The most scary moment so far!
Next to Porto Teulada there is a big military zone and if you do not want to do a big detour you have to find other ways to go through in order to get to Carloforte. We got the information…
Enjoying the South Coast of Sardinia (WL 14)
More days than expected we stayed in Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia. There were not only repairs (see WL 13), but also some sightseeing of the old town, some ice cream and sunny days. Even the world tour of beach…
We master our sailing (WL 13)
We left Palermo to move further west, as mentioned we wanted to get to Sardinia as soon as possible. Since Hans visited us some time ago, we trained our sailing skills even more. Already the ride to Palermo was a…
Vulcanic erruptions and hot nights at Palermo (WL 12)
We did not want to miss out the Aeolian Islands as they are very close to Milazzo, therefore we sailed to Vulcano to stay in the northern bay for one night. The island feels very special. The active vulcano is…
Parli Italiano? School life in Milazzo (WL 11)
Our skipper trainer Hans left us on Saturday. The weather was rainy and unsteady. Thunderstorms came our way and staying in the port was the best idea, although we had a very roly place at Marina Poseidon. Finally on Sunday…
How to dock a boat and other useful learnings (WL 10)
The crossing to Sicily was a long, but calm passage. We decided to split it halfways and stay overnight on anchor. In the south of Italy you do not have a lot of possibilities: hardly no marinas or anchorages. So…
A week in Roccella Ionica (IT) (WL 9)
After our passage from Greece we arrived in Rocella Ionica during night time. We got a nice spot along the pier and decided on the first day to stay longer than only 2 nights. That had several reasons. First of…
A lot of challenges during our last days in Greece! (WL 8)
A busy week was ahead of us: another boat works at Levkas Marina and Stefanie had an online workshop to lead Tuesday to Thursday. That was the reason why we booked several days. On Monday, 23rd August we did about…
Night passage to Zakynthos (WL 7)
After staying in Kalamata for quite a while and got fixed some of our boat issues, we decided to make again some more miles in one go. So we started our first night passage on board of Hakuna Matata. First…
Enjoying Kalamata while doing some boat works (WL 6)
We planned to only do two nights in Kalamata Marina before we head further, but then decided to do some boat works here as the infrastructure is just fine. No urgent issues to be fixed, but our cleat needed some…
