Monthly Archives: October 2013

We visited Cassis and Aix in one day, a bit rushed, but we got a perfect weather day and took in the sights.

It is here, in this at own once famed for its shipyards, we have put Amante to be for winter. The testimony of cranes, some derelict, some, like the one built by Eiffel, are kept for nostalgia and as one … Continue reading →

Campomoro with update on Piracy in Corsica We sailed from Bonifacio to Campomoro on October 4, 2013 and found a place to anchor partially sheltered from the swell here. This large bay is Propiano Bay, with a town of the … Continue reading →

Wikipedia says: The southern coast in the vicinity of Bonifacio is an outcrop of chalk-white limestone, precipitous and sculpted into unusual shapes by the ocean. Slightly further inland the limestone adjoins the granite of which the two islands, Sardinia and … Continue reading →

In brief, the Madalena islands are as rugged, pristine and beautiful as the “Don’t even try to get a permit to visit during high season” warnings would suggest. Lucky us, we got a permit for the last days of September, … Continue reading →