The final leg

6th of June 2019

We awoke in our beautiful anchorage where we spent a quite and peaceful night. Yachts were still arriving as we pondered our day. We were going to go into Villasimius marina and explore the town and sights and viewpoints, but decided against it due to Ed’s back, best not risk it. So we prepared Arctura for the final 20 nm leg back to Cagliari.

We weighed anchor at 1150 and as usual set sails immediately. The wind was brisk and steady, between 15 and 17kts, with no gust. We sailed southward so we could put a tach in and make course for Cagliari. The sail was fantastic, pulling between 7 and 7.5kts consistently. Within no time we were at St Elmo marina entrance and mooring up.

And so the end of a months sailing, with wonderful experiences and I for one have learnt a great deal and added it to my knowledge base.

We traveled 880nm. 671 under sail and 209 under engine. We have visited wonderful sights such as Piza, endured high wind and 3mtr waves, river mooring, anchorages, islands and meeting new friends and experiencing new towns and cities and greater foods. It’s a hard life, but someone has to do it. UNTIL THE NEXT ADVENTURE.

Our Journey

Porto Corallo

4th of June 2019.

After a pleasant night at anchor, in this beautiful Cala south of Arbatax, we delighted in breakfast on deck whilst admiring the glorious view.

We weighed anchor at 1047 and headed south to Porto Corallo, some 30nms south. This was one of the few trips that we used the iron maiden more than the sails. There was simply not enough wind. It was strange to have the the engine on for any length of time and was quite irritating compared to the calmness of the wind in the sails and splashing seas. Someone once said that the best sound in the world is when the engine is turned of on a sailboat.

We arrived in Corallo at 1630, and yes we did sail a little. We had been to Corallo two years ago and not much had changed apart the offices had moved from a make shift shack to more up market accommodation. That and the prices had increased. Last time we paid €23 and this time €53. Apart from that all the same. Nothing to do here apart from rest up on a southward journey and visit the solo Pizzeria/Restaurant across the road from the marina. A port of refuge in bad conditions, or if anchoring isn’t achievable, because of swell on this open coats.

View of marina from the new offices
New offices and NEW PRICES
Ristorante Pizzeria S’Allegusta e Sa Cassola