Jacana

Literally no wind so motored the 45 miles further down the coast to an anchorage by the Isola di Dino. Saw dolphins as we arrived in the bay and some other large fish that may have been tuna. Again we…

We spent a final hour looking round the beautiful town of Amalfi with its 3 dimensional steps leading up past house doorways through rock and masonry to dead ends or breath taking vistas. Finally before we sailed off, we settled…

A windless day so motored the 28 miles out of the Bay of Naples and along the spectacular Amalfi coast, on the advice of friends Gwen and Peter to Amalfi. The mooring here is challenging, so much so that boats…

A day of being a tourist, so started with a very short train ride of one stop from the station very close to the harbour to Herculaneum, which befell the same fate as Pompeii in AD79 with the eruption of…

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…

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…

….. 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…

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…

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…