Ease The MainWith Benevento and its crew

There is a saying among boaters that there are “two kinds of sailors…those who have run aground and those who have yet to.”  For the first 15,000 nautical miles we sailed we were part of the first group.  After our trip to the Aeolian Islands off Sicily, we are now firmly part of the second….

       The island of Capri is a short sail from the Bay of Naples (about 20 nautical miles).  Capri is not an easy island for anchoring as it is extremely deep and is open to the swell.  Nevertheless, we thought we’d give it a try.  We anchored near the marina/harbor in about 75…

    After leaving Rome, we did an overnight passage to Naples and found ourselves faced with an anchoring dilemma.  The best (and almost only) nice place for us to anchor near Naples was in a marine reserve.  We had emailed the reserve for permission to anchor but they had not responded yet.  We were exhausted…

Leaving the lovely anchorage at Porto Ercole, we made a straight shot down to Ostia, which is an ancient port on the coast near Rome.  For about 12 hours we had headwinds of up to 20 knots and choppy seas and dropped anchor tucked in behind a point where the Tiber River runs into the…

      With the weather starting to warm up, and being in Italy, we decided it’s time to enjoy the Dolce Vita – which for us includes food and wine. We arrived to the province of Toscana (Tuscany) at Cala de Medici Yacht Club, south of Livorno, enveloped in gloomy, rainy and cold weather,…