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On-going Cruises and Stories |
The following are extracts from the logbooks of
boats presently navigating in the Mediterranean.
The Links will take you
directly to their web sites.
If you would like to contribute a story of a
cruising adventure in the Mediterranean, please e-mail it to us for
publication on this web.
Mabi Two Cruising Turkey - Four years sailing from Ayvalik to Kemer
Galana River II
1
- An October cruise from Sardinia
to Tunisia and then to Sicily with Skipper Laurence Camillo
2 - A cruise of the Costa Smeralda and of Corsica by Laurence Camillo
Valkyrie - a Swan 57 which sailed the Med. View their destinations: http://www.aboardvalkyrie.com/
Voyages of Silver Tryst -a Moody 346 in Spain: http://www.burcom.co.uk/stinter/index.htm
Sailing
Vessel NANOU'S LOG
- Single-handed,
from Australia to the Mediterranean
“Dastardly Deck Birds
To
prepare to sleep, I tuned the RADAR on a passing ship to ensure it was
well calibrated and set its alarm to wake me if anything came within 5
miles of us. My RADAR alarm is dastardly loud and always wakes me with a
start. It sounds just like a bird has flown into my cabin and is about to
attack! In fact, during the Indian Ocean passage, I did have a flock of
birds on deck and they shared my annoyance whenever the RADAR would emit
its ear splitting screech. The birds would answer in their own tone and
then grumpily tuck their beaks back under their wing. They left in the
early morning leaving me several "signs" that they did not
approve too highly of my hospitality. Considering I was the only resting
point for 500 miles in any direction, I reckoned that they were a spoilt
bunch of birds and almost decided to take down my "CHICKS
WELCOME" sign. It wasn’t really meant for them anyways.”
The
Nanou is currently sailing in Spain. More can be read from Nanou’s web
site:
Phyler's Latest Cruise Reports
“We
are on our way across the 1700 miles of the Med, but we keep running into
foul weather. We got held up for 10 days in Sicily, but we finally were
able to move on and get to Sardinia. We left there a few days ago and
today we are in Mahon on the island of Minorca.”
http://www.passagemaking.com/phylereps.htm
The
Travels of E. GALOIS
“In the spring of 1993 we sailed for Corsica, Italy, Sicily and Greece.
Since we wanted to spend the winter of 1993 in Aegina, an Island south of
Athens, during that summer of 1993 we made two trips through the Cyclades.
In the spring of 1994 we headed North to Istanbul.”
http://user.icx.net/~fgperey/itagree.html
Fix
up a boat and sail around the world?
“We are just right now on our way
westbound to Gibraltar. Amberella cruised Greece
and arrived in Italy. We plan
to reach the Kapverdic Islands. Until we get there we will learn if we are
ready to cross oceans.”
http://amberella.schefter.net/
The
Starboard Home Chronicles
This
is the story of Peg and Tom Maynard's world cruise aboard their forty-foot
sailboat Starboard Home, built in 1986 by
Valiant Yachts. They began their journey in May of 1999 from their
Home Port of Oriental, North Carolina, U.S.A., and sailed to Bermuda, the
Azores, and Spain and Portugal before flying home to the U.S. in November.
They resumed their travels in March of 2000, and are spending this year
exploring the Mediterranean before ending up in Turkey in the fall.
http://www.gate1.net/starboardhome/
Seacrest
In 1997, the crew, Sylvia and Peter, stepped on board
their Seacrest 47 and started to cruise through Europe. Virtually join
them on board and share in their discovery of historic cities &
tranquil anchorages and read about the people they meet.
Yacht Retreat - Harbours and anchorages reports http://www.geocities.com/yachtretreat/
SEGLING-2000 Harvey's Logbook Crete to Spain http://www.kos.w.se/segling-2000/dackslogg/harvey-log/
The Northern Magic http://www.northernmagic.com/
Project Adriatic A cruise in Croatia http://www.projectadriatic.org/adriatic.html
From Hyères to Gibraltar strait in cat Bimini http://www.vr-consortium.org/evm/logbook/zze/logbook/gibral.htm
Tales
of Cruises http://cruises.about.com/travel/cruises/cs/europe/index.htm
Click here for Hints on single-handed sailing in the Med. by Laurence Camillo
mediterranean-yachting.com
Copyright L.
Camillo 2005