El Capitano April 2009 I was embarrassed to see that our last update was in October2008. It would be convenient to say how busy we have been but maybe we are just dropping into the Mediterranean way of life in general and the Italian way of life in particular. So what have we been doing? Well Anne is still doing her Italian lessons and I am still on boat maintenance and we have had two trips back home. In both cases there were surprises. On the first visit...

El Capitano 1st October 2009 When last seen we had just arrived in Greece(Levkas) at the beginning of July. I could give a day-by-day account of our movements but basically we spoofed around the Ionian and only covered 200 miles in the months of July and August. We met up with Brian Cavenett and Alex Strachan on their own boats and had lots of cheap (free) berthing on town quays. In the southern Ionian we particularly liked Meganisi , Vathi and Fiskardho.We w...

El Capitano,September3rd2008 This comes from the sunny boot of Italy but a lot of water has passed under the hull since my last offering. SARDINIA We left Alghero on May and had a nice sail to Oristano where we moored at sunset beside the ruins of an extensive Roman town, which we planned to visit in the morning. When dawn broke the wind was yowling and the seas had built up to such an extent that we had to seek refuge in Oristano's commercial harbour. Durin...

May 6th 2008 I am amazed to see that our last blog was 7th November. Where have these "winter" months gone!!! Well we have been tied to the pontoon at Club Aquatica throughout this period with a few brief outings. Anne has been home twice and I went back for a week or so at the beginning of February. By keeping in perpetual motion I managed to see over sixty people, ie family and friends. Thanks to all those who took up my suggestion that I should sta...

Capitano'sBlog 8th November ALGHERO The last entry was rather peculiar in that we were in Ostia (near Rome) and about to set off for Sardinia but I had got so far behind in my blog that I hadn't managed to cover most of August so here goes. To add to the confusion you will have to go back to the September download to get some of the relevant pictures. Good Luck!!! We picked up Brian Cavenett in Fiumicino (12th August) and then had a proper visit to Rome. This ...