Posts Tagged ‘Sicily’
August 10th, 2012 | 
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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...)
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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...)
Current Location: Marinella di Selinunte, SicilyCurrent Position: 37 34.83 N 012 50.57 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 23 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereThe Greeks, as you know, had a lot of gods. Which meant that they needed lots of temples in which to worship all (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Marsala, SicilyCurrent Position: 37 47.13 N 012 26.48 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 10 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track here We just arrived in Marsala anchored right outside the harbour, it was mostly weed but were able to find a sandy spot and dropped (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Favignana, SicilyCurrent Position: 37 55.96 N 012 19.37 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 0 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWell, we left at 7am yesterday in light winds and had a peaceful and uneventful crossing. Initially we had the spinnaker up and were stomping (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Favignana, SicilyCurrent Position: 37 55.86 N 012 19.45 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 150 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereNice passage. The wind was astern for the most part of the trip so that meant spinnaker up. Sun goes down, spinnaker goes down, because (Click to Read More...)