Farewell South Africa
12 marzo 2024, Sud Africa ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
A sad farewell to family, friends and home. Europe here we come ❤️
Menorca Es Grau
16 marzo 2024, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
With trepidation and an early start we left Marina Menorca to continue our life on the sea and to yet again embrace Mother Nature. First stop Es Grau - a favourite with shelter and beauty. A rest hereLeggi altro
Sardegna Masua
19 marzo 2024, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Menorca to Sardegna Masua. Third country in the last week. Been a crazy time from South Africa to Spain to sail to Italy. Windy Sardegna here we are. A beautiful bay to rest in before the windLeggi altro
Tuerreda Ovest
22 marzo 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
11 hours and an early morning. I don't remember this bay. Kevin does. Too many anchorages maybe. The promised wind did not sadly materialize. Now we bunker down till favourable winds to sail NE toLeggi altro
Capo Ferrato South
23 marzo 2024, Italia ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Tuerredda Ovest to Capo Ferrato South What was meant to be a night sail to coward bay (Arbatax) ended up being a day sail and night anchorage. Strong winds (good top speed 9.2) while running-Leggi altro
San Gemiliano Ovest
24 marzo 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Capo Ferrato South to San Gemiliano Ovest. Just outside of Arbatax - hiding from the swell. Crazy ride in the wind from 4 to 20 to 30 Knott's and after we did an emergency reef it settled in at 8 andLeggi altro
Capo Coda Cavallo
25 marzo 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
San Gemiliano Ovest to Capo Coda Cavallo. Another great sail. Further north and we are now at Olbia. Strange to anchor at midnight and be in the pitch black of night and be comfortable with droppingLeggi altro
Molo Vecchio e Molo Brin - Banchine Pubb
29 marzo 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Capo Coda Cavallo to public quay. Aah it's time, we have run out of water and food. Mostly. It's been two weeks since we shopped and filled up with water. Whoop whoop!!! It has also been two weeksLeggi altro
Porto Pevero
30 marzo 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Molo Brin - Banchine Pubbliche to Porto Pevero. Sadly we have left the public dock and are heading North with a very strong headwind out of Olbia into 28 knot gusts. It was all fun and games onLeggi altro
Cala Liscia
1 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Porto Pevero to Cala Liscia. Enough said. Moving back south because of the forecast Westerly. Very cold 5 layers of clothing. A nice visit by the Guardia 🤣👣
La Maddelena Giardinelli
4 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Cala Liscia to La Maddelena Giardinelli. One of our favorite anchorages in Sardegna. An unbelievable anchorage amongst the rocks in turquoise water. Not much swing room but we are fortunately the onlyLeggi altro
Cala Garibaldi
5 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Giardinelli to Cala Garibaldi. Anchored outside of the legendary abandoned Club Med Village of Caprera- closed down after sixty years and one that was opened in 1965. Good MTB ride.
Porto Pevero
7 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Cala Garibaldi to Porto Pevero. Sadly it is time to leave the amazing Caprera after a beautiful ride.and all it's history. I can't wait to write about it and our exploring. Back to Porto Pevero. ALeggi altro
Molo Brin - Banchine Pubbliche
9 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Porto Pevero to Molo Brin - Banchine Pubbliche. A big day out to the Olbia public quay and time for water and food supplies and washing!!!! before leaving Sardegna.
Time for a hike run before we setLeggi altro
Capo Cabo Cavallo
11 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Molo Brin - Banchine Pubbliche to Capo Cabo Cavallo. How sad to leave after much enjoyed civilization especially when the mooring is safe and free (and has a view of the big wheel ✨). A brief stopLeggi altro
Sicily Lido Burrone
14 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Sardegna Capo Coda Cavallo to Sicily Lido Burrone . 50 hours later 🤣 . An average of 4.3 and mostly engine and unpleasant swell. A few stowaways joined us on the trip but by the time the comeLeggi altro
Cornino
14 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Sicily Lido Burrone to Cornino. Another 6 hours on top of the 50 on the crossing from Sardegna. All engine and unfavourable current. Average 3.9 🤣. Exhausted but knowing what's coming and needeingLeggi altro
Isolla Delle Femine Sur
15 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Cornino to Isolla Delle Femine Sur . Wow another early morning, more difficult swelly and another slow engine day. Average 3.9 for 8h31. Wind forecast no wind but catabatic winds of over 40 knotsLeggi altro
Messina Galico
17–18 apr 2024, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Isolla Delle Femine Sur to Messina Galico. On the move. A choice to continue sailing the top of Sicily to the Messina strait as the winds will allow us to enter the Correnti Dello Stretto inLeggi altro
Sicily Taormina N
17 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Reggio Messina Galico to Sicily Taormina N. It looks close but isn't. 5 hours of exceptionally strong winds crossing the Messina back to Sicily side. After our drop and shop, fortunately I did notLeggi altro
Italy Bovalino
19 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Taormina N to Bovalino. Happy birthday Kevin 💃. Dropping just past midnight and goung to bed to be awoken by the Guardia 30 minutes later. An average bay but chosen purely for depth and catch-up onLeggi altro
Soverato Beach
19 aprile 2024, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Bovalino to Soverato Beach. As the staffers would say, another 10 hour hectic sail. This time the Gaurdia flew to us to ascertain if we were needing rescue. Kevin gave the OK sign as they hovered nextLeggi altro
Paxos Lakka
21 aprile 2024, Grecia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Italy Soverato Beach to Paxos Lakka. Back in the wonderful Ionians and one of favorite bays.
We were flying and our 39 hour ETA ended up 30 hours. Reef, unreef, reef, unreef. Exhausting but worth theLeggi altro
Gaios
23 aprile 2024, Grecia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Lakka to Gaios . Civilization!!! Braai time and a visit to our favorite butcher. Time to give some kitty love and a treat of eating out with the locals ❤️
4.67nm 1:35:16
Two Rock Bay
26 aprile 2024, Grecia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Gaios to Mainland Two Rock Bay. Always looking for an adventure and happy to find somewhere safe enough to leave GypsyDjango while we go find it. The most amazing spring canyon with a round trip 50kmLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreWe had a lovely 6 weeks in your home country back in January, mostly with our daughter’s family in Durban. But also a couple of side trips to game parks in and around Zululand, and a week in Capetown.