Crossing the 40th parallel!

We left the lovely anchorage of Buondormire and headed to Cetraro. For the first time, there were a few layers of clouds with sunny breaks. It's still hot and the winds and waves this trip have been light to non-existent. Captain Bob has declared that we are a Volvo Penta engine test boat! Our actual sailing has been limited, with most of our travels motorsailing. Every whisper of wind helps move us along so we are putting them up, adjusting them (pull it in 5 cm, let it out 7 cm orders the Capt.!) and taking them down all day.
We left early with coffee on the go and while the other boats were still sleeping. At 0820, Capt. announced we were crossing out of the 40th parallel into the 39th!
Mountains and hills along the way but sort of scrubby what we could see through the haze. A sprinkling of rain had me closing all the hatches only to open them again minutes later. We anchored off Cetraro beach which was a fine holding spot but not very attractive. Trains went by frequently along the shore and the area looked a little run down.
On Friday, from Cetraro to Vibo, the geography changed to hills with forests and what looks like orchards (olives/oranges/lemons?) Brown gray sandy beaches give way to white sand all along the coast. As we got near to Vibo, a pod of dolphins🐬 swam along. 😃 Some looked quite young as their dorsal fins were small. As we anchored off the beach, we saw 2 jellyfish🎐. They didn't stop us or the beach goers from swimming though. It was hot and the water is +30C! We are outside the marina but there is a 🇨🇦 flying as the marina owner is a Canadian. We'll drop by tomorrow on our shopping, laundry, post office trip. We're here for another night before heading into the Strait between Sicily and Italy. Supposedly winds and waves funnel through...hard to imagine right now but we'll see!Read more