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Sardinia Corsica Trip 1
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Sardinia Corsica Trip 1

June 23, 2013 | Author

Our summer Med  guest season started 25th May when Mrs G’s grandson Tom and 5 of his friends flew in to Olbia, Sardinia. After airport delays and missed flights all 6 of them eventually made it to Timoneer by 9pm. Unfortunately Roberts bag did not make it. The next morning we headed off in the drizzle and dropped anchor off the Island kingdom of Tavolara. The guys braved the cool conditions and went swimming in the 15 C (59 F) water. After lunch we had a great sail in strong winds and choppy  seas and headed in to Golfo di Marinella to anchor off a deserted beach. Ashore, the beach bars were getting ready for the season. The Costa Smeralda has a very short season and then it shuts up and is deserted until the next summer.  The next day we motored north to Golfo Saline and the guests went ashore to climb the Bear rock at Capo d’Orso. Easily confused with “beer” shaped rock in a Kiwi accent. On their return we moved around to the Golfo di Arzachena and anchored near Cannigioni and went ashore for a look before dinner.

In the morning we moved back to Golfo Saline and finally Robert was reunited with his luggage. We then headed across the Strait to Bonifacio, Corsica. Bonifacio is an amazing historic town built on top of cliffs with a narrow harbour behind it. The weather finally became sunny and helped to make exploring the fort and old town more enjoyable. It also brought tourists down to the docks which the guys enjoyed. In the morning they went exploring the coast in the tender and found cliffs to jump off. They also found a massive. cave to drive the tender into. Leaving Bonifacio we saw dolphins as we headed back to Sardinia. We tried fishing along the way but had no luck. We anchored near Palau in Rada di Mezzo Schifo. It was a fine evening so we had a BBQ. We had to keep a close eye on the food after a seagull stole some ribs off the BBQ and swallowed them bones and all.

The next day we headed out to Cala Corsara on Spargi Island where we anchored in picture perfect turquoise waters and the guys went ashore scrambling up the rocks until the hiss of a snake made them retreat. We have since learnt there are no venomous snakes in Sardinia so they were in no danger. After lunch we went sailing and had a great sail hitting 14.5 knots as we headed south past Porto Cervo. Unfortunately we then went a bit further than planned when we had a hydraulic issue and could not furl away the genoa. Once we sorted that we headed back to Porto Cervo which was slowly waking up after being shut for 8 months over the winter. The guys had no problem finding some bars that were open and had a big night out.  Some were quite quiet the next day as we drove out into the countryside to go for a traditional Sardinia lunch at Agritourismo Cudacciolu. After 3 hours of eating and drinking everyone left with swollen stomachs.

No trip to Italy is complete without having pizza and somehow the guys managed to find room for a whole one each that evening.

5 am they headed off back to Olbia to head home.

JC

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