After several years in Tropea (spring 2010- autumn 2015, with one years in between in
Teulada, Sardinia), T-Fish is back in Rome and will serve as my new home
from Jan 2016 onwards. Charly supported me on this 320 nm transfer trip
from 15-22 Oct. We had fantastic sailing conditions on a few legs with
T-Fish 'flying' at hull speed of 7.5 kn, but we were also forced to wait 1 1/2
days at anchor in the Cala di Luna bay, Ponza Island, protecting us
from strong easterly winds (7-8 Bft). On the leg from Ponza to Rome and
as a result of the strong wind conditions, we had to motor cruise
against a 'street of debris', likely washed from the beaches.
This also included a submerged sailing boat - it looked like a vintage
wooden boat, probably the seize of T-Fish - which we passed less than 20m on the starboard side. Quite scary - in particular during the night! After calling the coastguard on VHF 16 in order to
report the position of the submerged vessel, we got no answer.
This is even more scary, knowing that apparently nobody is watching channel 16
during the night any longer! Luckily, we made it safely to Rome without any collision.
Below a few pics of this adventurous trip.
For viewing all tracks, see
Tropea-Rome Tracks.
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| Cilento coast |
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| Amalfi |
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| Amalfi coast |
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| Ponza |
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| Ventotene |
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| Ventotene - off season |
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