Well, we've circumnavigated Sardinia now. Not quite the same as circumnavigating the world, but at least that I can say that I've gone around something all the way.

As you can probably tell, we're in Carloforte now, more extraordinarily with free Wi-Fi! We plan to leave tomorrow morning early and head to Mahon, on Menorca. We're meeting some friends that we met via blog there so we hope to be in Mahon in the afternoon of Thursday, August 25.

If you want to know what happened between Bonifacio, read on.

We left Bonifacio for Stintino in a fairly strong headwind (maybe 15 knots upwind). It was a 50 n.m. leg, so we couldn't go slow. We actually turned on the motor for the last 16 n.m. after the wind had died down a bit. We then spent a peaceful night at anchor before moving on to Porto Conte. We spent two nights there and saw Neptune's grotto while we were staying there. Then we moved on to Alghero 10 n.m. away to break up the long passages.

We spent another two nights there and in the morning of the second day, tied up at the fuel dock, filled up with water, gave the boat a bath, and then left before the dock opened. We arrived here in the afternoon and since have spent two or three days on free fast internet.