The Catamaran Adventures of Noel and Ceu

Archive for August, 2012

Current Location: Vonitsa, GreeceCurrent Position: 38 56.09 N 020 51.98 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 60 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereAfter spending a couple of days in Kerkyra, we headed down the east coast. Our first stop was in a nice village of Benitses. I (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Kerkyra,CorfuCurrent Position: 39 37.31 N 019 55.62 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 15 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track here Welcome to Corfu town (also called Kerkyra) ……we got off the bus, after walking a few blocks, found a telephone (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Sarandes, AlbaniaCurrent Position: 39 52.25 N 020 0.21 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 18 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereFrom Paleokastritsa we needed to go around the top of Corfu Island to go and check in. But we also needed to go outside the (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Paleokastritsa, CorfuCurrent Position: 39 40.4 N 019 42.5 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 193 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereAfter 51 hours of mixed sailing and motoring, we have just anchored on the west coast of Corfu in a small bay with resorts at (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Toe of ItalyCurrent Position: 37 57.85 N 016 12.54 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 60 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereLeaving Catania we were stomping along at 8kts in 20-25 kts of wind. Then, 5 hours later, just six miles from the toe of Italy, the wind totally vanished. Just like that we were back to motoring. However, after an hour the wind picked up again, and now we are stomping along again at 6 kts. All very odd. So how are we publishing posts while at sea? Simple, we decided to scoot along the edge of Italy so we could snag some internet along the way! Seems to be working. But it is dark now, so time to sign off. See you in a couple of days 🙂  
We had a great day yesterday exploring Mt. Etna, but we will write about that shortly. However, we are departing this morning for a  three day sail to Greece. And when we get there, we have to figure out how to connect. So we won’t be online for a few days. We are headed for Corfu and Lefka where we will spend a few weeks. Will be in touch when we can!
Current Location: Catania, SicilyCurrent Position: 37 29 N 015 5.43 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 27 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereFrom Syracuse we took a couple of days to sail and motor north to Catania, stopping to anchor at Augusta on the way. Nice anchorage, (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Syracuse, SicilyCurrent Position: 37 3.51 N 015 17.13 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 25 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe had three pleasant days in Syracuse, well sheltered in the huge bay, although the first night was actually a bit bouncy from the SW (Click to Read More...)
Having had them on order, we finally picked up our new anchors in Syracuse. As you can see, the new Rocna 33 – which weighs, uh, 33kg – is quite a bit bigger than our hydrobubble. And, as you can also see, it has a concave shape rather than a convex shape to it. There (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Porto Palo, SicilyCurrent Position: 36 40.18 N 015 6.9 E Click to view map. Distance sailed since last post: 122 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe have just left Marina di Ragusa on a bright sunny Saturday morning. The sea is calm, and there is a nice 10kt sea (Click to Read More...)