After staying on the lovely Island of Elba for nearly a month we thought it was time to move on towards Fiumincino, Rome, which is approx. 120 miles away and is where our Winter storage is for Duet. After checking the forecasts we left our anchorage (where we were growing barnacles as Duet hadn't been moved for 2 weeks) and thought this would be perfect as the wind was going to be about 15 knots coming from behind us to help us along. After a couple of hours the wind increased as usual to 23 knots and the swell became huge, Eric tells me that he had one of the best sails of his life surfing on 3 to 4 metre waves doing up to 10 knots at times (that's incredible as the boat is well waited down). I decided that a glass of wine would calm my nerves and this also sent me to sleep which was the easiest solution for Eric as he had to concentrate on sailing the boat safely and not worrying about me crying and panicking. We arrived at our next destination 9 hours later just before it got dark and anchored on a very sheltered beach, what a relief, with a sandy bottom and excellent holding which gave us a sounds nights sleep even in strong off shore winds as we have grown very confident with the Rocna anchor we have, what a great investment! We thought after yesterdays long voyage and trauma for me (Gill) we would have a day off from sailing and explore the fabulous place surroundings of where we are. The town/village is very quaint and we treated ourselves to a lovely seafood salad lunch with a nice glass of Italian vino