Monday 1 July 2019

The first of July broke with beautiful clear blue sky again, and glass calm water. The sea bottom 5 metres below us, was really clear. There were no jelly fish and a swim round the boat, before breakfast, was just tops.

Shortly after breakfast, a dinghy approached us, with us thinking that maybe he was a park ranger. He turned out to be and English guy, whose boat carries a French flag, and he was wanting to know if we had any books that he could have or exchange. His boat is based in the Gulf of Leon, so he obviously doesn’t come back to the UK often. Being now mainly Kindle users, we didn’t have any books we could give him, but we had a nice chat and, he having spent the last six weeks in Sardinia, gave us a synopsis of the places he had enjoyed.

We were a able to sail round to Fertilla, where we were due to leave the boat, as a nice breeze had filled in.

To cut a long story short, and not going into details, we had about three hours outside Fertilla, but couldn’t enter, so then made our way back to Alghero. By now, it was six in the evening and we were relieved to get the third last free berth, with Aquatica Marina, but on the town quay, in the heart of the harbour.

We dined on board, as we had food to use up before we leave, and walked into the old town to have ice cream for pudding. It is a delight, that I will never tire of, to sit out at 10 o’clock at night, in warm air. It is too hot on the boat during the day now, but first thing in the morning, and after dark, it is comfortably warm.

Distance covered today	10	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	1141	nautical miles
Distance covered 2019	1141	nautical miles
Steve (and Tricia )