The Diary of Sonsy Lass - Straits of Messina

Straits of Messina

The Diary of Sonsy Lass

Alex & June Laidlaw

Tue 30 Jul 2013 16:18

38:11.981N 15:33.570E We have arrived at the marina in the Straits of Messina. The straits are very rough with the currents and winds which whistle through between the mountains. It certainly is the roughest, sea wise, marina we have ever been in. Everything has to be fastened down as if we were at sea. Our crew wanted to visit Mount Etna, which we saw smoking when we passed, but unfortunately could't get a tour operator willing to help. We are so close to the commercial harbour that we can almost touch the cruise ships. An odd kind of boat here is the swordfish fishing boat. Where the skipper site on top of a 50' high mast driving the ship and a guy sits on the bowsprit, again 50' from the boat, to harpoon the swordfish as they come through the straits.

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2016

Nov 2016

Sat 5 Nov 20:00
- Cooper Island

2015

May 2015

Sat 16 May 19:35
- Marina Cay, BVI
Tue 12 May 18:57
- Back in the BVI's
Mon 4 May 16:55
- Isla Culebra, Spanish Virgin Islands
Sat 2 May 17:31
- St Thomas USVI

Feb 2015

Fri 13 Feb 19:38
- Arriving in the BVI's
Sat 7 Feb 18:09
- Anguilla
Mon 2 Feb 21:28
- Stacia

2014

Dec 2014

Wed 3 Dec 14:53
- Beautiful Guadaloupe

May 2014

Fri 23 May 18:03
- Safely back in Antigua
Sun 18 May 15:49
- Marigot, St Martins
Tue 6 May 22:17
- Hi From St St Eustatius (Statia)
Fri 2 May 18:47
- Still in Jolly Harbour

Apr 2014

Sat 26 Apr 22:02
- Dickenson Bay
Wed 16 Apr 14:21
- Hi from Antigua

Mar 2014

Fri 14 Mar 21:25
- More pics from St Barts
- From a very chic St Barts
Thu 13 Mar 19:19
- St Kitts
Mon 10 Mar 22:59
- Hi from Nevis
Fri 7 Mar 11:43
- English Harbour
Tue 4 Mar 14:24
- Deshais, Guadeloupe
Sat 1 Mar 19:19
- The Saintes (France)

Feb 2014

Thu 27 Feb 21:41
- Dominica
Tue 25 Feb 22:01
- St Pierre, Martinique
- Enjoying a little bit of France
Sat 22 Feb 00:07
- Finally in Martinique
Thu 20 Feb 15:58
- New Dinghy
Mon 10 Feb 13:08
- Stuck in Rodney Bay - yet again
Fri 7 Feb 21:50
- In Rodney Bay for a shedload of repairs
Wed 5 Feb 23:53
- Cumberland Bay, St Vincent
Tue 4 Feb 22:34
- Bequia
Sun 2 Feb 21:29
- Mayraeu Island

Jan 2014

Fri 31 Jan 19:01
- STILL IN UNION
Thu 30 Jan 22:28
- Arrived in Union Island
Sun 26 Jan 20:47
- Mustique, Grenadines
Tue 21 Jan 22:32
- St Vincent
Sun 19 Jan 20:25
- Sonsy Lass on the move again

2013

Dec 2013

Sun 22 Dec 15:28
- Now back in a cold, wet and miserable Cardiff!
Sun 8 Dec 21:11
- Rum Punchs
Fri 6 Dec 02:15
- Of pirates and punch
Wed 4 Dec 20:49
- Final, Final Point
- Almost there
Mon 2 Dec 20:57
- 352nm to go!!!
Sun 1 Dec 21:28
- Another milestone

Nov 2013

Fri 29 Nov 20:37
- A day for Suduko - the hare and the tortoise, a draw.
Thu 28 Nov 20:20
- A Life on the Ocean Wave!
Wed 27 Nov 20:02
- 999 miles to go
Tue 26 Nov 21:16
- In the doldrums
Mon 25 Nov 20:48
- Nearly halfway
Sun 24 Nov 20:18
- A rather quiet day
Sat 23 Nov 19:09
- Elle Dorado
Fri 22 Nov 18:49
- Yet another one got away.
Thu 21 Nov 17:47
- A very eventful day
Wed 20 Nov 19:11
- ON our way
Tue 19 Nov 13:31
- cape verdes
Sat 16 Nov 18:13
- In the tropics !
Fri 15 Nov 12:53
- 82nm to go
Thu 14 Nov 10:42
- Only 250 NM To Go
Wed 13 Nov 10:11
- Celebration for the half way mark.
Tue 12 Nov 12:17
- 300 miles down
Mon 11 Nov 08:55
- First 140 NM
Sun 10 Nov 11:10
- T-2 Hours
Sat 9 Nov 11:03
- The Final Countdown
Thu 7 Nov 10:08
- The morning after the night before
Wed 6 Nov 08:25
- 5 days to go
Tue 5 Nov 17:48
- Fwd: 6 Days till to the off

Oct 2013

Thu 10 Oct 09:00
- Another Milestone - Arrival in Gran Canaria
Mon 7 Oct 09:58
- Can almost see Lanzarotte
Sat 5 Oct 15:36
- Almost Half Way to Gran Canaria
Fri 4 Oct 08:29
- Motor sailing down the coast of Africa
Thu 3 Oct 14:31
- Left Gibraltar for Gran Canaria

Sep 2013

Wed 11 Sep 06:29
- At last we can see the rock of Gibraltar
Tue 10 Sep 18:19
- At last a rest
Mon 9 Sep 17:15
- Going further down the coast of Spain
- Going along the coast of Spain
Sun 8 Sep 19:59
- Spanish Mainland
Sat 7 Sep 16:57
- Stop off in Ibaza
- Leaving Mallorca
Mon 2 Sep 11:39
- At Last Palma

Aug 2013

Fri 30 Aug 11:18
- Arrived Menorca
- Goodbye Sardinia
Thu 29 Aug 06:58
- Leaving for Palma, Mallorca
Sat 24 Aug 15:39
- the Madallena archpeligo
Tue 20 Aug 14:51
- Back in Italian waters
Mon 19 Aug 14:43
- Another try for Bonifacio, Corsica
Sun 18 Aug 14:30
- Trip to Corsica
Sat 17 Aug 15:58
- Calma Spalmatore, Maddalena Island, off Sardinia
Fri 16 Aug 15:49
- Very expensive Porto Cervo
Tue 13 Aug 15:45
- Olbia for a crew change
Sat 10 Aug 16:14
- Cala di Volpi, Costa Smeralda
- Brandingi Bay near Olbia
Fri 9 Aug 06:24
- La Caletta, Sardinia
Thu 8 Aug 07:19
- Arbatax, Sardinia
Wed 7 Aug 08:31
- Another beautiful bay in Sardinia
Mon 5 Aug 14:11
- Arrived in Sardinia
Sun 4 Aug 05:39
- Last stop in Sicily
Fri 2 Aug 15:35
- Back in Sicily
Thu 1 Aug 13:12
- Lipari Island

Jul 2013

Tue 30 Jul 16:18
- Straits of Messina
Mon 29 Jul 05:50
- Rounding the Sole of Italy
Sun 28 Jul 07:31
- Crossing the arch of the foot of Italy
Fri 26 Jul 07:20
- Going down the heel of Italy
Thu 25 Jul 09:38
- Arrival in Italy
Wed 24 Jul 08:03
- Heading for Italy
Sat 20 Jul 07:16
- Heading for Dubrovink
Mon 15 Jul 16:38
- Arriving in Trogir for the airport
Thu 11 Jul 16:29
- Port Zlarin
Wed 10 Jul 16:17
- Fwd: Molat Island
Tue 9 Jul 10:05
- Another wonderful bay
Sun 7 Jul 09:39
- Island of Molat
Sat 6 Jul 13:32
- Island of Silba
Fri 5 Jul 15:26
- Unije Island
Thu 4 Jul 10:00
- Pula
Wed 3 Jul 17:13
- Arrived in Croatia

Jun 2013

Mon 17 Jun 09:23
- Arriving Venice
Sat 8 Jun 08:40
- Hvar to Uvala Vinisce
Fri 7 Jun 08:38
- The Island of Hvar
Thu 6 Jun 09:53
- Cavtat to Uvala Luka, Korcula
- Chaos in Cavtat
Mon 3 Jun 15:04

May 2013

Tue 28 May 06:07
- Leaving Levkas for Paxoi
- Still in Levkas
Wed 22 May 15:16
- Messalongi to Lefkas
- Trezonia to Messalongi
Mon 20 May 15:42
- Delphia to Trizonia
- Itea
Fri 17 May 14:55
- Poros to the Corinth Canal
Thu 16 May 16:10
- Corinth Canal Area
Wed 15 May 15:18
- Poros, Greece
- Ydra, Greece
Sun 12 May 15:19
- Serfos and Yhdra Greece
Sat 11 May 15:28
- Overnight Serifos, Greece
- Lovely Paros Greece
Fri 10 May 19:36
- test 2 test 2
- Computer Genius!!
Thu 9 May 16:04
- Paros Again
Wed 8 May 16:28
- Syros view
Tue 7 May 15:53
- Arrived in Siros
Mon 6 May 17:45
- Berthed in Paroikia, Paros
Sun 5 May 07:34
- Overnight at Amorgos
Sat 4 May 15:30
- Yalikovak Departure

2012

Jul 2012

Wed 18 Jul 13:47
- Touring Fethiye Bay

Jun 2012

Thu 28 Jun 20:06
- Arrival Gocek -24 May
Sun 24 Jun 08:42
- Kas: position only
Thu 21 Jun 12:24
- Masada
Wed 20 Jun 18:32
- Ashkelon: position only
Sun 17 Jun 13:33
- Jerusalem
Sat 16 Jun 18:38
- Haifa, Israel
Fri 15 Jun 18:41
- Akko - 15th June
- Famagusta to Haifa
Sun 10 Jun 18:29
- Mersin back to Karpas Gate, Cyprus, Friday 8th June
Thu 7 Jun 09:12
- Karpas Gate, North Cyprus to Mersin Sunday 3rd June
Mon 4 Jun 13:06
- Tusucu to Girnie

May 2012

Thu 31 May 16:38
- Bozyazi to Tasucu 54NM 25May
Mon 28 May 06:07
- Alanya to Bozyazi 60NM 22nd May
Wed 23 May 15:45
- Cappadocia
Sat 19 May 16:11
- Kemerovo to Alanya Friday May 18
Thu 17 May 10:16
- From Kas to Kemer
Mon 14 May 16:20
- 36:17.6N 30:09.6E
Fri 11 May 17:28
- "36:12.30N 29:59.29E"
Wed 9 May 13:31
- Still on way to Gocek
Tue 8 May 16:00
- Heading to Gocek

2011

Jun 2011

Wed 1 Jun 17:04
- TIME TO CATCH UP FROM A HOT TURKEY

May 2011

Sat 28 May 14:28
- Greek Island of Simi
Thu 26 May 17:06
- Tony and Christine's Departure
Tue 24 May 05:39
- Wall to wall sunshine: light winds: in the mid 80's
Fri 20 May 15:44
- Hi from Turkey

2010

Jul 2010

Fri 2 Jul 14:53
- (no subject)
Thu 1 Jul 11:09
- Through Straits of Gib
- (no subject)

Jun 2010

Wed 30 Jun 19:00
- Cadiz - the tourist thing
- (no subject)
Tue 29 Jun 19:11
- (no subject)
Mon 28 Jun 18:45
- Happy Birthday Belinda!
Sun 27 Jun 17:21
- Olhao River
Thu 24 Jun 17:41
- Lagos, Back again
Wed 23 Jun 14:32
- Some Pics
Sun 20 Jun 15:00
- Crew into the shorts at last!!!
- (no subject)
Sat 19 Jun 19:20
- (no subject)
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- (no subject)
Fri 18 Jun 16:35
- (no subject)
- The dreaded Finisterre
Thu 17 Jun 19:29
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
- They are on the move again.
Tue 15 Jun 16:17
- Greetings from La Coruna
Mon 14 Jun 08:15
- The Beagle Has Landed
Sun 13 Jun 16:34
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
Sat 12 Jun 09:11
- (no subject)
Fri 11 Jun 17:21
- On their way again!!
Wed 9 Jun 19:50
- Now at Brest
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
Tue 8 Jun 18:00
- They are on the move again!!
- Guernsey Stop
Mon 7 Jun 06:00
- (no subject)
Sun 6 Jun 22:05
- (no subject)
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Sat 5 Jun 22:00
- (no subject)
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- Under Way

May 2010

Mon 17 May 12:38
- In Ipswich

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