Corsica Calvi
7 aprile, Francia ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Spain Blanes to Corsica Calvi. Anchored outside the old town and a good bay to do so just after midnight in the dark. A good but slow crossing with all the growth in our hulls but that is why we areLeggi altro
Saint-Florent
11 aprile, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Just another Corsican town. 2 bad weather days in a mediocre anchorage and an attempt to sail north thwarted by mother nature and a return to shelter in the marina for 2 nights. At least we had anLeggi altro
Anse d'Alisu
15 aprile, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Sant Florent marina to Anse d'alisu. Anchor in 4m . A lot of swell but a beautiful bay. A really special hike into the hills behind. Mostly alone and two nights in this isolated bay.
Saint-FlorentLeggi altro
Macinaggio
17 aprile, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Well this was a nice surprise. After solitude it was time to appreciate a little bit of society and the best pizza I have ever eaten. So apparently Corsicans can make better pizza than the Italians.Leggi altro
Bastia Bay
19 aprile, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Macinaggio to Bastia Bay. We couldn't possibly be slower. Fortunately tomorrow we haul out!! GypsyDjango is getting a cleaning!!! Long overdue ❤️ Bastia looks magical ✨
Plage Canella
24 aprile, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Bastia CNB shipyard to half way down the coastline. 7h54. A flat swelly coastline but fortunately very calm tonight. Anchor in 3m sand 500m from the coast!! An early start tomorrow and good to be backLeggi altro
Golfe de Pinarellu
25 aprile, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Unbelievable. 4.7 average on our 7 hour journey!!! What an overwhelming difference since the successful antifouling project to GypsyDjango. Long may it last. May the returns - ching ching of theLeggi altro
Saint Cyprien
28 aprile, Francia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Golfe de Pinarellu to Saint Cyprien. A change in wind direction to northerly and a reason to explore the rock pools in the mountains by bike. A strong wind in the bay, which I hate but Kev loves for aLeggi altro
Porto Vecchio Bay
3 maggio, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Saint Cyprien to Porto Vecchio Bay. Might as well be called shipwreck bay. Or mud bay. It was fun to hoist the anchor and clean the mud off. Despite the warnings and visuals of the 5 shipwrecksLeggi altro
Rodinara Bay
7 maggio, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Porto vecchio to Saint Cyprian bay to fetch my watch and then to Rodinara Bay. What an amazing find. Small bay, not much space for many boats.
3.5m depth good sand. Good riding on an overgrown pathLeggi altro
Porto Novo West
15 maggio, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Anse de la folaca to Porto Novo West. Enough already. Sad to leave such a spectacular bay but it's time to get some swell protection. A hop and a skip away and Porto Novo West is a totally natural bayLeggi altro
Italy Lipari White Lido
21 maggio, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Corse Porto Novo West to Italy Lipari White Lido. 70 hours from Corsica to Lipari and possibly our best sail yet. 17 percent engine, 83 percent sail. A run the whole way with beautiful sunrises andLeggi altro
Lipari
23 maggio, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Lipari to Messina Galligo. A good sail. Timed the straits perfectly with slack tide. What was supposed to take 9 hours to the mouth took 9.59 to our anchorage. And of course the compulsory trip toLeggi altro
Fteri Caves
26 maggio, Grecia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Messina strait to Cephalonia Fteri Caves. One of our favourites. Only tenable in very light winds and nothing from the west. A great opportunity to run and explore the hidden caves. 4 nights in an offLeggi altro
Vasliki
30 maggio, Grecia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Fteri Caves to Vasliki. Aah we have no food. How sad. Return to civilization and windy Vasliki which boast epic catabatic winds like clockwork at 2.30pm irrespective of the wind forecast. I guessLeggi altro
Mikros Gialos
1 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Vasliki to Mikros Gialos. Escaping the blast of Vasliki before heading north. Very busy bay and difficult to find decent anchorage. Good run in the morning to the charter base for summer holidays nextLeggi altro
Nsis Meganisi
2 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Mikros Gialos to Nsis Meganisi. So this year is about amazing finds. Really only a 1 boat anchorage. No access to land and open to the elements but what a spectacular place to go to sleep and to wakeLeggi altro
Kalamos Episkopi Trachilos
3 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Nsis Meganisi to Kalamos Episkopi Trachilos. Moving on to Preveza where we will meet Lara and Gary, a new island and a new bay. Unfortunately because of the wind and the tricky anchorage and boatsLeggi altro
Lefkada Vhilo Bay
4 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Kalamos Episkopi Trachilos to Lefkada Vhilo Bay. A change of plan. Not going to cow bay but hurricane hole otherwise known as tranquility bay where we sheltered in the medicane in 2020. The wind wasLeggi altro
Varko East
5 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Vhilo bay to Varko East. Back to heading north. Too busy in cow bay. Our usual run in the morning -cut short because of spiders.
Anchor in 6m 6.23nm 1:34:05
Dermatas bay
6 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Varko East Bay to Dermatas bay. A bay with only one brave navily reviewer. Anchored in 3 m surrounded by a rock bed. Good grip and a sup to the island with a church and many breeding birds. No oneLeggi altro
2 Rock bay
11 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Lefkada Milos Beach to 2 Rock bay. Stunning stunning stunning. A trip with LG to Acheron Springs. So much water. Cocktails at sunset as always.
26.23nm 6:05:48
Ormos Skouliki
13 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
2 Rock bay to Ormos Skouliki. No access to land as it's steep and tar. A beautiful bay with fresh underground springs and chillier water. Hausers ashore.
5.04nm 1:24:04
Prapamali Beach
14 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Ormos Skouliki to Parga Bay to Parga Bay to Prapamali Beach.
Magical - a quick one to do some shopping in Parga and then anchor in a fair weather exposed to everything bay. An amazing scratchy runLeggi altro
Syvota bay
15 giugno, Grecia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Prapamali Beach to Syvota bay. Time to see our fellow Aussie friends from Dash and enjoy a night out in town. Lines ashore on a different side to normal. Really enjoying this trip.
5.25nm 1:14:17