On 30th August we lifted anchor from Scoglio to head north along the coast. We sailed and motor sailed passing…
Scoglio, Gulfi di Aranchi. Sardinia 28th-30th August
Hi all, Scoglio at anchor …..what a gem. The wind has finally gone and this anchorage is lovely. White sand…
Sailing north to Golfi di Aranchi. Sardinia. 28th August.
On the 28th August with a forecast for light easterlies the wind turned into a 21 true knot northerly, so…
Porto della Taverna bay 25th-27th August 2014.
On 25th August we slipped our lines at 12.45 in 8 knots breeze from La Caletta marina to sail north…
La Caletta marina…….graffiti 25th August 2014.
Hi all, We are told by many Sardinians that they regard themselves as ‘ Sards ‘ first before being ‘Italian’.…
La Caletta, east coast of Sardinia. The Festival in Nuoro. 23rd -25th August 2014.
Hi all, We lifted anchor from Porto della Taverna bay to sail and motor sail south down the east coast…
Coda Cavollo, an uncomfortable move at 1am. Porto della Taverna. 21st-23rd August 2014.
On the 21st August we lifted anchor from San Paolo to motor to the lovely bay and marine reserve of…
San Paulo bay, Sardinia 20-21st August 2014.
We lifted anchor after a calm night at Porto Della Taverna and motored the short distance to anchor in the…
Passing Island of Tavolara and onto Porto della Taverna 19-20th August 2014.
On the 19th August we headed south motoring pas the Gulf of Olbia and past the Island of Tavolara. The…
Porto Rotondo, Sardinia 18-19th August 2014.
Hi all We left Cannigione to motor along the coast past the enormous super yachts around the Porto Cervo and…
J class yachts and Wallys at Rolex cup, Porto Cervo. 2014.
Hi all, Our dear friends Lorenzo and Mabi kindly asked us to there home here for a lovely evening and…
Cannigione in strong winds,13th-18th August 2014. N46:06.26 E009:26.79
Hi all, When the maestral wind blows….it blows. We have had 5 nights here on a buoy in the bay…
Life ashore…Cannigione street market August 2014
Hi all, A few photos of the really interesting street market in Cannigione….strangely shaped cheeses and local products. Love to…
Leaving Maddalena ….strong winds again. 13th August 2014
Photos leaving Maddalena…………Wind, wind and more wind again …. Love to all T and T x
Islands of Maddalena and Caprera. 11th -13th August. 2014. 41.12:84N 009.24:64E
Hi all, We motored in hot humidity from Cannigione to the town of La Maddalena on Maddalena. We decided to…
Liscia Bay and Cannigione , Sardinia. 8th- 9th August 2014. 41.06:27N 009.26:70E
Hi all, With strong winds forecast , yet again, we decided to seek some shelter leaving Capo Testa at 14.25…
Porto Cervo by car with Lorenzo 8th August 2014
En route to a lovely evening with Mabi and Lorenzo on 8th August, we spent a couple of hours at…
Capo Testa, Sardinia …snorkelling on Roman columns. 5th -7th August 2014. 41.14:28N 009.09:82E
Hi all, Capo Testa is situated on the North west coast of Sardinia. The bay is surrounded by strange shaped…
Heading south again….Pinarellu, Santa Amanza, Passage de Piantarella. Corsica. 4th-6th August 2014 41.26:027N 009.13:59E
Hi all, On the 4th August we lifted our anchor from the bay of Pinarellu, Corsica in 7/9 knots true…
Wow…unbelievable…. Fire planes in Pinarellu, Corsica. 4th August 2014.
Hi all , Well those of you who follow our blogs will remember my blog about us motoring in late…
Baie de Pinarellu , Corsica. 2nd – 4th August 2014 41.40:55N 009.22:59E
Hi all, We lifted anchor from Ciprianu to head north along the coast. It seems that heading further north from…
Baie de San Ciprianu, Corsica. 29th July -2nd August. 2014. 41.38:097N 009.21:29E
Hi all, We slipped our lines from Porto Vecchio marina at 11.45 hrs to head north up the coast of…
Porto Vecchio, Corsica. 27th-29th July 2014. 41.35:46N 009.17:08E
On 27th July we lifted anchor to head north to Porto Vecchio. In 16-22 true knots we sailed with 2…
Heading North to Corsica. 26th -27th July 2014. 41.25:97N 009.13:63E
At 08.43 hrs on 26th July we lifted anchor from Porto Liscia bay to sail across the straits of Bonifacio…
Liscia bay , Sardinia 24th-26th July 2014. 41.11:61N 009.18:52E
Hi all, On 24 th July we lifted anchor from Pevero bay to head north along the coast to Porto…
Beautiful Pevero bay, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia. 23rd-24 th July 2014. 41.06:96N 009.32:55E
Hi all, After a welcome calm night at anchor in Cala Capriccoli we lifted anchor to motor the short distance…
Do camper vans drag around the field …..???? Portisco 20th- 22nd July 2014 Sardinia. 41.02:18N 009.31:56E
Hi all, Well those of you who follow our blogs will know how much I love Tioram and the thousands…
North bay, Cannigione, Saline bay and Cannigione marina. 1st -12th July 2014
Hi all, We have enjoyed a few calm days before heading back to Cannigione marina to get a repair done…
Cannigione marina 29-30th June 2014. Wind, wind and more wind. N41:06.49 E009:26.55
Hi all, Well how did the seafarers and ‘sailors of old’ manage….that s what I want to know. Because all…
North bay, Cannigione, Sardinia. 28-29th June 2014. N41:07.91 E009:27.97
Lovely evening at anchor in North bay, Cannigione. A flying ‘rib’ took off in the bay near us. Never seen…
Sardinia by car . 27th June 2014. N41:01.92 E009:31.50
Hi all, Whilst safely tied up in Portisco marina we decided to hire a car to explore the interior of…
Sailing the area and Cala Lazarina bay, Lavezzi Islands , off Corsica. 22-26th June 2014 N41:20.22 E009:15.06
Hi all , 22nd June sailed across Straits from Bonifacio to Capo Testa bay, Sardinia and overnight in Santa Theresa…
Bonifacio, Corsica. 21st June 2014. N41:23.34 E009:09.83
Hi all, At 11.15 on 21st June we slipped our lines from Last Maddalena to sail across the Bonifacio Straits…
Cannigione to Maddalena . 19th-20th June 2014 N41:12:85 E009:24.64
Hi all, At 12.15 on 19th June we slipped our lines from the marina in Cannigione to sail to the…
Sailing around Cannigione, Maddalena, Costa Smeralda and Portisco. 13th -20th July 2014.
Hi all, Well the wind certainly knows how to blow in Sardinia. After maestrali after maestrali we finally slipped our…
Cannigione, Sardinia 17-19th June 2014 N41:06.50 E009:26.54
Cannigione has a great atmosphere, especially at night. Here are some photos of the street market.
Sardinia ,Italy. Exploring the North East coast of Sardinia . 10th -17th June 2014.
Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily. It is 260 km long and 135 km wide.…
Cannigione Carnival July 2014
Here are some great atmospheric photos of the evening celebrations ashore, the parade and craft market stalls. Love to all…
Cannigione and the World Cup July 2014 41.06:50N 009.26:54E
We all know that the World Cup event is licence for groups of people to get together and watch the…
Joining Tioram, Olbia, Sardinia. 7th June 2014.
Hi dear family and friends, It’s a strange feeling flying into join Tioram in a different country to where we…
Deb joins Tioram. May 2014. – Greece to Sardinia – N41:06.50 E09:26.54
I have sailed in Greece with my husband Pete for many years and we have a boat based in the…
A great day sailing in Sardinia, 21st May 2014 N41:07.96 E009:28.053
What a great days sail. We left Capo Cada at around 12-00pm after our first complete nights sleep for a…
A watch keepers life 02.00am 20th May 2014, N39:53.44 E011:47.16
It,s 2.00 am on Tuesday morning and just had the change of watch. Pete is off to bed. Another still…
Arrival in Sardinia. 19th May 2014, N40:50.58 E09:43.21 ,672 miles completed.
Tioram has arrived in Sardinia. At 21.43 last night on the 20th May we dropped anchor in the small bay of…
Getting the kite up at last. 20.41hrs, 19th May 2014. N38:41.51 E012:32.80
Only 150 miles to go to our destination in Sardinia. We have had a good days sail. The winds have…
Monday morning, 10.00 am 19th May 2014. N39:10.52 E13:29.27
Its Monday morning and only 200 miles to go to Sardinia. We had light rain over night and first thing…
Away towards Sardinia. 18th May, 2014, 21.20hrs. N38:36.23 E014:58.94
We are just passing through a group of Islands called “Isole Eolie” which sit just north of Sicily. We have had…
Leaving the Messina Straits 18th May 2014, 15.00hrs N38:22.19 E015:38.89
Position only.
Entrance to the Messina Straits. 18th May 2014 09.00hrs. N37:50.023 E015:33.44
Position only.
Approaching Messina. 07.50hrs, 18th May 2014. N37:51.78 E016:08.18
A busy night approaching Messina, lots of small fishing boats and pot buoys. It was a night spent looking at…