Category Archives: Balearics & Sardinia

Fish on!

We have covered about 330 nautical miles since Monday lunch time, leaving Sardinia with a very steady 7-10 knot wind from the north east.  The first evening at sea we had a bite on our new lure ‘Baby Bob’ (previous … Continue reading

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Leaving Sardinia

After a couple of days adjusting back to just each other for company, we have had visitors for almost a month and it seems so quiet now, we headed south down the east coast of Sardinia as the winds were … Continue reading

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La Maddalena, Sardinia

We have had a great couple of weeks with Jez’s brother and his family.  After a brief trip south of Olbia to San Teodora where we anchored off a very long busy beach with a great little restaurant, we purchased … Continue reading

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NE Sardinia

We have cruised around the NE corner of Sardinia, although the journey from Asinara to the NE point was wind on nose and very choppy, but once around the corner between La Maddalena group of Islands and the mainland conditions … Continue reading

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A Fishy Tale in Sardinia

Well we made it through Fornelli’s Passage in glorious sunshine, after enjoying the beauty of the north west coast of Sardinia.  We sailed for a while and then the wind backed and dropped so unfortunately the donk went on again.  … Continue reading

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Beautiful Sardinia

Our journey from Menorca to Sardinia was about 220 miles and took two days and one night, with unfortunately no wind a lot of the journey but with a flat calm sea and sunshine so it was still very enjoyable … Continue reading

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Menorca

Arrived in Menorca after a lovely overnight sail, initially we headed for Cuidadela and after anchoring at about 5.30am and turning in for a bit of a kip, we were rudely awoken at 6am by a pilot boat informing us … Continue reading

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Mallorca

We arrived on the southern coast of Mallorca after a 15 hour sail from Ibiza, winds were reasonably strong from the starboard aft quarter as forecast and so we sailed well, the only fight on the helm was the sea … Continue reading

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