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Dinner for 53? What was I thinking?

July 8, 2014 Our son Matt and Emma, who visited us in Corfu, are engaged! We left Amante for a 3-day holiday to attend their engagement tea in Wetherby, a small town in Yorkshire. What a wonderful way to wrap … Continue reading →

We left Amante in Corfu early July in good hands to attend our son’s Engagement Tea in Wetherby, Yorkshire, England. After bidding Amante farewell, we returned home to enjoy a brief bit of Tahoe Summer. Stay tuned for Part 2!!

Antibes, France May 30, 2014 I first visited Antibes by car, with Francesca, the lovely lady who works provisioning yachts in La Ciotat. She had to pick up a few things, so I drove with her. She lived in Antibes … Continue reading →

I ran from Gaios to Mongonissi beach on the southeastern part of Paxos one morning to check it out. The small cove and surrounding bays were adorable and looked very inviting for swimming, so we decided to bring the boat … Continue reading →

Corfu rubbed me wrong at the beginning. Entering by boat, Corfu is beautiful, a mountainous island a stone’s throw from Albania. The megayachts are lined up outside the harbor beneath the citadel. History back to before there was such a … Continue reading →

Arrived in Corfu after 36 hours of relatively unpleasant seas, but good sailing. We left from Riposto about 6 am in calm seas and no wind, which soon gave way to seas and then wind. The seas were forecast to … Continue reading →

The next Island we visited was Vulcano (Vulcan). Anchoring in Vulcan is rather tricky as the large bay is exceedingly deep, then shallows up to a 25 foot contour line very quickly. That was full of small boats, so we … Continue reading →

David and Michelle Geddes joined the Amante crew on the Aeolian islands. Michelle just graduated from high school and they are traveling Europe on a Father-Daughter graduation trip. We spent the first day with the Geddes in port at porto … Continue reading →

The most beautiful rodeo in the 7 seas. We arrived in Ponza after an uneventful, mostly windless navigation. Our friend and new sailor, Aaron stood watch for a turn, checking radar, AIS, visual sight checks, engine checks and making hourly … Continue reading →