It picked up however at about 11 giving us a fairly swift sail for the remainder of the…
Thursday 23rd July, Anzio to Gaeta
Another 50 miler today, although a bit less wind so only sailed for a couple of hours. Some beautiful scenery on the way with the coastline now turning mountainous. We decided to over night in Base Nautica Flavio Gioia, at…
Friday 24th July, Gaeta
….. and we weren’t disappointed! The old town was absolutely beautiful with its meandering steps and alleyways rising between very old and colourful houses, opening up to vistas of the harbour and churches. It was not to be missed. Oh…
Saturday 25th July, Gaeta to Porto Miseno
There’s getting to be a pattern to the weather, no wind until noon and then from the NW or W in the afternoon. So we motored for a couple of hours and then a decent sail for the rest of…
Sunday 26th July, Porto Miseno to Torre del Greco
Over night, we were the only boat at anchor and with only 12 miles to go today, we took things easy this morning, with a tour round the crater in the dinghy. However we were rudely awaken at about 0745…