Brindabella

The previous port of Santa Teresa was our last port in Sardinia. It was right at the northern end, so easy access to the Strait of Bonifacio. Today the straits were calm but there was enough wind to sail.

As we started to close on Solenzara the wind dropped, and it became extremely hot. We ended up putting the sails away and put the bimini up to get some shade.

I phoned the marina at Solenzara on the way there to check they had space. When I gave her the draft of the boat she was somewhat concerned. We draw 2.1m and she said that was the absolute maximum draft that can enter the marina. The depth at the entrance is a bit more then that but you need to allow for any swell running.

We were a bit apprehensive as there were some waves at sea and it was clearly choppy in the entrance to the port. We took it very slowly as we entered. You need to steer towards the beach and then make a sharp right turn at exactly the correct moment. As it turned out, we had about 0.5m under the keel.

That evening we had moules et frites. The moules are grown in the 'Étang de Diane' on the east coast of Corsica and are particularly good.
Just past the marina, there is a river and the landscape with hills and mountains is beautiful. In fact, the whole of the east coast of Corsica is like this. See photo below.



Time: 6:00 hours Miles: 40nm Total Time: 84:00 hours Total Miles: 499nm