We’ve had some nice days here in the Sardenia archipelago, but now it’s time to head on. We headed out today towards Capo Testa. We have very little wind, but we’re sailing (barely!). We saw two dolphins this morning; the first over in the Med. The water here is very clean & clear; perhaps that’s why they’re here rather than the mainland. Tomorrow we’ll head thru the Fornelli Passage and head towards Mahon, Menorca, a distance of ~250 miles (as the crow flies, not as we sail). The forecast at present calls for easterly winds, so it will be a nice sail if the forecast is correct (for once!). After a couple days around Menorca, we’ll head down to Mallorca, then Formentara, then over to the Spain coast at Alicante.

Our sister ship, Zialater, hopes to be in the Canary Islands for Halloween. That’s a very ambitious schedule & we may be behind them somewhat. They are currently headed towards Barcelona. At some point we’ll meet up with them, as we’re planning to do the trans-Atlantic crossing together the end of November. I had calculated our trip to reach the Cape Verdes earlier today, & came up with 51 days down there. That doesn’t work since we have people flying in there in 45 days! As such, we are going to spend less time getting to the Canaries. Once there, we’ll know how much time we have to explore before heading the 900 miles south to the Cape Verdes.