S/V Aphrodite

Anchored off the Cinque Terre area south of Portofino, gave us several days of calm seas and bright blue skies and we felt comfortable and confident anchored in the unprotected area.  About 2 am of our last night, the wind shifted and started to build.  By 7 am when we could see to move we [...]

Corsica
We departed Barcelona on 9/16/07 and sailed across the notorious Gulf of Leon to Corsica, which is a group of French islands about 100 miles off the French coast, tucked in closer to Italy than it is to France. The high jagged mountains are an impressive sight. Dorothy Carrington, author of Granite Island, describes her [...]

What follows is a bit of Barcelona’s history.  We found the city to be so interesting that we stayed several days longer than planned.  Unfortunately we were unable to get into the “Old City” marina which would have put us within walking distance to everything. But, we bought multiple day tickets for the tourist bus system [...]

We hooked up with Jeri’s cousin Peter Drefine, wife Tina and boys Adam and Warren in Formenterra, in the Balleric Islands of Spain.  We had great dinners, mud baths and kiteboarding.  It was great to meet everyone.