After anchoring deeper in the Rade of Porto Azzuro
about which we wrote last yearzzuro, , including some
pilotage notes we dinghied ashore. The little town is as sweet as ever, but fairly closed up still as the season doesn't really begin till the end of May. After lunch back aboard, the easterly breeze was picking up and the sun was shining, so we headed round to Portoferraio.
it was a very pleasant, if gentle sail, and made up for the rigours of the long day before. We arrived in the Rade of Portoferraio to find Aquila had got here before us. The forecast for the rest of the week is dire with rain and today, Tuesday, high winds. So far the forecast is accurate and we are glad our rocna appears to be very well dug in. We've not got a lot of power though, as the skies are overcast. Our main wind generator is still awaiting its new blades (they're here: we just have to install them), and it's been too windy to put up our additional wind genny that hovers over the foredeck when we're at anchor. So we're conserving electricity which restricts computer time. Hence no pix and not a complete update from Rome and leaving Ostia.
Although it's a very quiet day it's lovely to relax and be on board at anchor, playing cards, reading and doing a few small jobs.