So we headed out to the Aeolian Islands.  Ironically, these islands are named after the Greek god Aeolus, the god of wind.  I say ironically, because we haven’t seen a breath of wind since we got here.  But that makes for some very smooth motoring and an opportunity to see some amazing things along the … More The Aeolian Islands

Palermo is full of life.  As I sit here two small italian children are having on the boat on one side of us and on the other there are four italian young men serenading us singing some Beatles songs in harmony.    We arrived last night and went into town for dinner.  We were thinking … More Palermo is for Living

So I found out on the way over that Sicily is the home of the mafia.  But no gangsters here.  Just a sleepy little tourist town, thankfully. So the passage was very easy as passages go.  The wind was strong until sunset but after the sun went down and we cranked up the motor and … More Landfall, Sicily

We are headed toward Palermo in Sicily, but might pull up short in a small village before.  Palermo is a vibrant city so I should be able to post when we get there.   I thought I would throw in a few pics of Cagliari I hadn’t posted yet to fill in the gap. So … More Buy for now, Cagliari

Today we took a test sail. I don’t know if you followed the track, but it was a little wonky. As a matter of fact, Tom got a text from Carol, his girlfriend, at dinner and she said she had been looking at the track and was wondering if we had been drinking. We got … More Gyrations in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Here are a few pics of the inside of the boat we are on.  I forgot how nice it is to have a room on a sailing boat.  I can put away all my stuff (what little I brought), we can buy all sorts of groceries and store them, we can put things in the … More Home Sweet Home, For Now

The flight out of Stansted Airport was a schooling in how to move people by air. I bet they can process more people per minute than anywhere I have been. We are talking automated tray feeders, twelve security lines, and automated boarding pass verification. Very impressive. We Americans can learn from these guys.