Feeling LOST

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... not only in temperatures, but also in winddirection... but more to that later. First I need to apologise for the many typos, but at 5 am, without glasses... The temperatures are at least 5° lower than last week, still having nice 25 C, not freezing 13 like back home.. But more importantly the wind... Yesterday it picked up to 22kn, so we even had to put in reef 1. And the direction was just perfect, we made a beautiful sailing day up to the bay of Isolas de Quirra, just 5nm N of Porto Corallo. At 1120 we dropped anchor in that beautiful large bay (we haveeen on our way more than 7 hrs), being the only ship. Swell was acceptable given the tiredness of both of us. But we had quite a discussion about the whereabouts.. going back 1h to P Corrallo? Going 5hrs to Arbatax on engine? cause under sail it normally takes 1,8 times? Or just stay put and hope for the best!? We did the latter and it was the right choice! The wind and swell died out and we had a calm night without too much moveme...

How do you rate a marina? That I've asked myself over and over again. The marineros were grumpy but not unfriendly, the shower/WC was in an old rusty container, but the pot was clean AND had paper. One mooring was too short, the other had an annoying bottle bound to, probably for the regular user of that spot., but at least there were any. So i decided to rate it 3☆. I picked up Barbara from the airport, she was almost at time, as she travelled light, having everything on the boat already, we directly headed to the city, having some nice pasta (ragu and pistacchio) before we took the loong way home alongside the nice promenade. Passing by the inner marina with all the nice boats, I downgraded my marina 2☆.🙂 This morning (Mon) doing some provisioning, we decided to have a quick run up the hill before, as Barbara hasn't been. After preparing the boat, we left precicesly at noon Cagliary Marina del sole. Wind was weak and from all sides, but after a good hour freshend up a bit to...

I have hoped to write this blog more regularly, but it was quite exhausting. On Wednesday we made it into Porto Villaputzu in the early afternoon, unfortunately a lot of engine was necessary. FL is quite okay on the tack, but if you need to make some distance (which was my main mistake) you can't go of course 60° just to make a bit of sailing. First conclusion, trips in the area would have been better, but okay, the lwarning curve is steep indeed. Anyway, as we needed some bread for the next days P&I had a sweaty walk into the city of Villaputzu, nice beach along, but the city itself seems to be a retirement- & vacationhome-assembly. Google knows nothing about openingtimes, so we made some extra kilometers, but with a little refreshment here and there it was doable. Very nice dinner in the restaurant opposite the marina, I've been here with Barbara in June on our way with the rentalcar to Arbatax (where the boat is on dock for the winter).  Thursday brought us finally s...

Yesterday, 13.09. we left Porto Frailis, S of Arbatax, after having a coffee and a swim, LOSTcrew-style, in direction south heading for Porto Coralis. As we had about 8kn of wind against it was no other option than to stress the engine again. Looks like the sails are only optional. But after 2hours we decided to change plans, get the sails out, as the wind has increased to 12-14 knots and has turned a to southeast. Of course that means to take a left by 90 degrees, then 230° to tack against the wind, but the 3 hours sailing were splendid. Around 15:00 we dropped anchor in a nice bay just south of Capo Sferracavallo,  sandy beaches, crystal-blue waters. After a swim we decided not to stay, as the swell was too much and to continue 2hrs on the engine to the marina in Porto Corallo. BUT....then the lever of the anchor got stuck on deck and wasn't moving anymore, so we couldn't lift the anchor. We had to saw off a good 20cm of the lever to get it off. By that time it was too late t...

...how much energy and time Fred, Harry and I have spent in May to get Feelin LOST (FL for future reference) from the wharf in Arbatax to the marina in LaCaletta (di Siniscola), just to sail it down to Arbatax again on day 4 of this journey, the first day at sea. and again 9 hrs on the engine.. 5-9kts of wind are just enough to get the sails up and down and up again aso. but not to quit the engine... oh, that we have done after 10 min already, i was so fixated on having the seacock for the cooling open, that i forgot about the fuel-valve... but, D. knew excactly how to get the engine going again, opened the 4 injector chambers, let the air out and in 20 min we were going again... what a start.. i will never forget to open it again, wonder what i will forget instead.  Finally we anchored in Porto Frailis, finally i see the beach from the other side after March and May. Quick check on the anchor and cleaning the log-wheel from sea-creatures ended with a jelly-sting, don't know if it ...

Day 3 on the island, and there is so much to tell..but besides the rusted beercan in the bilge (lowest part of the boat below the floor) that grew over with mold over the last 2 month, nothing really exciting. To set-up a boat in 48 hrs is a task that you can't possibly fulfill. So it was all cleaning, stowing and more cleaning. The nights were nice and quiet, or I just slept as a rock, so tired..  Today i picked up Paul(NL)and Dick aka the old owner of S/Y Feeling Free, now S/Y Feeling LOST, some more cleaning and Dick showing me what it means to operate a boat for 20 yrs. Provisioning is do much better than on a rental boat, where you have to think about what you will use in the next 7 days... and the old lady has storage like a big boat. Dick has been pronounced dead already, so many old friends were happily surprised, when he showed up in person.  Quick swim, nice dinner, like the days before,  temperature in the low 30s. So, tomorrow morning we will start our journey...

The announcement of ÖBB a week ago, that i have to begin my journey in a seat iso a couchette on the car-nighttrain did not materialise in the end, I even got upgraded to a sleeper coach. Seeing all the motorbikes going on the car train, awoke some sweet but very old memories. But taking the bike was not an option, as my old VW Polo was totally packed with kite stuff, blankets and luggage from some crews i am expecting over the next 3 weeks. So after 14hrs I arrived in Livorno, putting the car to a secured parking and boarding another train going for a daytrip to Pisa. Can't even imagine what Pisa must be in summertime, so many tourists all making the same stupid picture holding the Tower of Pisa, otherwise a nice italian city, so is Livorno, very picturesque drive along Viale Italiana with the old marine-officer's villas. My little blue smurf hasn't seen the sea before.  Now queueing for the ferry to Olbia, really looking forward to having a shower and a beer. Salute B ...