Yacht JACK TAR: On to Corsica

From Alghero we sailed around the northwest tip of Sardinia via the narrow, shallow Fornelli Channel and discovered a magnificent sailing ground amongst the most amazing and attractive landscape of “sculpted” rocky coastline set against high mountains and largely covered in lush green foliage. Google earth cannot do it justice. [At the same time our camera has played up with no zoom operative, so our photos also don`t give such a good impression.] Along the north coast and around the northeast Costa Smeralda most of the housing has been designed to blend with the landscape in the most delightful way. At Porto Cervo, playground of the rich and famous,and the home of America`s Cup challenges and superyacht regattas, we anchored in the harbour and found the place still in hibernation; shops not open and few tourists. The Bonifacio Strait between Sardinia and Corsica is quite narrow and strewn with rocky islets and reefs. On our way across we spent the night in a really “special” anchorage at Ilse Lavezzi; just beautiful, with shallow turquoise water [we had only a metre under the keel] surrounded by sandy beaches and rocky outcrops. There, 770 French soldiers and sailors enroute to the Crimean war perished when their ship foundered. Now at beautiful Bonifacio town in Corsica, we are windbound for a day before continuing north.