Category Archives: Italy

It was an early start for us on Monday 22nd July as we had to get a taxi to take us to the bus stop by  the railway station to catch our bus to Napoli, due to leave at 9am.  Fortunately we had bought our tickets the day before, a frustrating exercise that had takenContinue reading “Naples”

It might not have been one of our better decisions to leave Vieste on Wednesday 17th July to sail to another coastal town further south, but set off we did. The moderate northerly wind was no problem but the sea was still boiling from the strong winds of the previous few days and even gettingContinue reading “Bari”

Lastovo is one of the western most islands of Croatia and makes an attractive setting off point for Italy as the distance to cross to the tip of the peninsular jutting out from the east coast of Italy is only 60 miles, a manageable day sail.  Fun and games as usual to clear customs outContinue reading “East coast of Italy”

Deja Vu’s re-rig by Sunbeam Yachts went well, according to plan and on schedule.  New stays, spreaders, fittings, wind instrument and refurbished genoa furling gear had all been installed and set up, under the excellent expert supervision of Sunbeam’s director Manfred Shoechl and we were ready to leave San Giorgio and the sweltering 30 degreesContinue reading “San Giorgio”

We made it into Italian waters on Saturday June 1st after a good sail from Umag. Crossing the Gulf of Trieste was quite hazardous with lots of floating logs and tree parts around, presumably washed down the Italian rivers. It gets quite shallow in the northern most part of the Gulf and acts as anContinue reading “Arrival in Italy”