San Leone • 30 Nautical Miles • San Leone Is the Seaside Resort of Agrigento • Ideal to Visit the Valle Dei Templi • Berthed at Yachting Club Agrigento for €35 P.N
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Part 2 Day 13 to 24 1 Day 13 11th July 2011 • Cefalù to Terrasini - 51 nautical miles • Skipped Palermo to anchor in Mondello bay – but found uncomfortable swell • Proceeded to Terrasini • La Rosa dei Venti marina at €40 .... Cash!! • Or anchor outside ... Provided mast is not too high!! 2 3 Bonaire in Mondello bay 4 5 Terrasini port with Punta Raisi in the distance 6 Only two sailing boats berthed Marina entrance 7 8 State of the art office 9 Beach on other side of promontory Sunset 10 11 Terrasini main square Day 14 12th July 2011 • Terrasini to San Vito Lo Capo • 17 nautical miles • 3 marinas in port – chose Diporto Nautico Sanvitese at €60 • Gusting side winds made berthing tricky 12 13 14 Monte Monaco 15 The marina 16 Torrazzo 17 Church or fortress? 18 19 20 Day 15 13th July 2011 • San Vito Lo Capo to Trapani • 20 nautical miles • Commercial harbour so must call Capitaneria on CH16 or 12 • Berthed at Columbus Yachting at €50 p.n. • Ideal to visit Erice or Egadi islands 21 22 Inside the harbour - Trapani 23 24 25 Old town – promenade overlooking the sea 26 Beach on opposite side of town centre 27 The old fish market 28 Corso Vittorio Emanuele at night Day 16 14th July 2011 Erice • Medieval town perched at 800m a.s.l. overlooking Trapani • Cable car from Trapani 29 How to get to Erice 30 Cable car departs 31 Main Gate - Erice 32 Medieval paving 33 Chiesa Madre 34 35 Silence … 36 La Pentolaccia restaurant – Erice Couscous specialities 37 38 Piazza Umberto in the evening 39 Very famous pasticceria … 40 … though very simple and rustic 41 Pepoli Castle 42 43 San Francesco church in the quiet night 44 Night lights Day 17 15th July 2011 • Trapani to Favignana and Mazara del Vallo • 40 nautical miles overall • Berthing places in Favignana port were full • Anchored in the south of island but too windy to stay for night • Left, originally for Marsala, but a thrilling sail made us continue to Mazara del Vallo, where we berthed at €50. 45 Wind 46 47 Onda Blu near Favignana 48 Favignana 49 Wind 50 51 Southern coast of Favignana from anchorage … 52 … more 53 Wind 54 55 Mazara del Vallo - Marina The river Mazaro flows out in the harbour 56 57 Promenade by the sea Piazza Repubblica facing side of cathedral 58 59 Cathedral - detail 60 Loggia Day 18 16th July 2011 • Mazara del Vallo to Sciacca • 28 nautical miles • Berthed at Lega Navale for only €25, receiving attention worth n times • Sciacca is perched high above port • Best granita ever 61 28 n.miles 62 Lega Navale welcome 63 64 The town from the harbour The hard way up 65 66 View from the top – fishing boats … 67 … and the marina 68 The streets of Sciacca are all uphill … … or downhill 69 70 Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta Wow!! What a Bugatti 71 72 Finally sitting down at the restaurant Day 19 17th July 2011 • Sciacca to San Leone • 30 nautical miles • San Leone is the seaside resort of Agrigento • Ideal to visit the Valle dei Templi • Berthed at Yachting Club Agrigento for €35 p.n. ... Free drinks in the evening! 73 30 n.miles 74 75 Yachting Club Agrigento Marina 76 Lungomare 77 Luna park 78 79 At sunset Day 20 18th July 2011 Valle dei Templi and Agrigento 80 Valle dei Templi 81 On the bus to Valle dei Templi 82 Tempio della Concordia 83 84 Tempio della Concordia with Mitoraj statue in foreground 85 David and Goliath 86 87 … what one does for a bit of good luck!! 88 Le tre grazie … o le tre sfinite89 90 Tempio di Giunone … finally some much wanted shade 91 Tempio di Giove 92 Agrigento train station 93 Always up or down 94 The tailor 95 Cathedral – closed for the past 20+ years 96 The other side of Agrigento – houses in decay 97 Day 21 19th July 2011 • San Leone to Marina di Ragusa • 57 nautical miles • Decided to skip Licata also because very strong winds were forecasted the following day 98 57 n.miles 99 Very busy fishing 100 101 Marina di Ragusa Day 22 20th July 2011 Marina di Ragusa and Scicli, Ragusa Ibla, Scoglitti, and Vittoria 102 Vittoria Ragusa Ibla Scoglitti Scicli Marina di Ragusa 103 UNESCO World Heritage town of Scicli 104 105 Part of Scicli from the top 106 San Bartolomeo 107 108 Crib in San Bartolomeo Painting by Mattia Preti 109 110 Ragusa Ibla 111 112 Ragusa Ibla – San Giorgio 113 114 The main square from San Giorgio 115 The conversation club … Day 23 21th July 2011 Marina di Ragusa and Chiaramonte Gulfi and Caltagirone 116 Caltagirone Chiaramonte Gulfi Marina di Ragusa 117 CHIARAMONTE GULFI 118 Chiaramonte Gulfi – detail of the old town 119 Experts discuss the production of olive oil 120 The 142 steps leading to the higher part of Caltagirone 121 122 Detail 123 Display of ceramics in a corner of a shop 124 125 Hand painting of ceramics Day 24 22th July 2011 • Marina di Ragusa to Malta • 54 nautical miles • Unadventurous normal crossing • Sailed the last 10 – 12 NM • Arrived 15:00hrs 126 127 D 6 D 7 D 4 D 5 D 8 D 10 D 9 D 11 D 3 D 12 D 1 D 2 128 D 13 D 14 D 15 D 16 D 17 D 18 D 19 D 20 D 21 D 22 D 23 D 24 129 Malta Cruising Club Thank You 130 .