A short recap: we arrived in Carloforte (San Pietro island, SW-Sardinia) already 4 days ago after a rather uneventful passage from Favignana; we even allowed ourselves to spend a night at anchor near Cape Teulada to allow Lorenzo to enjoy his only swim and evening barbecue of the whole cruise… Sunday night in Carloforte we finish off with a lavish … Continua a leggere
We have left Lipari…TWICE! A couple of hours after the first start, the engine started acting-up again just when we were considering a stopover in Salina for a quick plunge. We decided to head back to Lipari, hoping to find a competent mechanic that could detect what affects our engine; needless to say, the wind dropped so our return took … Continua a leggere
The passage from Brindisi to the Aeolian Islands has been tough: the first two days we had a force-7 gale, initially on the stern and later abeam, with rather high seas which managed on a couple of occasions to splash in our cockpit. Shaula behaved quite well and we were clearly much better accustomed to the boat’s motion, but then … Continua a leggere
We are moored in the Marina di Brindisi to check the engine that died again after about ten hours of working. Apparently it was due to a fuel starvation problem caused by a fouled filter, but I would like that to be double-checked by a mechanic. The difficult thing is to get hold of somebody: quite unlike Vieste, here nobody … Continua a leggere
short footer We have sailed 300 miles in 54 hours (not too bad!) and we decided to stop in Vieste, which we never visited before. A moment of panic when we were entering the harbour and the engine control started acting up; despiete the cross-wind, all went well, and the problem later turned up to be just due to a … Continua a leggere