After Dad and Jeffrey departed, we started to finally make our way out of Sicily. We headed north in the direction of the Bay of Naples to meet up with more family arriving soon. It feels like we have begun a new phase. With one sailing season and one winter now behind us, and some […]
Read More Feeling like real CruisersThe “Greatest Sports” award goes out to my dad and our dear family friend, Jeffrey. We had the best laid plans to share some nice parts of Sicily and then Malta with them. However, as they quickly learned, the weather dictates everything about boat life. It was extremely unfortunate that during their nine nights with […]
Read More The Experience of a LifetimeWe’ve just left our safe haven of Licata, Sicily to begin our new sailing season. We were a bit sad to leave, largely for the familiar setting, the routines we’d established, and the wonderful community that was now dispersing. We’re heading back out into the unknown… I have to submit a side note here on the […]
Read More Season 2023 Kickoff!Some random stories from this past typical week of #boatlife… Where’s a Starbucks when you need one? Conor has been very busy doing so much research and procurement for all the upcoming boat projects. (I promise to report on them as they become reality.) He also spent a couple of days clearing out all of […]
Read More A week in the lifeI’ll admit I wasn’t initially completely enamored with Sicily. We were here for about three weeks before embarking on our five-week USA land tour. We returned afterwards for a little over a week before we took off again to Ireland. This time we were treated to the company of our daughter, Laura, as she came […]
Read More Falling in love with SicilyWe’ve been in Licata for about three weeks now, and I think we’ve definitely settled in. We chose to winter here namely for the climate (it should be a mild winter), the language (Italian would be easier for us to learn than say, Croatian), the community (it was supposed to have a good winter group […]
Read More Life in LicataWe’ve only scratched the surface of Sicily, but we had a great week of exploration when our dear friends, Pei-San and Daniel, came to visit all the way from Texas. We were thrilled to have them aboard and enjoyed exploring what Sicily has to offer. We collected Pei-San and Daniel in Palermo, Sicily’s largest city […]
Read More Getting to know SicilyFive days ago, we made the much anticipated arrival into Licata for our winter berth. We made the decision to winter here based on recommendations, the low cost, and endless positive comments we had seen in our various Facebook sailing groups. We’d be lying if we didn’t admit we were initially terribly disappointed. Mainly in […]
Read More Should we stay or should we go now…Say that fast five times. 😉 I’ve already described Catania, but we ventured through three more charming coastal towns along the eastern and southern coast of Sicily on our way to our winter berth in Licata. Each town worth a visit. These journeys took anywhere from 4-6 hours, and we were treated to near perfect […]
Read More Three seaside cities in SicilyThis time we left in the dark. 4:40am to be exact. Our goal was to make the 84 nm journey from Roccella Ionica to Catania, Sicily before dark. This was our last long haul before we reach our final destination in Licata for the winter. By the way, the reason we’ve had so many long […]
Read More The long haul to Sicily
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