Mar – Nov 2023

Sailing the Mediterranean 2023

Spain to Croatia via the Gulf of Lion and Corsica this year ✨🔱💛 Read more

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March 15, 2023
GypsyDjango Sailing the Mediterranean 2023
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- Day 1
- Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 5:34 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Spain Isla Colom 39.958333, 4.27166739°57’30” N 4°16’18” E
Marina Mahon to Es Grau
March 15, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
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- Day 2
- Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 5:54 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 10 ft
- Spain Playa Arenal d'en Castell 40.025, 4.18333340°1’30” N 4°10’60” E
Es Grau to Arenal d'en Castel
March 16, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Es Grau to Arenal d'en Castel

8.59nm 2:03:58
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- Day 5
- Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 3:55 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 26 ft
- Spain Canal de Sant Jordi 39.878333, 4.30833339°52’42” N 4°18’30” E
Arenal d'en Castel to La Mola
March 19, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Arenal d'en Castel to La Mola

15.66nm 4:32:47
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- Day 7
- Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 11:12 AM
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 33 ft
- Spain Destilerías Xoriguer 39.895, 4.25833339°53’42” N 4°15’30” E
La Mola to Mahón dry dock
March 21, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
La Mola to Mahón dry dock

3.91 Nm 1:17:58
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- Day 14
- Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 5:15 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 26 ft
- Spain Canal de Sant Jordi 39.878333, 4.30833339°52’42” N 4°18’30” E
Mahón dry dock to La Mola
March 28, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Mahón dry dock to La Mola

3.45nm 0:54:03
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- Day 17
- Friday, March 31, 2023 at 4:09 AM
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Spain Cala de la Fosca 41.856667, 3.14541°51’24” N 3°8’42” E
Menorca to Costa Brava Cala de la Fosca
March 31, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
32 hours later and we have left the Islas de Baleares behind. First sail with the new antifouling and she is literally flying. Some dead spots of wind along the way. Need to get used to swell again.

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- Day 17
- Friday, March 31, 2023 at 1:27 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Spain Port de Palamós 41.846663, 3.12179541°50’48” N 3°7’18” E
Cala de la Fosca to Bahia Palamos
March 31, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Moving to the bay on the west to avoid the swell wrapping into this bay and to be able to access land. Not the prettiest anchorage but Palamos is a great town with easy and good access to shops and trails.

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- Day 18
- Saturday, April 1, 2023
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Spain Cala de la Fosca 41.855358, 3.14456441°51’19” N 3°8’40” E
Bahía Palamós to Cala de la Fosca
April 1, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Moving back to our original bay, again because of swell direction.

2.41nm 0:41:14
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- Day 21
- Tuesday, April 4, 2023
- 🌬 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Spain Platja des Monestri 41.8469, 3.1197241°50’49” N 3°7’11” E
Cala de la Fosca to Palamós Bahía
April 4, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Moving again for exactly the same reason of swell and to be able to go mtbking.

2.58nm 0:41:18
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- Day 22
- Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 4:12 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Spain Platja de Llafranc 41.892845, 3.19443341°53’34” N 3°11’40” E
Palamós to Llafranc
April 5, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Moving north towards Rosas and to meet Sergio we found a wonderful bay on our previous ride which we set as our destination. A quick hoist of Kevin up the mast to untwist our code 0 halyard.

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- Day 23
- Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Spain Port de la Clota 42.118333, 3.14166742°7’6” N 3°8’30” E
Llafranc to L'escala
April 6, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Heading north to the very large bay of Rosa's. Anchorage in 4m of sand with good wind and swell protection. Our antifouling makeover is working and we gained exceptional speeds on light winds!!! Time to go meet Sergio!!

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- Day 25
- Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 2:30 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Spain Cala Montjoi 42.25, 3.2342°15’0” N 3°13’48” E
L'escala to Badia de Montjoi
April 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
A 4am start to the day with unexpected strong winds forcing us towards the shore needing another 10m of chain to be put out and anchorage in three meters. Barcelona fun train trip via Girona cancelled and a move north to find protection of the NE. Horrible swell and strong winds with an need to sail at an unfortunate wind angle of 40. This coastline is just not great.

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- Day 27
- Monday, April 10, 2023 at 6:35 PM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Rade du Pradeau 43.036667, 6.15666743°2’12” N 6°9’24” E
Spain to France Plage de la Badine
April 10, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Spain to France - an uneventful cold ok miserable crossing with one hour sailing, the remainder engine assist. However crossing the Gulf of Lyon is always risky and I will take no wind versus 30 knot plus winds which is often an occurrence despite the weather forecasts.

We are here in France and will sail a coastline we do not know, Antibes will be our next area to explore ✨🔱💛.

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- Day 29
- Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 10:41 AM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Eze Railway Station 43.721668, 7.3643°43’18” N 7°21’36” E
Hyères to Nice
April 12, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Be careful what you wish for! After a wonderful day exploring the quaint town of Hyères we made the decision to keep moving East to avoid the strong NW winds coming across France. It had been a day of strong winds and the wind and swell direction were favourable to head towards Italy. And as I love night sails I suggested we head off at 8pm to enjoy a good sail. With the most glorious sunset behind us we began our trip. And so after my moaning about our disgusting crossing with no wind we definitely experienced the Gulf of Lyon power and reefed twice and still managed a personal best top speed of over 13! Our brand new antifouling is definitely paying off. Go GypsyDjango! Playing chicken with high speed ferries kept us awake on our night watch. Anchorage destination Nice - not bad 😜. And wow is it spectacular ✨🔱💛

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- Day 29
- Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 5:45 PM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Pointe de Rompa-Talon 43.698333, 7.33333343°41’54” N 7°19’60” E
Mer d'Eze to Baie des Fourmis
April 12, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Moving to a better position in the bay to avoid the wind and swell. This whole area is absolutely spectacular.

3.25nm 0:54:23
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- Day 30
- Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 7:11 PM
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Baie de l'Espalmador 43.696667, 7.32333343°41’48” N 7°19’24” E
Baie des Fourmis to Anse de l'Espalmador
April 13, 2023 in France
Never before have we been on anchor with the waves crashing before reaching us. Also we ended up closer to shore and over rocks. With the wind forecast worsening we were forced to move around the peninsula. Again another beautiful French anchorage💙🇫🇷. At least now tonight will sleep.Read more
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- Day 31
- Friday, April 14, 2023 at 6:15 PM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Italy Spiaggia di Diano Marina 43.9, 8.08166743°54’0” N 8°4’54” E
Nice to Italy Molo Cavour
April 14, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
😭 Where do I begin. After being battered by 1.5m waves breaking over our bow at anchor yesterday late and an emergency engine into the sheltered bay next door, we proceeded to be hit with 35 knot catabatic winds arriving at 10pm. A 1 am to 4 am shift watching the anchor while constantly checking the wind reports which were reporting nothing. Imagine our surprise to find smooth calm seas when leaving the bay early this morning - in order to sail 9 hours to Italy as the French Riviera are being nailed with BF8 gale winds today.

Sailing is not for sissies.

Sad goodbye France - hello Italy !!

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- Day 32
- Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 7:42 AM
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Italy Marina di Andora 43.946667, 8.15166743°56’48” N 8°9’6” E
Andora
April 15, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Molo Cavour to Andora. An early short trip to another bay speaking shelter from this horrible swell. Enough said.

4.94nm 1:27:03
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- Day 32
- Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 2:30 PM
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 20 ft
- Italy Porto di Loano 44.133333, 8.26544°7’60” N 8°15’54” E
Marina Loana
April 15, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Andorra to Marina Loana. Ok so basically we couldn't do it anymore. What's up with the swell on this coastline - if it wasn't for our trip here to mtb at Finale Ligure I would avoid this part of the med. On the bright side this marina is like staying in a 5 star hotel after the basic facilities at Mahón.

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- Day 43
- Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 4:37 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Puntalle 42.706667, 9.25666742°42’24” N 9°15’24” E
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Italy to Corsica Puntalle
April 26, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Using our predict wind trial with departure planning and ready to leave this coastline we chose a suitable timeslot and crossed to Corsica. Grateful for the ferry avoidance task to keep us awake on our way. Nothing like a 328m ferry doing over 20 knots to keep you alert. An uneventful - mostly on engine trip into 2m swell and a spectacular anchorage in Corsica on the other side to make it worthwhile. Now time for some catch-up sleep 💤 ✨💛🔱

97.96nm 22:34:01Read more
TravelerLooking good guys..xx
4/27/23Reply
GypsyDjangoTony on our way to Bonifacio 👏
4/30/23Reply
ah yes, this is one of my favourite past times...taking pics of my husband sleeping...I have many of them ha ha [Beth Read]
4/28/23Reply
GypsyDjangoBeth it’s just so easy 😊
4/30/23Reply
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- Day 44
- Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 12:48 PM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Plage De Loto 42.721192, 9.23334742°43’16” N 9°14’0” E
Plage de Loto
April 27, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Puntalle to Plage de Loto. Moving to the bay next door with reviews of similar to the Caribbean had to be done. And yes spectacular- I am very impressed with Corsica.

But what I didn’t expect were cows on the beach!!!

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- Day 45
- Friday, April 28, 2023 at 6:26 PM
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Port de Ficajola 42.253088, 8.62566342°15’11” N 8°37’32” E
Plage de Ficajola
April 28, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Plage de Loto to Plage de Ficajola. If I wasn’t impressed enough. With the doom and gloom of the weather forecast we are quickly moving south to see if we can beat the wind while still being a tourist. A twelve hour day and a sail with vistas of snow capped mountains- the day was just perfect and then the surprise of the mooring. As we approached I had a little heart failure that our depth sensor wasn’t working but it was simply because close to shore it was over 120m depth. Anchoring really close to shore in 9.8m is not optimal but in the current situation of 0 wind - this is a perfect mooring. Beautiful beyond words.

50.36nm 11:56:46Read more
Travelerlooks perfect!
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- Day 46
- Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 4:54 PM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Butturacci 41.734413, 8.78161541°44’4” N 8°46’54” E
Baie de Cupabia
April 29, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Plage de Ficajola to Baie de Cupabia. Another big day sailing south. A good easy anchorage in perfect sand with a 7m depth - 300m from the beach. And the decision made to stay for two days before going to Bonifacio to wait out the bad weather instead of crossing the strait of Bonifacio to Sardegna. I am happy to be able to visit Bonifacio again. Sadly without Tony this time 🥹. It’s a good decision - as it’s been go go go and a great opportunity to relax 👏

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- Day 48
- Monday, May 1, 2023 at 3:06 PM
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Plage de Pargan 41.398841, 9.13152741°23’56” N 9°7’53” E
Bonifacio Fazzioulu and Paragnanu
May 1, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Baie de Cupabia to Bonifacio Fazzioulu and Paragnanu. With strong westerly winds we tried to anchor in Fazzioulu but the risk with the 20knt wind and waves on our bow we decided to move to the larger bay next door which was as un protected but had more space. However the swell and waves was going to make for a very unpleasant night and so the anchorage was brief. Sadly our visit to Bonifacio was not to be.

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- Day 48
- Monday, May 1, 2023 at 4:49 PM
- 🌬 17 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Italy La Marmorata 41.251045, 9.23663741°15’4” N 9°14’12” E
Sardegna Cala Marmorata
May 1, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Bonifacio Paragnanu to Sardegna Cala Marmorata. I have no words. Ok I have some. After failing to find safe anchorage on the bottom of Corsica- Bonifacio we said goodbye to Corsica- flew across the straits and decided to see if the Italians had anything better to offer. After an average of over 8 before dropping sails and anchoring this was a wonderful sailing experience and PB time. As far as anchor points - boy they did have something to offer. My best thing is not revisiting previous anchorages but rather the delight of finding new ones. And this one is exceptional 💛Read more
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