I caught up to NICA, a litle 24ft boat sailed by Evelyne and Stephan - I met them at Regio. They encountered the same weather patterns as I - but their boat is tiny so it was quite exciting. Yesterday, we had a Pizza with Stephan, Evelyne, Philippe and Silvan. Philipe is sailing a little 8m boat in the same direction as us. Silvan (fixed) is in a J97, on his way home.
I'm have decided that Venice is not possible, I plan to leave the Med in September/October. To see Venice round trip would be 14 solid days (add a week for contigency), that would not allow me to see Greece or Turkey. So I will be heading off to Greece. I'm going to sleep this afternoon and go on a night sail, as it's a full moon..
Leaving dock |
Farewll Regio |
The coast of the Ionian is quite bare, but there a number of smaller new towns, with the older villages stuck on some mountain top, away from the coast.. Makes you wonder of the past of this place..
At Roccella Ionica the view of the marina from the restaurant.
We had dinner at the local restaurant, which at night explodes. there are over 100 tables. The Piza gets sold by the 1/2 metre (its about 30 cm wide). Really good.
So today, an afternoon nap and a star cruise!
Hi Jorge, yeah trip through Strait of Messina was great and exciting...I loved it!
ReplyDeleteArrived at Crotone...Had problems to get out of the box-to much Wind from behind...but Finally-at last sunshine...
Hope to See you for breakfast?
Cheers, Nica, Evelyne + Stephan