After Elaines settling in period and visit to one of our favourite restaurants, the night before, in Cagliari, ” La Schironada”, we set sail.Our initial plan was to head for Poetto beach, but as we got out into the bay the wind looked promising for a 6 or 7 hour sail to Tuerredda.

We sailed for half the journey and motored the rest to get there before sunset, arriving and dropping anchor at 19:26.

The bay was calm with only one other yacht a anchor, a British couple.

Ed prepared a gorgeous seared Tuna accompanied with a delightful salad.

The evening was completed with a glass of wine or two and gazing upwards into the wonderfully illuminated night sky and nature giving us the best show on earth with Venua, Jupiter and a half moon ? 

We spent the day relaxing in Cagliari and decided to go to one of the outdoor restaurants that only locals go to. This was comprised of outdoor plastic tables and chairs and a few gazebos. VERY BASIC. We followed the Sardinians lead and had Octopus salad, sea urchins, spaghetti vongole and fried squid, obviously accompanied by a house white wine. This was finished of with a coffee and a complimentary lemoncelo.. all for 23 Euros per head, but this included bread and 50cl of wine each. A bargain and not a single tourist in sight.

After some food shopping we headed back to Arctura for a well deserved siesta.

Our strenuous day was completed by yet another wonderful meal prepared by our very good friend Massimo. A spaghetti volgole followed by squid with finely chopped and fried artichoke.

Well what can one say. Waking up in this wonderful location is paradice on earth.

Tuarredda is only 30 miles west of Cagliari and a wonderful stop. We’ve been here several times and have never been disappointed.

The Mavic Air Drone got its first real use. We fitted some safety floating aid, should the worst happen and the Drone was launched. After a few practice attempts at take offs and landings on a yacht under anchor and confidence boosted, we achieved our first fly pass. The end result was a fly around Arctura with fantastic film footage as you can see above. I think I’ll call the drone Piccolo, as its good luck to have a name for a vessel.

With fantastic memories we weighed anchor at 11:07 and set sail back to Cagliari, with Dolphins and Sea Turtles en route.

Arriving at 18:45 we were greeted by our friend Masssion and Arba.