Passaggio della Pelosa

The huge motor yacht is dragging towards us! What will we do? Where will we go? Will we survive?

This blog is written by Colm.

We motor to a nice anchorage near Alghero but have to re-anchor soon after because a red motor-yacht nearly drags down on top of us. After that we have a nice dinner and drift off to sleep.
In the morning we motor-sail north up the coast. We travel through a shallow passage between two islands at a top of Sardina to get to the beautiful anchorage of Paseo Della Pelosa.
Here I learn how to dive the 1.3 metres off the side of Regal. We all have great fun diving down to the sandy seabed catching hold of the anchor and looking at flounder flat-fish. Ronan and I SUP into the local shop to get some bread and vegetables. Back on the paddleboard, Dad and I go on a little adventure around the area and enjoy the view of the two old towers on the shoreline.
We have a fabulous party to celebrate a special day, it is one full year since Régal sailed out of Cork harbour. We have lots of crisps, nuts and drinks and I have a Fanta. Ronan cooks a delicious barbecue for dinner and we all make a speech.

The next day we find out that a wind is coming which will make this anchorage untenable. We head for an island called Asinara where there will be better protection from the strong northeasterly wind.
On the journey the sea is speckled with dan-buoys. We arrive in the afternoon, pick up a mooring bouy and have some tea and biscuits. We have plans to go into the port but they are all blown away by the strong wind. With gusts up to 30 knots it is impossible to launch the dinghy.
The next day when the gusts are gone Ronan , Margaret and I go ashore for a walk. Looking down at water, we see some seabream munching on a ray carcass. After the walk we weigh anchor and head back to Paseo Della Pelosa.
On one of the four days here ,we all swim the seven hundred metres to the shore while I have the dinghy harnessed to me. This is my new strength and conditioning routine. We have a coffee , do some shopping and swim back, this time mom rows the dinghy - Lee swim here we come!
Over the next few days we enjoy the sunshine and clear waters in this lovely spot.Read more