Marina Cala Galera and Porto Ercole

Well we stayed in Martinella two nights, there was some sort of celebration on Friday night with a live band who sadly didn’t sound very good. We left because the wind had swung round and the waves were rolling in. Per the forecast we should have had alight off shore breeze with no swell but the wind variable and the swell was all over the place so more rolling about. I managed 90mins then had to lie down for most of the rest of the trip across the bay. I did the huge commercial port of Civitavecchia and the powers stations before I crashed out. We tried for a mooring in Porto Ercole but we now realise the pilot book had the narratives the wrong way round and that’s why we couldn’t raise anyone on the radio and even lurking in the harbour with our 46foot steel boat didn’t manage to raise anyone so we headed to the Marina which was still very pleasant. After formalities and a lovely hot shower we walked around the headland to Porto Ercole for an aperitif and to promenade with the locals. There were forts on every hill and headland.Read more