Tuesday 10 September 2019

A run around the harbour, in the morning, allowed me to do a recce of the small town. At 8:00am, the place was already busy with people having breakfast or buying tickets for the day tripper boats.

It is a very dramatic and beautiful setting. The shops were excellent, but expensive. We topped up the food supplies. It’s the first time I’ve found broccoli since we left Spain. The bakery was great, as you would expect in France, as was the charcuterie.

The boat on our starboard side had left early in the morning. There was a small charter boat moored on our port side, with a crew of very nice Swiss youngsters. The lady skipper was most polite and we agreed to wait until after they had left before we departed, as this would make getting out of this very tight space a little easier. They duly left shortly after mid day. We still needed the help of the marinaros to help us out, but boats were pouring in. The disorganisation of the marina staff, meant we waited almost an hour to get out. Who would have thought that allowing a boat to vacate a spot would help make space for the new arrivals.

All in all, we were happy to leave Bonifacio, and then we had a cracking sail back across the Bonifacio strait to a pretty cala on the west side of Isola Spargi, one of the Maddalena islands. It was a small cala with a beach at the head, which I suspect was only accessible from the sea. Suddenly we are in an area of a lot of boats out sailing, reminiscent of the Solent in summer.

We could relax and enjoy the scenery in the evening, although the east wind still came through to us. We were happy our anchor was secure, allowing us not to worry overnight.

Distance covered today	15.0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	164.0	nautical miles
Distance covered 2019	1217.0	nautical miles
Tricia (and Steve)