An early start on the first day of the Mediterranean Odyssey. A journey start with A single step, and the first step was getting out of bed early and stepping out the door of my home in Esher. A brisk walk to Esher station and then onto Stansted Airport to catch the flight to Cagliari. Boat preparation and generator repairs await us upon arrival.
The generator has been repaired and the boat made clean and ship shape for the arrival of the real skipper? Elaine arrived to glorious sunshine and after shopping for provision we all arrived to Arctura and a lovely light salad lunch on deck.
After travelling with a 23.2 kg hold bag full of cylinder head and exhaust elbow it was time to repair the generator.
As always what starts as a 3 to 4 hour job soon becomes a 10 hour endurance run.
Trying to get one nut on took 3 hours as there was such limited access, but eventually the threads caught and by 20:00 we have the generator kick into life and ready to power up the most single important device on board. Elaine’s hair drier 🙂
Anyway, job done and on with the next.
Arrival in Cagliari was one of pleasure and fond remembrance of this beautiful place.
We were greeted by our very good friends Massimo and off course Arba. After a fantastic drive through the city centre in a vintage Citroen it was time to settle down and unpack.
It wasn’t long before Massimo picked us up from the marina and invited us to his home for a fantastic meal of spaghetti vongle followed by a amazing squid salad.
Today Bill joined us for our voyage of adventure which starts tomorrow.
After unpacking we took a stroll into town and our favourite restaurant “ La Schironada “. And what a fantastic time we had. Great food, Cuttle fish followed by Spaghetti Vongole. All served by some very pleasant Polish girls, Paulina and Maja.
After a siesta, we walked the 3.5 kilometres to Massimo and Marta’s flat for a truly fantastic meal of black rice salad starter, followed by the most amazing Sea Bream EVER. A great end to a wonderful first week in Cagliari.
Well, I have forgotten that my web address is richardsadventures.co.uk and so not just for sailing. Today I and travelling to Paris to visit Christelle, a very good and long standing friend. It seems ages since I’ve been to St Pancras and to Paris and so in a few hours I’ll be taking the EuroStar to Gard du Nord. Can’t wait for the good company, fine wines and delicious foods.