Early start and caught taxi to Gatwick South for the start of a new adventure. No return ticket so may not come back.!!
Me at Gatwick South
Breakfast – Egg Benedicts
Gdynia
A leisurely morning and woke up to a beautiful dawn in Gdynia.
Down to the restaurant for a buffet breakfast and then fir an early morning swim in the hotel pool.
We then walked 4 kms to the Experyment museum, full of wondrous things fir Alex to play with. Back to Gdynia for an Italian meal at Vita Italia. Great Spag Bols and to the hotel fir table football
Cagliari
Well, I have arrived in Cagliari.
Great uneventful flight with great views.
The coast of Sardinia
A light lunch ? c/o Edwardo
Mast Clmbing
It’s a hard life and after Edward treating me to cake and coffee Edward gave me my next task for the morning. Preventative maintenance which involved mast Climbing. So up I went.
Me at the top
First evening in Cagliari
The first sunset in Cagliari was beautiful and we promptly set off to see or wonderful friends Marta and Massimo to a pizza “Il Gallo D’oro”
Over dinner we are making plans for a sail in convoy, plans to be confirmed. Watch this space.
Another Day
Well after many hours of planning, whether to go to Carloforte or Bosa we decided to stay with our friends at the anchorage.
It wasn’t a hard decision, beautiful sun and sea, but above all the company of our Italian friends.
Sunrise and Marta and Massimo’s Yacht
Testing of my new underwater Olympus camera. Setting of anchor, Me snorkelling and sea grass.
Anchoring in Tuerredda
We set sail from Cagliari with our two, wonderful Italian friends and decided to head for an anchorage in Tuerredda.
A very windy start and we were ploughing through the waves at a rate of over 7 knots.
We invited our Italian friends to Arctura for some chicken Schnitzels, and after a wonderful evening ferried them back to their yacht by tender. Next day the invitation was reciprocated with a fantastic pasta follow bow chick hen curry.
Swimming and snorkelling in these wonderful water was a pleasure and for October surprisingly warm.
Arctura under anchor
Massimo after a prop cleaning dive
Marta with Arba
Bath time Sardinian style
Where are those fish that I promised Ed for lunch
Gdynia
A quick visit to Gdynia to see my lovely Alex,
Not a lot of time?
Drove to Czluchow to collect Alex from his German lessons at 1630 and then onto Gdynia and the hotel Mercure.
Out for an evening pizza and chat and then off to bed.
View from our room 807. Overlooking Gdynia marina
View from our room 807 Mercure Gdynia
At the local PizzaHut in Gdynia
Sailing with best mate to Northney
Ed came down to Shamrock Quay on Wednesday night so as we could have a relaxed start for our trip on Thursday.
Thursday morning was a wonderfully sunny day and after breakfast at the Yellow Welly we provisioned Yaga and set sail.
Temperatures hit 22 degrees and with a F4 southern wind we sailed all the way to Northney.
Cracking sail and Yaga simply sliced through the Solent water. Her first trip since her re launch.
Here are some photos of our trip.
Richard on Yaga leaving Southampton Water
Eastoke buoy at the entry to Chichester harbour.
The Royal Oak public house on our route to Emsworth. The walk was 7.2 kms but well worth the views and a lovely curry at the Taste of India
A view of Emsworth after our lovely walk from Northney.
Return to Polakoland
After a wonderful 7 weeks in the wondrous U.K. We had to make our way back to Poland. Leaving by early morning ferry to Dunkirk, destination Szczecin. Fantastic sunrise and the White Cliffs of Dover waving us Bon Voyage.