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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