Sardinia Corsica trip 3
Arthur, Page, Rob, Lisi, Oscar and Caroline arrived in Olbia 25th June and we left straight away and headed to Golfo di Marinella for lunch followed by an afternoon on the beach. We then headed to Golfo Saline and anchored for the night. In the morning the guests walked up to Bear Rock at Capo D’Orso to enjoy the view over the Archipelago de Maddelena. We then headed out into the archipelago and anchored off the rocks south of Santa Maria Is for lunch and a swim at the beach before going for a short sail to Porto Liscia. Little did we know that was going to be the last sail possible. A day later we found sheared bolts in the boom preventing us from being able to use the mainsail.
We motored to Bonifacio and Arthur and his guests took the tender exploring the cliffs fortifications and the big cave while we went and docked Timoneer in the harbour. They spent the afternoon walking the streets of the old town and shopping before heading out for dinner. While there we heard the Tour de France was passing by very close the next day. In the morning we donned yellow scarfs and walked 15 minutes out of town to watch the sponsors “caravan” and wait for the cyclists to arrive. They were averaging 42km/h (27mph) and it was amazing how close together they were. They all flew by very quickly with most in one big group. We left Bonifacio soon after and headed to Porto Liscia where some of the guests went windsurfing and the others enjoyed the beach. The next morning was spent wake boarding and sunbathing before motoring to Porto Cervo to watch the very stylish marineros in action tying up the boats. Ashore you could go car shopping with the choice of 3 Bugatti Veyron’s varying in price from 1 to 3 million Euros each or if you wanted a cheap car there was a Maserati for 100,000 Euro. Porto Cervo is not known as the billionaires playground for no reason. In the morning some of the guests braved the mast and went to the top before we headed south to Cala Sabina. Along the way we passed some of the biggest yachts in the world including the 535 foot (163m) Motor Yacht Eclipse. We also did a flyby in Cala di Volpe which had some more 400 foot plus yachts. The guests spent the afternoon on the white sand beach of Cala Sabina before heading back to Marina di Olbia in the evening. It was an early start in the morning for the guests to catch a 7am flight.
JC