Olbia
Arwenofbosham
Rob and Jacky Black
Sat 27 Jun 2009 16:24
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40 55.3N 09 30.6E
22nd - 24th June
We left Cala Volpe early and motored south to Olbia
- managed to actually sail for over an hour before we rounded the rather
impressive headland
- Capo Figari and into the bay where we had wind on
the nose for the rest of the passage. We were entering the port in good company
a very classy
cruise liner (French) came in with us so we
hurridly moved to the port side on the channel out of the way while she
manouvered into her berth.
We had called the Circolo Nautico earlier and so we
were met by a young man who directed us to an end berth which was alongside for
a change!
Once all fast he was able to point out the
facilities, power water showers and toilets. The friendly dutch couple on the
boat next to us explained where the supermarket was.
The club here was lovely very friendly - though not
much English spoken. We availed ourselves of the showers and then set off for a
big shop at the supermarket which proved to
be the best on we have found in Sardinia to date.
On the way back we stopped at the club house bar and had some lovely local
chilled wine Vermentino. To our delight this came with a super selection of
'anti-pasta'
on the house!
The following morning Bert and gerry arrived -
their flight was on time so we were able to leave the berth and head off for a
super sail back to Cala Volpe where we thought they would be able to 'chill'
after the very early flight.
Duly anchored and after a late lunch we all retired
for a well earned siesta. We had a swim before super and turned in early. The
next day we took the dinghy to the head of the cala and went to visit the posh
hotel.
And boy was it posh!! The architecture was rustic
italian and the building comprised of several areas some one storey and some
two, all painted in shades of terracota. Inside was really chic, with huge beams
and tiles
and cosy areas to sit, very up market designer
shops for clothes, jewellry and leather goods. The private dock area had several
large ribs from the super yachts in the bay. There were two pools and a private
beach area
all the sun beds had two towels ready waiting for
guests and there were private gazebos with their own fridges disguised in a
cupboard and nets to close around one if you so desired even more
privacy!
We had drinks - 2 beers and 2 local wines - these
came with some delicious olives and a bowl of nuts - the bill was a staggering
58 Euros! so we decided this would not be the place for Bertie's birthday supper
after all!
On the way back to the boat we stopped off at a
sandy beach and Gerry and I swam from there back to the boat with the men folk
acting as guard boat incase of 'errant ribs' flying about.
We had another good night and the following morning
set off for Portisco where there is a marina and we had heard a reasonable
anchorage nearby.
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