Welcome to a new update on our sailing trip! To start with a slight format update, we’ll add a map section to the blog that we’ll update once a week in which we’ll show where we are and some short/middle term estimates of where we’ll be next. That should make it easier for people who want to join us 🙂
Back to the trip! In the last update, we had just arrived in San Vito Lo Capo after a slow but pretty relaxing 48h of sailing. Some local Sicilian we had met in Taormina had recommended this place to us and… boy was he right. Although this place is less culturally rich than some of the others we’ve seen, it is a marvel of landscapes, hikes, and especially climbing. We spent 4 splendid days there and, although we would recommend Syracuse or Malta for cultural vacations, definitely check out San Vito if you want to organize a week of climbing!!!
You’ve heard the song before but we’re now taking up on the next weather window: according to the (moderately reliable) forecasts, we should have from Thursday to Saturday morning perfect side winds to sail to Cagliari (Sardinia). As we are writing this article, we have actually just started the crossing of the Thyreanean sea and we shouldn’t arrive before Saturday morning. Let’s see what happens: if the forecasts are off too much or if we are too slow, we will be caught in an annoying windless weather system which is always frustrating to handle. In the end, this should be one of our big sea crossings.
Anyway… after that, we will probably be staying in Cagliari or South Sardinia for at least a few days (a week or more). Indeed, the next step will be the trip to Mallorca, the biggest crossing of the whole trip. That means we will wait for the perfect winds before leaving Sardinia. If you fancy a few days there, don’t hesitate to send us a message! See you soon 🙂
Sailing Misty 