After a gentle motorsail from Elba to Corsica, we set out in a heatwave to walk part of the Customs Path around Cap Corse
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If sailing north Corsica had been amazing, to sail west Corsica was even better. Given that I’m writing this several months later from our winter berth, I can confidently say it was my favourite area of this year’s summer cruise. It had clear, electric blue water, abundant sea life, walks […]
Sail West Corsica – Fish, Mountains, and a Mistral
We crossed from Portoferraio to sail north Corsica. We left on a flat calm day, the sky washed clean by the previous days’ rain. As a result we really could see for miles and miles. In one direction we could see way up the Italian coast. Then as soon as […]
Sail North Corsica – Wonderfully Wild With a Soupçon of ...
Off to Corsica We left the Maddalena islands on a sunny morning for the short trip across to Corsica. Our plan was to sail south east Corsica aiming for Porto Vecchio. The often feisty winds of the Bonafaccio Straits were having a rest day and the most we saw was […]