http://followingtides.com Robert, Darlene and Shadow chase their dream -- circumnavigating the world on their Switch 51 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:03:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We spent last night at Cala d'Or; had a small cove all to ourselves again. Lovely. Lots of Germans sailing here; I think one of their clubs brought a 'convoy' over. Got up & started motoring early today; once we got off the point of Mallorca we put up the ... http://followingtides.com/2008/10/15/motoring-along/ Yesterday was Thanksgiving in Canada, Columbus Day in the US, & some major holiday in Menoraca/Spain. As such, everything was closed in Mahon. We heard the big celebration was in Barcelona, where Zialater is (lucky dogs!). Anyway, we headed south to Cala de Porter and it's a beautiful cove. High ... http://followingtides.com/2008/10/14/cala-de-porter/ We made it to Mahon, Menorca just before dark yesterday. We had great sailing conditions the entire way from Sardinia, making the crossing of about 250 miles in 33 hours. The waves changed on us around 6 am yesterday & made it noisy & rough, so we were glad to ... http://followingtides.com/2008/10/13/menorca/ 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 ... http://followingtides.com/2008/10/10/capo-testa/ We made it to Sardinia about 3:45 pm Monday. It was a long, uncomfortable trip. But we're in a nice cove & it's peaceful & calm. The good news is we caught a large yellow fin tuna on the way, so we'll have fresh fish for dinner. Shadow's already had ... http://followingtides.com/2008/10/06/sardinia/ Just a quick note to let you know we finally left Ostia at 9 am yesterday.  Forecast was for light winds. So much for the forecast! It's now 7:25 am and we're still 40+ miles away. It was a long, rough day & night with very little sleep. http://followingtides.com/2008/10/05/motorsailing/ Well, the boat didn't get into the water until mid-day on Thursday.  They had to move us 5 times to get us in. This took three days total, as they'd work on us awhile & then do other things. We got in and went across the river to get fuel. ... http://followingtides.com/2008/10/04/still-in-ostia/ We took the train into Rome today for our final farewell. We did the Vatican Museum, including the Sistine Chapel, something we never did last year even though we spent a month roaming Rome! We got up at 5:30 am so we could get there early for the line; got ... http://followingtides.com/2008/09/29/arrividerci-roma/ The boatyard finally has given us a date to go back into the water -- Tuesday.  This will be great, as we will be able to do the final things to the boat to head on our merry little way.  Robert will change the oil & filters on the engines ... http://followingtides.com/2008/09/27/splash-date/ Greetings to all, Just a short note to let you know that we arrived safely in Rome around 8:20 am local time today.  We had an uneventful flight and landed on a gorgeous, sunny day with very little breeze.  It took forever to get our luggage, but there was no hassle ... http://followingtides.com/2008/09/09/were-back-in-rome/