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Wintering in Arbatax



We are located in the port of Arbatax already been a month, how time flies ...
Life revolves on board and we begin to take our brands after acknowledging around with our little bikes. The place
is very nice, very clean and wearing clean water, only the 2 large cranes near the commercial port and major project Intermare (construction of oil rigs) that could be embarrassing but there is very little activity at this time.
Lucio, the head of the marina is very nice and helpful, he is assisted by a friendly English arrived by boat and settled here for eight years.
West Side Arbatax, extends a long beach lined with pine trees along a picturesque bay on the bottom of mountains and accented with small lagoons. In the middle of the bay, the island of Ogliastra , Pebble-covered cactus that gives its name to the province.
East Side, a large hill topped by a lighthouse and covered with eucalyptus and pine. The rock is red and the seaside cliffs are spectacular, like the Cala Moresca.
Southside, Arbatax, believed to be a small village, we were surprised because many buildings and residential areas were developed but are invisible from the port.
A road, on any flat ground (useful for cycling) joined Arbatax Tortoli distance of 4 miles. This small city of 10,000 inhabitants, with a modest airport (Which operates only in summer) is very much alive and we go there often.
the right of the road lies a large shopping area where you find everything you need and which is less than 2 kms from the port.
Surrounds Tortoli, except the eastern side we have mentioned, are mainly agricultural. Orange orchards, olive, pomegranate and other fruit are everywhere ... Later, at the foot of the mountains, large green pastures with grazing sheep jingling their bells.
On leaving the town, we immediately find small roads sympathetic one of which runs along a very steep hill with beautiful houses surrounded by beautiful gardens. This small road climbs and then attack the hill with very steep slopes, pigs free soil burrow their snouts, they can keep track. It meanders through and cysts, juniper, myrtle, lavender and cactus to the top of this rocky hill on foot to explore the town of Tortoli and sea
Another time, we take a small road that passes through plantations of orange, tangerine, pomegranate and other fruit. It is mid-November and the weather is wonderful, we walk quietly in the scents of flowers loquat, orange, most of which are covered with fruits which are colored and some are in bloom.
The area is beautiful, it's just unfortunate that the Sardinians are not a bit more concerned about their environment ... Indeed, the roadsides are littered with papers, plastic bags, bottles and other litter, fly-tipping are also many ... Too bad!
Mornings are often used to maintain the boat, we rinsed and stored in the sails, clean the funds, replaced the used equipment ... etc. This means that we do not see the time go!
We are thinking already at a small interlude to a month in Britain, the return is expected on December 9.
you soon.

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Ver wintering in Arbatax Arbatax


Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 September - Calasetta

Weather conditions have deteriorated altogether, every day we are entitled to thunderstorms and heavy showers, so we decide to stay in this small port, although immune.
We enjoy the lull periods to visit the village and its surroundings. Calasetta not particularly attractive, the streets are straight and form a regular grid, an ancient tower restored watchtower overlooking the village.
A fishing port and trade occupies the eastern tip, the ferry traffic between Calasetta is relatively large and Carlo Forte.
The west coast is very rugged and made of a reddish brown cliffs falling into the sea, many rocks are riddled with holes caused by erosion.
We will also walk along small country roads along the vineyards and olive groves and we enjoy the quiet of the place.
One day in a small back street, we pass a sort of basement / garage is open. Is parked in front of a small scooter containing buckets of grapes pressed. As we
curious and look inside, a man asks us to return. This is a small cellar where the man makes his homemade wine, and his name is Lino has two hectares of vines, grapes and Cannonau Monica.
We propose to taste his wine, which I accept with pleasure, you can imagine, especially since it is very good!
We ask him if he agrees to sell and we put four liters but no more!
This man, a former merchant navy is very nice and we will be a good time to chat in Italian for the least hesitation.

Sunday, September 20 - Calasetta - Teulada - 31 miles

Seeing the weather that should not work out as planned, we enjoy a day of calm to begin the return to Arbatax.
However, the swell is well formed and the navigation is not very nice, daubed sailor ... The wind from the West that is favorable to us begins to force it to noon and will crescendo, reaching over 30 knots about 15 hours, when we double Cape Teulada to enter the bay of the same name. This is another arrival with great fanfare, the spray flying into the port ... However, once inside, calm returned.
This small port is built into this strange deserted place where there is nothing! The village is 8 kilometers inland. We will therefore only a short stop.

Monday, September 21 - Teulada - Cagliari - 33000

It is difficult to get a weather forecast here, especially since have failed to capture the Navtex. Depending on the weather of the captaincy, little wind is expected today, but we do not know the state that take the sky. Time
morning being calm and knowing that the weather is scheduled for Wednesday, we go to Cagliari where we will be immune.
On VHF, I mean that thunderstorms are expected across ... Worrying black clouds swell before us and soon we can see that it rains along the mountains ... at this moment, we have over twenty miles to go.
The rain soon joined us, accompanied by wind. We took the precaution to reduce the sail past and we experience a heavy rain sheltered under the hood while qu'Algieba moves on smoothly.
Visibility gradually comes back and the rain stopped and ... the wind! We must cast off the reef and then start the engine.
As we move towards Cagliari back to sailing, another storm develops behind us and the mountains with an inky black sky and lightning, but fortunately, we do not catch up (with the help of the engine) and we come to Cagliari with only a few drops.
This time, it will be the Marina di Sole is moderately bound but is less expensive than others. The mooring lines are full of mold and black mud of a foul odor and should immediately wash the front of the bridge and pass the dangling jet!
This marina is full of English, the boats are hauled on a construction site "mess" and the boss, a bit bohemian, walks on the dock with her four large dogs.

September 22 to October 17 - Cagliari and return to Britain

Finally, the marina is pretty nice and we decide to stay a few days before getting back on Arbatax. We find our friends, Charley and Dominique Bastien and continue our visit to Cagliari, definitely a beautiful city.
Monday, September 28, bad news comes to us from Britain, my father, aged 86, is hospitalized, it's pretty serious. His condition worsened, we decided to go and arrive in Britain on Thursday, unfortunately, He died the next day.
We remain a dozen days there then we go back to Cagliari as we need to be Arbatax between 15 and 20.

October 18 - Cagliari - Villasimius - 22000

The wind blows in succession, we have to wait until Sunday before beginning a little unsettled weather navigation and gusty wind. Arrival at a marina in Villasimius almost deserted, it's a contrast to our previous visit! We
a walk to the town, the surroundings are very pretty and highly developed for tourism.

October 19 - Villasimius - Porto Corallo - 26,000

Another small step (voluntary) because there is little wind and it is very irregular. On leaving the port, we have a good downwind and through.
After the passage of the Narrows between the island and Carbonera Cavoli (cabbage in Italian), we take a close-hauled by 18/20 knots then all of a sudden, the wind stops while a great wave of North installs and makes navigation a bit tedious, much of the road will then be made to the engine with a few interludes of sailing.

October 20 - Porto Corallo - Arbatax - 33,000

last step that takes us from 2009 to Arbatax in light wind, sun and calm sea. The forecast is a south wind increasing during the day but remain weak ... For cons, it rolls down the next night but we will be well protected in the port of Arbatax where we were installed at place well protected.
And we go for a station nearly six months in this small village nestled at the foot of the mountains because we intend to bring the boat ashore in late February. He will need to dry a little, then a good refit.
soon for more news from wintering.

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From the The island of San Pietro Sardinia East Coast

Saturday, August 29 - Arbatax - Porto Corallo - 43,000


Departing in Arbatax contrary breeze, the boat works well on flat water but we need to tack near the coast. To 13h, the wind turns more southerly and strengthens, the edges become more difficult because the sea is widening the road and we do more.
We drive along a rugged coastline made of a succession of headlands and coves, the small island of Quirra in our way and we still get an edge for double ... We still have 7 miles to go.
At this point, the wind rotates 90 ° in force at 25 knots, full through. We do not laugh, I'm just opening the mainsail and the genoa and reduce us to Porto Corallo veins in 8 knots!

Sunday, August 30 to Monday, August 31 - Porto Corallo

We stay three days in this small town lost. We take this opportunity to recover the navigation of the day, wash the boat and recharge water. There is not much to see, it's a vacation place with a campsite and holiday village nearby.
However, the coast is pretty small beaches interspersed with rocky areas, the campaign is rather arid.
We are trying to reach a small nearby town (Villaputzu) off but it's too far and we give it up. We take the bus the next day to visit this large village a little lost with a large number of houses whose facades reveal unfinished brick or cement block!

Tuesday 1st September - Porto Corallo-Villasimius (26 miles)

Our English friends, Liz and Julian of Golden Dawn are Cagliari and back to the East Coast. We therefore agree a place to find us and it will Villasimius, located about halfway between Cagliari and Porto Corallo.
Wind is, this time more favorable wind and moderately wrong, we move between the coast and the island Serpentara then we double Cape Carbonara passing through a bottleneck between the cape of the island Cavoli, large stone topped by a lighthouse.
The wind pushes us now as we go round the course to enter the bay of Carbonara and we see, with binoculars, Golden Dawn, which is anchored to the bottom of the bay.
The anchor drops on a white sand bottom and we find our friends Liz and Julian to tell us about our mutual adventures.
Golden Dawn was the first boat that we met. It was in Gijon, in our first stage last year ...
However, while we talk, the boat begins to roll and we realize that the swell enters the bay and makes the anchorage uncomfortable. Decision is taken back to the marina nearby after taking a nice bath and we will resume our discussions there good "tips."




Wednesday, September 2 - Villasimius-Cagliari (22 miles)

The wind is still with us today and blew three quarters back to 12 knots when we leave, no regrets, this artificial marina after saying- goodbye to our English friends. We therefore
veins quickly, especially as this wind is getting stronger and reaches 25 to 28 knots around midday set. Sometimes we start to surf the waves, it is happiness, we want more!
Then it was the arrival in the major port of Cagliari, where cargo leaving and entering and other large container carriers ... We go to the marina Sant'Elmo because we intend to inform us about overwintering conditions.

Thursday, September 3 to Saturday 5 September - The capital Cagliari

Sarde is a vibrant city, with a circulation of hell but also a very beautiful city with the old castle district which is actually a veritable fortress with its ramparts, towers, gates, streets. At the peak, a lovely plaza with views over the city and the sea
It is also pleasant to walk in the old cosmopolitan and colorful neighborhoods where there are small churches inserted into the rows of houses.
The city was founded by the Phoenicians in the sixth century BC and was occupied by the Romans and was fortified by Pisani in the Middle Ages. They built the most beautiful buildings including the cathedral and the towers of the elephant and San Pancrazio. It was later conquered by the Aragonese in the 13th century.
Today is a modern metropolis with an airport and a major trading port.
We take our time here to visit our friends to Vannetais Dam'Marine which is moored in a small port just outside the city. Loulou and Dominic decided to spend the winter and settled.
We hesitated, Marina Sant'Elmo is a little expensive, but the main problem is that we can not work on the boat when ashore. You have to complete all work by local professionals, which is out of question ... In addition, the harbor water is dirty, very very dirty! So we choose ... Arbatax

Sunday, September 6-Cagliari - Malfatano Bay (35 miles)

Before getting back on Arbatax, we continue our journey south / southwest. The major port of Cagliari is left in our wake a fair wind from the West that leads us nicely. We
and road crossing some petroleum terminal located just below the city.
Suddenly the wind shifted 180 degrees and comes from the southeast, forcing us to sail close to an edge but supports our way. When doubling the Capo di Pula, where lie the ruins of a city of the period Nuraghe the wind shifted suddenly to the southwest and this time we take an edge seaward to double the Cape.
The wind began to freshen 25/30 knots, rising seas and short lasting, it becomes a little galley. The boat becomes a submarine, water submerges the entire front as it passes through the wave, we go hard with the mainsail with 2 reef, genoa reduced in the angry hiss of the wind and the road is long ... I remember the day my 60 years!
Finally, after much typing and makes the leap-sheep, we are for the entrance of the bay Malfatano, shelter as desired! We put the engine crossing the last 3 miles that separate us and eventually succeed in this beautiful haven where the sea becomes flat.
The anchor is thrown into clear water by 5 meters on a sandy bottom and sea grass, she immediately eighth in the sand and we are quiet! Besides the wind decreases and becomes zero at dusk.
We had read that the Gulf of Cagliari is famous for being very windy, but more than the wind, it is mainly the state of the sea which have impressed us.
On the phone, a message for parents who wish me a happy birthday ... They thought we were going to celebrate and have fun!

Monday, September 7 - Bay Malfatano

We remain a day in this beautiful fountain surrounded by mountains ... The program includes swimming, scraping the hull to remove the kinds of small limpets, setting up a latte in the missing mainsail and walk along the coast to the jagged rocks, some of which are made of a soft rock that glows softly in the sun.
the evening, near the boat, a fisherman came up he had put his net in the morning ... Beautiful peaceful image in the light of late afternoon ...

Tuesday, September 8 - Malfatano - Ponte Roman - 31 miles

After doubling Cape guarding the entrance to West Bay Malfatano, we head on Teulada, a small port just 6 miles distant, where there is a possibility of docking and refueling.
Arriving near the fountain seems to us very exposed to prevailing choppy right now, so we turn around and go up the wind to enter the Grand Gulf Di Palmas, bounded by the island to the west San Antioco and the "continent" Sardinian east. The island is also connected to the mainland by a causeway started by the Phoenicians and completed by the Romans.
Ponte Romano is at the bottom of this gulf, near the famous road and is surrounded by salt. We also distinguish the distant white shapes that are a lot of salt.
embouqué After the narrow entrance channel, we enter the port where there are only large wharves clearly designed to accommodate large vessels. Guide specifying that can moor on one of these platforms, we approach and try a mooring but a man in white uniform asks us to "identify", you and your boat "he said in English and to go on a dock on the other side.
So before we obtempérons air vindictive this zealous servant and we realize the other side of tall buildings to discover a large pier to starboard filled with fishing boats to port, an area with a fuel dock and a few places already occupied by vessels.
We end up finding a small niche at the starboard end of the dock, before the fishing boats, we can stay there ...
The place is not ideal and does a little "box", large buildings nearby are abandoned and this is not very clean. Nevertheless, we are further away from the city of San Antioco and we stay a while if you do not dislodge us!

Wednesday, September 9 to Friday, September 11 - Ponte Romano / San Antioco

By midday Wednesday, a violent thunderstorm raged over Ponte Romano, with lots of rain, things get quieter and we can undertake the visit San Antioco distance of 2 miles.
is a very old city, called Sulcis time of the first Carthaginian colony, and claims to have always been inhabited since 2600 years, we have to go a little outside to find the remains of the times old.
We will visit these places is a reconstructed ancient village where were buried and uncovered a Punic necropolis and the remains of an ancient civilization.
The streets of the city sometimes steep, keep some old facades and one can admire beautiful buildings including the Basilica of San Antioco, which is also the patron of Sardinia.

Saturday, September 12 - Ponte Romano - Carlo Forte - 22,000

Navigation quiet, in part to the engine, towards the island of San Pietro. We enter the harbor Carlo Forte in the early afternoon. We planned to go to the Municipal Wharf (free), but it is occupied by passenger vessels, we So we have to switch to one of the marinas.
We will stay here on Sunday and take the opportunity to visit this beautiful colorful city with its beautiful seaside promenade decorated with palm trees and beautiful houses with facades worked.



Then we climb to the ramparts and then it's maze of narrow streets interspersed with steep stairs, and always these pastel-colored houses with pretty balconies carved and often rounded openings.
the evening, we noticed a boat moored at French. We have already met Mark and Catherine traveling aboard "Passenger Wind "A Cigale16 aluminum. It was in Chipiona, in April, before leaving for the new season.
We spend a good time to tell us aboard our respective adventures ... The ship will spend the winter here at Carlo Forte.

Monday, September 14 - Carlo Forte - Calasetta - 5000

The navigation was very short but very eventful! Indeed, we leave Carlo Forte in the late morning to return to the island of S. Antioco. We must move towards an anchorage near Calasetta, north of the island.
Leaving the harbor, we see the distant sky darken, there's a good downwind and we unroll the genoa only, it is progressing well and the trip promises to be short. But the big black clouds are gaining ground and we catch up, the sky is inky and lightning began to streak the sky ... Seeing that bad weather happens, we decide to go to the port that is more remote Calasetta Now that half a mile. We see perfectly
entry and large buoy that marks the northern cardinal shoals
neighbors ... At this point, a severe thunderstorm sounds, accompanied by heavy rain and strong gusts of wind. I can not see the harbor entrance and frankly, I do see anything at all, the curtain of rain was so intense! Fortunately we rolled the genoa.
I turned around and, under bare poles, helping the engine, trying to stay believes in an area where I am sure to find water because we are in shallow all around. We can not even fly in the wind because the coast is nearby. I also stopped all the instruments to avoid grilling by storm ...
The boat heels under strong wind gusts over 50 knots and we still see nothing ... In a hole, I saw the south cardinal buoy which tells me that we stay in the right area, then it becomes blocked again with a vengeance, lightning criss-cross the sky, hail from the horizontal lashing our faces and we continue to wander in front of the harbor entrance without being able to go!
Finally the storm passes, calm returned, and with relief, we can enter this port Calasetta "wet-Guen! So many emotions ...

Making A Floor In A John Boat

Tuesday, August 11 - Aranci - Olbia - 7000

Short but fast navigation with a west wind gusting over 30 knots at times. Around noon, under 3 reef genoa alone, we head 8 knots and we sprinkle it say ...
Then came the entrance channel of Olbia with her pretty little lighthouse. This channel is 3 miles long and we pass huge ferries because Olbia is an important port for passengers and commerce.
the bottom of the harbor, there is an old disused wharf which it is possible to moor.
A large empty space in the middle front of us and we prepare to launch our moorings when a man on the platform pushes us to great things! We understand why later! In
us with guidance, we are able to slip into a parking space, just the size of the boat ...
A little later, two trucks arrived in front of the place we wanted and a huge yacht "Casino Royale" is moored to its full!
From the afternoon, we're looking for a battery and we will make 3 in stores around the city on foot by a very hot and with a sympathetic Italian call a store before last find the suitable battery.
An employee of this store we are taken back in the car with the battery up to our boat ... these Sardis Kind!
Olbia has a very historic and small enough quick visit. The church of San Paolo and the Basilica of San Simplicio both built entirely of granite are interesting. There are also some pretty shady squares, some shopping and entertainment.
Many tourists are passing through because the city has an airport and a major ferry terminal.
Wednesday, we're seeing "Baam" the cata Hervé preparing to cross to the Italian coast
. We hope to meet again later in our trip.

Friday, August 14-Olbia - CODA CAVALLO - 15,000

We borrow the channel in the other sense and then we pass the island Tavolara (table = Tavola Italian), impressive white stone block sprung from the sea and rises to almost 600 meters. It is often crowned with a cap of white clouds.
way we enter into a very pretty bay Tavolara closed by the island, the island and Cape Molara Coda Cavallo. It is to him that we are moving to drop anchor in front of a beach sheltered from the east wind.
The boat traffic is again impressive, all kinds of boats chart the sea with their wake of foam, often making big waves! We anchored
far back as there are many boats, especially motor boats, they will leave Toud late afternoon and we will enjoy a calm and serene place once more at sunset.
All day, the beach was saturated world, they are on top of each other, even blocking the entrance to the beach! We will walk the other side, along the windward coast, very beautiful and cut with its ocher porphyries, there is nobody there ...




Saturday, August 15 Coda Cavallo - Taverna - 3000

The next day we 3 miles away, find a quieter place with water still clear and warm and good taste the joys of swimming.

Sunday, August 16 - Taverna - La Caleta - 23,000

David, Beatrice and their son Tanguy de Sainte-Marie arrives for a week now and we will find ourselves in La Caleta, a small port near their holiday destination .
navigation, though against the wind, is very nice because the wind is steady and we are going well. We will not be forced to take one small board to pass over rocks Pedram, very dangerous.
The 23 miles will be covered in 4 hours and we moor at a dock waiting to find a place inside the port.
In late afternoon, it is with great pleasure that we find our friends Brittany and we will enjoy a pizza evening in the small seaside town whose streets are crowded!
The next day we take the car to go together to visit the small town of Nuoro located inside the country.

Tuesday, August 17 - Wednesday, August 18-La Caleta - Coda Cavallo - La Caleta -41,000

Our friends who are also sailors (David is a keen sailor who do not let them tell!) Embark Algieba on and we take them to visit around the island Tavolara that we found so enjoyable. David will take the opportunity to make fine-tuning of the sails and move the boat a little faster!
At anchor, Tanguy enjoy the pleasures of the bath, spending much time in the water! And we have a little more fresh than on land ...
After a quiet night, we will visit the Taverna next day and the time goes very fast, already we are back on the Caletta by the little time that will require the engine to finish to return before nightfall.

Thursday, August 19 to Saturday August 21: Tourism

Thursday always with our friends, we make an excursion by car to Porto Cervo, the port of billionaires, we can see some pretty high-tec sailboats, canoes Riva with impeccable polish and other fine boats, off course scope of our purse! Can we leave
inwards and we stop at Calangianus, nice large village with traditional houses made of granite, a beautiful church and narrow streets and austere. People are very friendly and talk easily, like a nice Sardinian who worked in France ... And who remembers.
Friday, we conduct a new boat trip in the afternoon when David improves further trim the sails. The wind is set to 10/11 knots, the sea is flat, it is very nice and we travel 25 miles and while we walked.
Saturday last days of vacation for David, Beatrice and Tanguy, will be devoted to a new driving tour in the interior. We visit and Orani, very nice little old town frequented by tourists. We walk through the narrow streets, picking here and there with beautiful bunches of grapes hanging in the vines lining the walls of almost every house ... and end up getting lost in the maze of streets!.
Then it will Gavoi and its majestic church, we will do our lunch there before going Orgosolo, colorful picturesque market town sits at the foot of the mountains Supramonte.
Many murals are painted on the walls of homes and have their origin in a political protest in the early 60s. Then it will
Oliena and decorated streets we'll visit soon as the day progresses and our friends must return the car late afternoon. We must therefore return quickly and we say goodbye and next winter.

Sunday, August 22 - La Caleta, Cala Gorgon - 28,000

Gentille Navigation sailing and we arrived at Cala Gorgon, located at the foot of an ancient volcano.
We anchored at a small port, the site is beautiful, clear water ... but unfortunately, in August forced the zodiac, passenger vessels, etc. ... we go low over mustache at full speed and make waves, anchoring is rather agitated! We will leave no regrets despite the beauty of the landscape.

Monday, August 23 - Cala Gorgon-Isola d'Ogliastra - 31,000

The wind was absent this morning, we pass to the engine the beautiful Gulf of Orosei and we can admire the cliffs white limestone riddled with caves plunging into a turquoise sea, all against a backdrop of high mountains ... Beautiful!
La Cala Di Luna is said to be one of the most beautiful Mediterranean beaches and is accessible only by boat.
The water is well protected by the Capo di Monte Santu and we do not feel the wind but we begin to see beyond, sheep that whiten the sea
We take a risk before they arrive in this area, the wind rose to 15 then 20 to 25 knots and more ... A 2nd risk and we need to tack to go in the direction of Ogliastra Algieba line at 7 / 8 knots on the sea agitated.
Two hours later the wind decreased and we can drop a laugh then two before reaching the small pebble that is the island of Ogliastra. Many boats are moored and we must put back by 15 meters.
At night, only 4 boats and the night will remain quiet.

Tuesday, August 24 to Friday 27 August - Arbatax

The commercial port, fishing and boating is remote than 3000 and we enter into late morning. We intend to inform us about the possibilities of winter as the port is well sheltered and the surroundings are beautiful, except for port facilities where an oil rig is under construction.
The village of Arbatax is very small and built on a headland dominated by a lighthouse. A chapel shows a nice bell and real bells we distill their crystalline notes. A mixture of old houses and new homes and businesses also made the village is quite pleasant, a lovely cala occupying the seaward side of the promontory. There is even a small station for a tourist train that takes people in mountain villages. The town of Tortoli
is distant from 4 to 5 kms and is easily accessible by bus and also by bike. For the first time in months, we have the rain because storms are there.

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Porto Conte Golfo Aranci Sardinia

Monday, July 27 Friday, July 31 at the Bay of Porto Conte

We stay almost the whole week in this beautiful bay, dividing our time between walking, fishing periwinkles, swimming ... in this magnificent setting. We change
mooring us closer to a small village but it is a little less quiet as there is a holiday club and we hear the animations!

Saturday, August 2 - Porto Conte - Porto Torres - 48,000

We left the anchorage early because we need to proceed again against the wind, we go up the coast of Sardinia northbound.
So we start tacking then, the wind dropping, putting the motor and sailing times and alternons engine.
The coast is beautiful like the Capo Caccia very impressive with its small lighthouse perched up there. Then came a succession of small caps followed by large bays framed by mountains that takes us to the Fornelli passage between the island Asinara (extreme northwestern tip of Sardinia) and Sardinia.
This passage, which saves about twenty miles, is very narrow and shallow. It is passable only in good weather, it also with some trepidation that we begin to align the marks of the passage (tags black and white). However
all goes well, the sea is a mirror because the place is the Deventer by Asinara island is a nature park. The water is transparent and we see the bottom of sand and rocks, while vessels are anchored around the islands along ... In this fine weather, the place is paradise!
Then we find a little wind and we may continue our course to sail to the Cape south-east towards Porto Torres.
The place is not very poetic, it is a major trading port that follows an oil terminal ... A very nice marinero us into the shoehorn in one place and we are installed.

Sunday, August 3 until Tuesday, August 5 - Porto Torres

Finally, this small marina is pretty nice and has the merit of being cheap. The city is not very big and has a long main street where all the shops are clustered. There is also a large square near the church.
In Roman times, the city was called Turis Lybissonis and was very successful ... Many remains from this period have been delivered to date, including a very beautiful Roman bridge that is unfortunately difficult to see under a suitable angle, the countryside is covered with bamboo and ... private property!
Sunday evening is a celebration in the village and we see a parade of floats followed by groups of dancers, all in a friendly atmosphere, away from the excesses Spaniards!
A local band also occurs on the place and people dance to the music of the country first, then the "universal disco.
The weather suddenly announcing a mistral, we decide to stay two more days ... On Monday, the day when the sun is exceptionally hard, we spend almost our afternoon looking for a shop where we can print an administrative document to refer to France, walking the city, wiping two rejections before finding the right place. It is less easy when you do not speak the language!
Tuesday, we take the bus to visit Sassari distant twenty miles. What a welcome initiative, we discover a beautiful city full of architectural treasures of the era and Sponge Catalan, palaces, churches, theaters, narrow alleys with arches uniting the two sides ... etc. Everything is easy on the eyes! Many buildings
remained unchanged, plants growing on walls and roofs, which gives an impression of going back in time, though some are being restored.
life seems to unfold slowly in this old town, away from vibrations of the new town that developed around!
We keep very good memories of Sassari.

Wednesday, August 5 - Porto Torres - Anse La Colba - 43,000

Departure at 7:00 towards the Capo Testa on the northern tip of Sardinia. Navigation is peaceful, a little engine, then sail on a calm sea ...
We are in no hurry, lazing on deck, and the road is slowly upwind. Then suddenly, around 16h, the wind begins to rise and sheep appear on the sea, the boat accelerates quickly and reaches 7-8 knots with a list that s' emphasizes, "it is time to take a risk" to paraphrase the song! Done and reducing the sail, we continue to spin but an hour later, it dies down and we must jettison laugh ... It's the Mediterranean!
We admire the way the discretion of the buildings on the Sardinian coast, the houses blend with the rock.
We anchored in a cove bordered by a beach south of the cape, the weather annonçant du vent du nord pour la nuit… Il soufflera du sud, générant du clapot heureusement pas trop fort. Dans le coin Eole est parfois un farceur !

Jeudi 6 août – La Colba – Golfe de Sant’Amanza ( Corse) – 20 milles

Ce n’était pas prévu, mais la tentation est grande d’aller faire un tour en Corse qui n’est distante que d’une dizaine de milles.
Nous traversons les Bouches de Bonifacio où la mer marmite et où le trafic maritime est intense, allant des cargos et ferries aux petits pneumatiques, en passant par les énormes yachts et les nombreux voiliers.
Le temps est magnifique et il y a un peu de vent d’ouest which leads us quietly. A motor yacht marching towards us at an alarming rate, it gets closer, I turn the ignition key to start the engine ... Nothing! Fortunately the other boat changes direction at penny now ... phew!
remains to determine the outage, the battery's engine slammed to a sudden, it worked very well again in the morning!
I troubleshoots temporarily by installing a system in parallel with the batteries and it will start service ... We will have to quickly replace the faulty battery ... Moreover, the pump is leaking from the fridge compartment and the group fills Water!
I forgot, the anemometer also refuses to function, we must go up the mast a little visit ... What
misery these boats!


Friday, August 7-Saturday, August 8 - Gulf Sant'Amanza

We like this place very well in wild, there are few boats at anchor and the nature is very beautiful. It is difficult cons of walking in the bush, trails invariably ending in a cul-de-sac.
To make a few supplies, we were forced to make a half-hour schedule then 3 miles on foot to find a grocery store (Horribly expensive), but it gave us a pleasant walk along the small roads.
Towards the bottom of the Gulf, there are many more boats, including yachts and also lots of little stars. All this does not stop to move and make waves! We see that this is the month of August!
Corsica is still beautiful and has protected its shores! Here, no homes or buildings in Spain ... as wilderness!
I spend time trying to find a way to escape from the fridge as it becomes worrisome. I think it's a pump seal is bad, but access is very difficult. I finally removed the holder and return the group, the risk of breaking pipes containing freon. So I can tighten the pump and put some magic glue at the joint.
I back everything and more ... it leaks!

Sunday, August 9 - Gulf-Golfo Aranci Sant'Amanza (Sardinia) - 44,000

We decided to miss the archipelago of La Maddalena is yet very beautiful because there are too many people and anchorages are paying very expensive! We therefore
shave these islands jagged rocks as the wind (opposite of course) requires us to tighten the coast. We will also draw two sides to move the caps that stand in our way. We
"admire" in passing the huge yachts parked here and there in the creeks.
On the sea, we passed and we are overtaken by the countless machines that spray of water and waves ... The traffic is relentless, they pass us on a level, without slowing down! Large, small!
Later, we drive along the Costa Smeralda, the coast of billionaires and famous port: Porto Cervo, built by the "Consortium of the Costa Smeralda on the initiative of Karim Aga Khan! To go there, you need a (very) big boat and a robust wallet! Then it
Capo Figari, with its majestic limestone cliffs plunging into the white pink blue water, which opens with a large bay in northern Golfo Aranci where we anchored near the fishing port.
Virtually all navigation was done with sailing close hauled with, for once, a steady east wind.



Monday, August 10 - Golfo Aranci

Small town, fishing port and seaside resort backed by mountains, Aranci is pleasant but quickly seen.

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Tuesday, July 14 - Mahon

is the national holiday in France, we also see a lot of boats registered in the French Midi, the Balearic Islands is a popular cruise destination and very affordable for them.
We are lying off a small island near the channel of passenger boats and it gets very crowded, they are forced to zigzag between the boats at anchor ... The port police intervened and forced some ships to move, Dam'Marine overflowing with some of the regulatory area ...
We consult daily with the oracles of the weather but the winds and the waves are desperately oriented to the east, over a strong gust of mistral prepares for Friday and will require us to wait!
The heat has increased, the weather is sunny, but the atmosphere is humid and the heat makes it a little difficult, fortunately we have the big tub nearby!
In the streets of Es Castell, a neighboring village, we meet Ann and Michael "Nimue" calling at Mahon before returning to Mallorca and the Barcelona region.

Friday, July 17 - Mahon

The gale arrives well planned Friday night at the appointed time the weather (hat!), about 11 hours, we have 25 to 30 knots and gusts has established + in the anchorage area. The boats start swerving
... We are somewhat concerned, not to our anchorage, because I empennelé (2 anchors butt), but because of the neighborhood because there are a lot of depth and anchors hold evil.
rightly because, looking out the window, I see the star who was wet before we come to our height and continue to decline, there is no light above.
We cry and eventually leaving the owner puts up the engine and goes into uncertain maneuvers against the wind to wet again at about the same place, so that we're still not very quiet! Another big star
also began to decline slowly, there is no one on board. It runs along the coast near and away quietly into the night ... The owners, left the restaurant, the recovery at 2am, they were very lucky! A large ketch
also gets to drag its anchor and dropped right onto a small sailboat moored about fifty yards from us, it is less than a meter, people screaming from the small boat and eventually we see shadows agitated who leaves the ketch forward ... Hot!
Meanwhile, looking back, I realize with horror that our schedule engine backfired and drink the cup. Quickly we made straight and try to start the engine is tight ... By turning the screw, I can unlock it, we go back on board and Rincon with fresh water, but he wants nothing to do, we see tomorrow ... what a night!

Saturday, July 18 - Mahon

Morning Loulou, who has fluid mechanics, just see the motor attached. He reassured me by saying he should leave ... We are doing various tests, check ignition, but in vain ... then suddenly he starts coughing and starts phew! I am left to do 2 oil changes because the oil was contaminated by sea water ... and it works like before. The latest weather
give us a window on Monday and Tuesday, so we decided to leave Monday morning. Dam'Marine will travel south of Sardinia while we reach Alghero in the northwest. So our paths will separate after more than a month common navigation and good friendship. We hope to return later because we have more or less the same destinations.

Monday, July 20 ... Mahon - Alghero (Sardinia) - 210 000

We want to make up the crossing under sail, so we are not starting too early and plan to spend 2 nights at sea The weather was fine this morning but there is very little wind and it blows from east / southeast, near the nose of course!
Charting the Course is at 80 ° but Algieba can do better than 70 ° and we had our way slowly north. The wind between 6 and 8 knots and we can walk around 4 knots, which is not bad! A cargo
part 2, we do not see very many people ... After a beautiful sunset, the night arrives and we begin our shifts. The batteries that need charging, we put the engine and take the opportunity to regain heading south, then back to sailing.
In late night, the wind became stronger and achieved some 12 to 13 knots peak, there is more sea, but it does not last very long and in the mid-morning, the wind picks up his little plan.
In the course of the afternoon, while we are still 80 miles off the coast of Sardinia, two pigeons, probably tired, coming to rest on the bridge. We give them to drink, but they will not eat bread ... Perhaps they prefer wheat, but we do not have on board!
They are not very wild and come to us from time to time in the cockpit, and they keep us company until daybreak, about ten miles offshore, where they resume their time off ... to where?
Meanwhile Algieba continues its path in the night, gliding over the calm sea. The sky is studded with thousands of stars, no moon. The lights of the coast are seen at about 3 o'clock in the morning and we're getting soft, sunrise on the rocky shoreline is beautiful.

The wind is still as smooth and Adonis, is a joy on the arrival of Sardinia. I
bar to earn closer to the wind and double the Cabo Caccia that keeps the large bay north of Alghero.
We identify the major port of entry located at the bottom of this bay and we are entering the early morning. We planned to go to the town dock, but a man on a zodiac offers us a marina at a lower price and we let ourselves be tempted. We will not regret it because it is quiet while the municipal pier at the foot of the old city is very noisy!

Wednesday, July 22 - Alghero

The first contact with Italy is rather positive reception to the marina is very warm. For over a month since we have not gone into, and we find some comfort!
We are of course tired and needed a nap even here the prevailing heat over 35 ° ...
In late afternoon we will visit the old town with its fortifications very typical, we take pleasure in strolling through the narrow shady streets.
We also note that the flowers are much less prevalent than in Spain, giving an overall impression a bit more austere, but still enjoyable.
is also Italy, noisy, like an internet room where it is difficult to focus so much screaming and talking loud!

Thursday, July 23 to Saturday 25 July: Alghero

All morning of Thursday is spent cleaning the boat, filling water tanks ... and in the afternoon, we continue our city tour.
Alghero was founded in the eleventh century by the Genoese fortified what was a fishing village and the Catalonia-Aragon occupied the site in 1354 and stayed there for 4 centuries. They marked the city of their footprint, both in the architecture of large buildings and churches in the language, Catalans many words being used.
Much remains of towers and the ramparts along the coast is unspoilt. This place is popular with Italian tourists but also French and other Europeans.
One evening, forcing Italy, we offer a pizza restaurant in a small popular then we'll eat ice cream in the streets teeming with people late into the night.

Friday morning, to our surprise, the "Carabinieri" six in number, booted, enter the dock and start to put plastic bands around the marina office and on the dock ... they are sealed!
We learn that the owner (Frederico, very friendly and helpful) has trouble with the law for stories authorization extension and we just administer a punishment!
Suddenly, we no longer have health and everyone's doing! it's a little folklore ... They will make a gesture in the tariff.

Sunday, July 26: Alghero - Porto Conte Bay -10,000

In the morning, light wind from south / southwest allows us to walk with the sail to the entrance of the remote array of about 9 miles. We believe many people find at anchor, but in advancing towards the bottom of the bay, we spot of the Cala Tramariglio where there is a small dock and only 3 boats at anchor ... As we approached, we see a cat looking at flying the French flag feature and is of course Baam and we anchored behind him with 4 meters of water on Posidonia.
Hervé comes to us to swim and warns us that the anchors hold evil, he goes diving to see if ours is properly positioned.
His back is better and he could resume his journey after 3 weeks in Fornells.
The cala is spectacular, surrounded by pine-clad mountains and the water is transparent, the place is beautiful. An ancient watchtower perched on a hilltop overlooking the scene.
The bottom is lined with sea grass and I also plunges to see the anchor resting on the sea grass in a small groove ... It should not be a gust of wind too strong! The weather being optimistic, we remain like that. Hervé
invites us aboard Baam, it has excellent Irish whiskeys that we will honor! Then, after an excellent meal of St. Jacques shells, we will extend this pleasant evening ...
During our stay, we will make some steps around to discover great views, listen to the cicadas who make a lot of noise (we take a picture ...). We also climb up the watchtower under a blazing sun with the top reward, the discovery of the magnificent scenery of the bay of Porto Conte.

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have halved strawberries around the pan, cut side against the mold. Then pour half the cream and remaining strawberries (keep 3 or 4 for the decor), then top with remaining cream.
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In Residence Workshops intermediates 21 to 24 February to finalize the new songs.

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Cinemix on the Japanese film completely frapadingue "Hausu" Nov. 12 at Cinema Lux, 21h. 5 dubbing actors will live. Rotary
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Set, Princess Rotating between the five days in residence Bazarnaom (Caen) March 2010 (presentation of residence 26)

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... then in September a series of collaborations with singers cartoon for an album to follow in the year ...

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