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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