Corfu, Storms, Syracuse
The trip from Corfu to Syracuse was through a storm with subsequent damage and the unplanned arrival in Syracuse caused administrative problems
Category: Sicily
Escape from the Boat yard
Well we decided we had to get out of the Marina and Boat yard at Marina do Ragusa or we would go nuts. The weather is incredibly hot and in the marina it is...
Back to Sicily 2021
The fist two weeks back in Sicily, Marina di Ragusa and the boatyard, Cantiere Navale, were a mixture of good and bad and changing expectations back to the slower pace of life. Emotionally very up and down.
Thoughts on Sicily or more specifically Ragusa area
Marina do Ragusa, the things that stay the same and those that change and the differences noted as a New Zealander.
Final Leg for 2019- Corfu- Syracuse-Marina Di Ragusa
Check out of Greece in Corfu was fairly painless only one hour mostly waiting for customs just to hand in our Transit Log Departed at 1815L motored most of the way to Syracusa with...
First Sail / Sea Trials / Gremlins / MdR -Malta
Friends Alan and Christine joined us Monday this week to set sail Tuesday. As normally happens nothing was quite finished. Instruments still going in and both engines not reading correctly. Cupboards open, panels off...
May 2019 – Season Start
Well after three long flights – two on Singapore and one on Ryan Air I arrived into Comiso on a beautiful clear Friday. The flight from Rome to Comiso had been great – over...
MdR – Malta – Licarta and back to MdR. 5-11 July
Wednesday Left early for Pozzallo to clear customs then continue to Malta. Weather very foggy less than 5 k visibility not a great way to start the first trip. Thank goodness for charts and...
Week 6 MdR- 25th June to 3rd July – We become locals and the boat gets launched!!
Monday: Thunder and Lightning and Rain, no work on the hulls though we have got the 220 shore power fixed. No sign of a battery we are waiting for, or a relay for the...
Week 5 MdR – June 18- 24th – Rain, Thunder, Lightning and Sun
Well…., we did a week long plan on Sunday night of all the jobs that needed completing. Hew saw the yard manager Monday morning and they agreed on the jobs. By Monday afternoon it...
